Little Monsters (2019 film)

Little Monsters is a 2019 zombie comedy film written and directed by Abe Forsythe, starring Lupita Nyong'o, Alexander England, Josh Gad, and Kat Stewart.

The story centres on a washed-up musician, a children's television personality and a kindergarten teacher teaming up to protect a group of young schoolchildren during a sudden zombie outbreak.

Set in Australia, 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.

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.

That night, while Teddy and the children are asleep, Dave tells Audrey 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 co-worker, and that she only wears the ring to keep her pupils' fathers away.

In October 2017, it was announced Lupita Nyong'o and Josh Gad had joined the cast of the film, with Abe Forsythe directing from a screenplay he wrote.

The website's critical consensus reads, "Led by typically outstanding work from Lupita Nyong'o, Little Monsters is a horror/rom-com hybrid that proves the zombie genre still has fresh brains to savor.