Little Monsters

Little Monsters

Credits
Title:	Little Monsters
Director:	Abe Forsythe
Writers:	Abe Forsythe
Producers:	Jessica Calder; Keith Calder; Steve Hutensky; Jodi Matterson; Bruna Papandrea; Chris Harding
Composer:	Piers Burbrook de Vere
Cinematography:	Lachlan Milne
Editors:	Jim May; Drew Thompson
Production
Distributed by:	Made Up Stories Protagonist Pictures Snoot Entertainment
Released:	January 27th, 2019
Rating:	R
Running time:	93 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Gross:	$130,381
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Little Monsters is an American and Australian co-produced feature film of the zombie fiction and comedy genres. It was written and directed by Abe Forsythe and was produced by Made Up Stories, Protagonist Pictures, and Snoot Entertainment. It was distributed in the United States through Neon. The movie premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27th, 2019. It opened to limited theatrical release in the U.S. on October 8th, 2019.

Synopsis[]

Dave - Little Monsters — Dave is looking to make a love connection.

Dave is a dirty-talking, washed-up musician who goes through a rough break up with his girlfriend and is forced to stay with his sister, Tess, and her son, Felix, a child with a fascination for tractors, space blasters, and Darth Vader. While dropping Felix off at school, Dave meets Miss Caroline, Felix's kindergarten teacher, and is attracted to her. After a parent drops out from an upcoming field trip to a farm, Dave volunteers to chaperone, mostly to be near Miss Audrey Caroline.

On the day of the field trip, Dave is upset to learn that beloved children's television personality Teddy McGiggle is filming his show there and that Audrey is engaged to someone else. Meanwhile, zombies break out of a U.S. testing facility and head straight for the farm where they attack the class, who try to escape, only to realize the farm is overrun.

Miss Caroline and Teddy McGiggle — Miss Caroline meets Teddy McGiggle.

The fugitives try to seek shelter in the gift shop, only to find Teddy McGiggle locked inside and refusing to let them in. Audrey and the children crawl into an opening next to the shop. Dave breaks in from the roof, beats up Teddy, and unlocks the door so Audrey and the children can come in. Felix then has an allergic reaction after Dave accidentally feeds him chips with dairy in them. After a botched attempt to give Felix epinephrine, Audrey rushes to get some from Felix's backpack, which was left in the tractor. Teddy tries to signal a military helicopter, but falls off the roof and is rescued by Dave, to whom Teddy reveals that his real name is Nathan Schneider and that he is an alcoholic sex addict who hates children and sleeps with their mothers to escape his depression.

That night, while Teddy and the children are asleep, Dave and Audrey talk to each other. Dave tells her about how his father left him when he was young and that only his sister was there for him. Audrey reveals that she is no longer engaged, as her fiancé had cheated on her with a coworker, and that she only wears the ring to keep single fathers away.

Miss Caroline ready to fight — Miss Caroline is ready to whoop some ass!

The next day, the military plans to bomb the gift shop the children are in and destroy the zombies to prevent an outbreak. The survivors decide to get a large vehicle and drive to safety. Teddy and Dave attempt to get Teddy's McGiggle Mobile, but Teddy betrays Dave before he is eaten by a zombie hidden in the van. Dave is forced to climb on top of the van to avoid being eaten, and makes one last call to his sister before his phone is knocked out of his hands. When all seems lost, Felix arrives driving a tractor and saves Dave, and together they rescue Audrey and the children. As they drive to safety, they discover that the zombies respond to the music Audrey plays. They eventually reach the military and escape just as the farm is bombed. The zombies following them are gunned down by the army.

Dave and Audrey share a kiss before they and the kids are taken away and placed in quarantine for 48 hours in case of infection. The final scene shows Dave, Audrey, and the kids singing Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off", which Dave previously hated, as the kids' parents watch on with tears of joy in their eyes.

Cast[]

Actor	Role
Lupita Nyong'o	Miss Caroline
Alexander England	Dave
Josh Gad	Teddy McGiggle
Kat Stewart	Tess
Diesel La Torraca	Felix
Nadia Townsend	Sara
Marshall Napier	Army General
Glenn Hazeldine	Rory
Ava Caryofyllis	Beth
Charlie Whitley	Max
Mason Mansour	Mickey
Kim Doan	Kim
Wolfgang Gledhill	Wolfgang
Caliah Pinones	Caliah
Jack LaTorre	Jack
Vivienne Albany	Vivienne
Shia Hamby	Shia
Ashton Arokiaswamy	Ashton
Gareth Davies	Frogsie
Jason Chong	Lieutenant
Alan Dukes	Official #1
Felix Williamson	Novak
Rachel Romahn	Griffin
Stephen Peacoke	Stevens
Lincoln Younes	Private Bunton
Henry Nixon	Security guard #1
Zindzi Okenyo	Security guard #2
Adele Vuko	Mickey's mum
Talayna Moana Nikora	Kimby
Chris Bunton	Shane
Saskia Burmeister	Charllote
Andrew Crawford	Uniformed zombie #1
Robert Jago	Uniformed zombie #2
Sam Fraser	Uniformed zombie #3
Spike Forsythe	School kid zombie
Lucia Pang	Mini Golf daughter
James Wong	Mini Golf dad
Brendan Moar	Constable Durie
Josh Quong Tart	Echidna man
Peter Astridge	Bus driver
Suppakorn Chuwongwut	Teddy's soundman
Nicholas Gledhill	Wolfgang's father
Kathryn Schuback	Jack's mum
Sarah Laidler	Scientist
Sarah Armanious	Sara's friend
Robin Goldsworthy	Sara's friend
Hamish Michael	Sara's friend
Stevie Ray	Sara's friend
Simone Popp	Whip cracker
Jessica Stewart	Koala wrangler
Ricky Gamble	Ricky
Patrick Gamble	Ricky's father
Ashley Kuhle	Ashley
Adam Bowes	Adam
Paul Nunnari	Paul
Gerard O'Dwyer	Gerard

Notes & Trivia[]

The tagline to this film is "Playtime is Over".
Little Monsters (2019) redirects to this page. This is to help readers and editors to distinguish it from the 1989 film of the same name.
There are a total of fifty-six credited cast members in this film.
Although Little Monsters shares the same title as the 1989 comedy film directed by Richard Alan Greenberg and starring Fred Savage, there is no connection between the two films. The 2019 movie is not a remake.
This movie was filmed in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Actress Lupita Nyong'o is also known for playing the dual roles of Adelaide Wilson and Red in Jordan Peele's doppelganger horror film Us, which was released the same year as Little Monsters.
Snoot Entertainment also produced the 2016 film Blair Witch.
Little Monsters has a rating of 6.3 out of 10 on IMDB based on 7,300 votes.
The movie has a weighted average of 59 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 19 reviews.
As of January, 2020, Little Monsters has an audience score of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes based on nine verified users. It has a Tomatometer of 81% Fresh.
Little Monsters has a rating of 3.3 out of 5 on Letterboxd.

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