Little Monsters

2019 Directed by Abe Forsythe

A washed-up musician teams up with a teacher and a kids show personality to protect young children from a sudden outbreak of zombies.

Lupita Nyong'o Alexander England Josh Gad Nadia Townsend Charlie Whitley Shakila Zab Chris Bunton Shia Hamby Kim Thien Doan Jorja Travers-Smith Kathryn Schuback David Sinclair-Smith Yoav Grossman Vivienne Albany Alistair Fawcus Daniel Mendoza Caliah Pinones Leah Trindall Maria Lewis Alison Rosetta Andrew Middleweek Anthony Howes Ava Caryofyllis Kat Stewart Diesel La Torraca Zindzi Okenyo Sarah Armanious

Alternative Title

리틀 몬스터스

comedy horror

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Review by clementine ★★★★ 3

lupita nyong’o singing shake it off by taylor swift twice in this movie☝️☝️☝️ that’s cinematic history
Review by ˗ˏˋ Liam ˊˎ˗ ★★½ 3

no cops at pride just academy award winner lupita nyong'o singing taylor swift's hit song shake it off on her ukulele
Review by davidehrlich ★★★ 3

A few questions might race through your mind during the hectic opening moments of Abe Forsythe’s “Little Monsters,” in which an Australian couple shouts their way through an extended public breakup while bubbly piano music plinks by in the background. Questions like: “is that a Hemsworth?,” “can a zombie comedy perfectly split the difference between Edgar Wright and Taika Waititi?,” and “how are Lupita Nyong’o, Josh Gad, and an invasion of the walking dead going to factor into this?”
Like everything else in this funny, spirited, and frequently clever 93-minute romp, the answers come fast and furious (“no,” “almost,” and “with the reckless abandon of a movie that doesn’t have any time for nonsense like ‘reasons’ and ‘logic’ because it’s…
Review by Alicia Malone ★★★★

It may sound strange that a zombie comedy made me miss Australia... but that’s what happened here. Aussies know Abe Forsythe as an actor, and he’s now grown into a wonderful writer and director. With this film, he also gets a wonderful Australian/American cast together to have a bloody good time. Alexander England plays a hopeless, selfish slacker who agrees to chaperone his nephew’s kindergarten class on their excursion to a theme park... mainly to get close to their teacher, played by Lupita Nyong’o. But unfortunately they end up in the middle of a zombie outbreak, also with a children’s TV entertainer, played by an insane Josh Gad. Plenty of laughs and fun zombie moments. A really wonderful little comedy!
Review by Syaoran ★★★½ 1

We need more films where Lupita sings.
Despite it being a zombie film, Little Monsters manages to stay lighthearted and charming throughout its course. Probably the first comedy film that made me really laugh out loud this year.
Review by 🌻 lindsay 🌻 ★★★

I would totally be down for a zombie apocalypse if it meant Lupita Nyong’o would play the ukelele and seranade me
Review by ty ★★★½

Lupita wasn’t acting she really is just that wonderful and perfect!
Review by vanessa ★★★★½

Little Monsters follows Dave (Alexander England), a washed-up musician whose life’s been shredded into pieces and who’s very inappropriate around kids, especially his 5-year-old nephew Felix (Diesel La Torraca). When Dave’s sister forces him to take Felix to school, Dave falls for Miss Caroline (Nyong’o), the pretty and charming kindergarten teacher: the two of them take the children on a school trip where a sudden zombie outbreak turns the playful event into a nightmare. Dave, Miss Caroline and TV host Teddy McGiggle (Josh Gad) must survive the zombie attacks, while also pretending it’s all a game so that the kids won’t freak out.
If you’ve seen the trailer, you know what to expect from Little Monsters: a lot of comedy,…
Review by Ash ★★★½

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{𝙼𝚒𝚜𝚜 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎} 𝙼𝚢 𝚓𝚘𝚋 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝’𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸’𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚘.
𝐀 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐤𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐳𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬. 𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐉𝐨𝐬𝐡 𝐆𝐚𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠/𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐯 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭-𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥-𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭.
{𝙼𝚒𝚜𝚜 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎} 𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚞𝚙𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗, 𝚜𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚖𝚎 𝙶𝚘𝚍, 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚛𝚊𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚙𝚒𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚒𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚛𝚒𝚙 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝.
Review by Paul Elliott ★★★★

Written and directed by Abe Forsythe and premiering at this year's Sundance Film Festival, Little Monsters contains a thrilling narrative as well as a delighting central performance from Lupita Nyong'o. It's constructed with thoughtfulness and an ample amount of slapstick humour together with slightly more emotionalism than what I was anticipating beneath its surface. It's a satisfying nonsensical comedy and never more so than when Nyong'o performs Taylor Swift's Shake It Off on ukulele.
Review by <Todd> ★★★

