Three scouts, on the eve of their last camp-out, discover the true meaning of friendship when they attempt to save their town from a zombie outbreak.Three scouts, on the eve of their last camp-out, discover the true meaning of friendship when they attempt to save their town from a zombie outbreak.Three scouts, on the eve of their last camp-out, discover the true meaning of friendship when they attempt to save their town from a zombie outbreak.
- Awards
- 5 nominations
Cameron Mitchell Elmore
- Nerdy Kid
- (as Cameron Elmore)
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- TriviaA mile marker seen during the movie shows "Haddonfield" as a nearby city. Haddonfield is the setting for the movie Halloween (1978).
- GoofsWhen they hit the deer, it is shown that it is bleeding all over from its belly. But when Kendall points out that the deer survived, there's no blood. In the next shot,just a second after the previous shot, the blood is there.
- Crazy creditsThe first set of the end credits are superimposed over the various selfies that Carter took throughout the film.
- ConnectionsFeatures Teen Mom OG (2009)
- SoundtracksBlack Widow
Written by Mikkel Storleer Eriksen (as Mikkel Eriksen), Erik Hermansen, Sarah Hudson, Iggy Azalea (as Amella Amethyst), Benny Blanco (as Benjamin Levin) & Katy Perry
Performed by Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora
Courtesy of Virgin EMI Records/Def Jam Recordings
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Rita Ora appears courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
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Poorly marketed film that has its moments
'Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse' is a fun little movie that has sadly been marketed rather poorly and was probably doomed to fail from the get go. It's been a box office flop but it isn't a fault in the quality of the film. It's a case of the main characters being scouts (most movies about scouts would generally be aimed at a younger audience) and yet the movie being R rated and alienating the people the title would suggest are going to enjoy it.
If they were going to go with the R rating then they needed to take full advantage of it, which they do in certain scenes but certainly not in an overall sense. This had the potential to be a 'Superbad' type movie with lots of clever and yet vulgar dialogue that would keep the audience (an adult audience) entertained throughout. Yet throughout the dialogue constantly feels like it's making its jokes for a younger demographic. The only time they really make use of the R rating is in the violence and the odd bit of graphic nudity. The dialogue was the key let down in this sense and the only way they could have pulled off the R rating to make this a box office success, and even then it would have been far from a sure thing.
Box office failure aside though it's actually a rather enjoyable film for the most part. While most of the humour might be a little bit tame in nature, it is still often funny enough to keep you chuckling if you buy into it. It never really works as a genuine horror movie (I don't think it was ever meant to either) as there never really feels like a genuine threat to any of the characters. Plus I think most people accept slow moving zombies are rarely scary to anyone in this day and age. There's nothing "must see" about it but if you do find yourself in a position to watch it I think you'll be pleased enough with what you see.
If they were going to go with the R rating then they needed to take full advantage of it, which they do in certain scenes but certainly not in an overall sense. This had the potential to be a 'Superbad' type movie with lots of clever and yet vulgar dialogue that would keep the audience (an adult audience) entertained throughout. Yet throughout the dialogue constantly feels like it's making its jokes for a younger demographic. The only time they really make use of the R rating is in the violence and the odd bit of graphic nudity. The dialogue was the key let down in this sense and the only way they could have pulled off the R rating to make this a box office success, and even then it would have been far from a sure thing.
Box office failure aside though it's actually a rather enjoyable film for the most part. While most of the humour might be a little bit tame in nature, it is still often funny enough to keep you chuckling if you buy into it. It never really works as a genuine horror movie (I don't think it was ever meant to either) as there never really feels like a genuine threat to any of the characters. Plus I think most people accept slow moving zombies are rarely scary to anyone in this day and age. There's nothing "must see" about it but if you do find yourself in a position to watch it I think you'll be pleased enough with what you see.
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- Jan 18, 2016
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- Also known as
- A la *&$%! con los zombis
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- Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,703,046
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,841,007
- Nov 1, 2015
- Gross worldwide
- $16,137,046
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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