Anna and the Apocalypse: A Christmas Zombie Movie, with Singing
Anna and the Apocalypse is a Christmas musical featuring zombies and high school drama. Yes, you read that right. A movie about the undead, with song and dance. If that premise isn't weird to you, I don't know [what] would be.
I couldn't help but tilt my head when I first saw the synopsis of the film, which hits theaters Friday. Is it like Krampus, or are they going to slay zombies with jazz hands? (If you haven't seen Krampus, it's a 2015 genuinely scary film about a horned beast that punishes naughty children during Christmas time.)
Anna and the Apocalypse, on the other hand, is rather cheesy.
The film, directed by John McPhail and written by Alan McDonald and Ryan McHenry, sets the scene in a small town called Little Haven. As Christmas approaches, high school senior Anna and her friends are trying to sort out their own life problems when zombies overrun their neighborhood overnight.
Like many high school movies, this one has bullies, outcasts, supportive parents, a mean principal and, of course, romance. The main characters' feelings play out in dance numbers as the undead threaten their lives.
Sounds like an extended version of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnqjkJTMaA?
(Score: 2) by aim on Friday November 30 2018, @10:05AM (1 child)
Krampus doesn't sound german - Santa Claus' helper is called "Knecht Ruprecht" in Germany. In the Netherlands, it's the "zwarte Piet", in Luxembourg, "den Houséker", in french "le père fouettard". Ah, wikipedia to the help - Krampus is in fact a term from the flemish region/the netherlands. In Switzerland, he's called "Schmutzli".
Note that in the older traditions around here (middle/western Europe), it's Santa Claus (figure derived from the bishop of Myra) that brings presents to the children on 6th of December, not Jesus child or "father christmas" on Christmas.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 30 2018, @02:40PM
I thought Santa's helper was called Amazon?