"I'll see you at the McGigglemobile" - David,
- 2019 Ranked: boxd.it/2lsbC
Darth Vader did fine against these zombies but any Star Trek Klingon warrior would have a field day using his bat'leth. That's a level 3 nerd joke everyone...LEVEL 3!
A teacher (Lupita Nyong'o), the loser trying to have sex with her (Alexander England) and a foul-mouthed children's entertainer (Josh Gad) have to help keep a Kindergarten class safe and entertained during a zombie apocalypse... it's a comedy/dramedy. Little Monsters is pretty hit or miss for me but still definitely worth a watch.
Little Monsters is a fun and original concept with heartfelt messaging. Lupita Nyong'o really establishes herself as a romantic lead in this film and the cast…
Review by Allison M. 🌱 ★★★½

“This is not a negotiation.”
Little Monsters is an interesting film about family and zombies with lots of musical numbers thrown in. Miss Caroline (Lupita Nyong'o) has a beautiful voice and a sweet spirit. Alexander England is okay as Uncle Dave, a wannabe metal musician who volunteers to help out on his nephew's field trip. Between Dave and Caroline and the children, we get a ton of musical numbers. Its structure was similar to An Affair to Remember (plot-musical number-plot-musical number, etc.), but while Affair's musical numbers seemed really forced, Monsters' often minimalist or a cappella renditions seem like a breath of fresh air and pertinent to the story.
Thumbs up! The only complaint I have is that I was…

Recent reviews

Review by Retr0Fanatic ★★

Let's take Josh Gad out of comedy thx
Perfomance: 24/50
Script: 20/50
Story: 26/50
Direction: 25/50
Photography/Special Effects: 9/50
Final Verdict: 20/50
Review by Ronnie Harvey ★★★

Things I don’t like-
1. Josh Gad
2. Kids
3. Zombie movies (I feel like everything has been done to death...pun intended)
Things I do like-
1. Lupita Nyong’o
2. Lupita Nyong’o kicking ass
3. Lupita Nyong’o singing in a yellow dress
Lupita Nyong’o saved this from one star. Her presence elevates everything.
Review by joey :) ★★★½

who knew Lupita Nyong’o singing shake it off by taylor swift and decapitating zombies was all i needed in life :)
Review by Natalie ★½

there are maybe 2 good zombie movies in the world and this certainly isn’t one of them
Review by molleigh ★★★

cooties was better
Review by mintbiased ★★★½

lupita can do shake it off but taylor couldn't do little monsters
Review by Ashley Marie ★★★★★

a rewatch to prepare for two chicks and a horror flick's podcast. this was one of my favorites of 2019. I love this movie so much.
Review by BrettBuster ★★½

Certainly a different kind of zombie movie than what I was expecting, Little Monsters is a fairly disposable horror comedy from Australia that started pretty painfully and then settled into mediocrity for the remainder of its runtime. The film stars Alexander England as a washed-up rockstar loser who finds himself in the middle of a zombie outbreak while chaperoning his nephew on a school field trip led by their teacher Miss Caroline, played by Lupita Nyong’o, and a children’s television entertainer Teddy McGiggle, played extremely against-type by Josh Gad! Based on the premise, I was expecting something along the lines of Cooties, which wasn’t exactly great either but was a lot of fun and wasn’t afraid to put kids in…
Review by Dr_Movies ★★

The trailers looked pretty fun with the school bus of kids and zombies running around. But the movie itself doesn’t really do much with the idea, and it all ends up being pretty forgettable. (For the first 15 minutes or so, I even wondered if I was watching the right movie.) The lead guy kinda sucked and need to be more of a Jack Black type, but Lupita Nyong’o is delightful as the school teacher, and easy to fall in love with. The real scene stealer is probably Josh Gad as the prickish, cowardly park entertainer.
Review by angel ✨ ★★★★

a very cute zombie film 🥺✨
Review by Kristen1995 ★★★★★

Funny, sweet, and gory all at the same time.
Review by Marcelo Becerra Nicolas ★★★★

If kindergarten wasn’t insufferable enough Little Monsters is exactly what you expect from a zombie flick. Not saying Little Monsters ranks up the millions, not perfect or entertaining as previous classical zombie invested films gather from. I went seeing Little Monsters a joy ride from hell despite the movie’s title I thought Hulu remade Fred Savage’s 1989 fantasy kids film of the same name. On a similar direction thinking Hulu remade cinema’s worst movie of all time, I expected much greater into Little Monsters. Needless to say
Little Monsters is genuinely entertaining for a appealing audience of course if you grew up watching Fred Savage’s 1989 classic. Lupita Nyong’o gives a amazing performance playing a charismatic kindergarten teacher. Alexander England…