Absolutely brilliant

To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

What begins as a feel-good-human-interest story turns into a mystery, then a tragedy, and ultimately an outrage.

Set in a genre which has grown over the last few years (if not bordering saturation) this film is a mix of horror and comedy with all the elements you'd expect to find in a film aimed at 20-40-year olds - bad language, sexual content, nudity, gross-out gore, action, and tongue in cheek humour. It tells the story of 3 boy scouts who want to grow - two of them have been enticed with the prospect of sexuality and all things cool in a coming of age way, while the other just wants to be the best darn scout he can possibly be. To coincide with a camping trip a zombie virus is let loose in their small town, with the residents slow to respond most people are wiped out and it's left to the 3 scouts to build bridges amongst themselves and save anyone near and dear to them. Tye Sheridan, Logan Miller and Joey Morgan take the lead roles in this film and they deliver well in this Christopher Landon film. It's a cross between "Shaun of the Dead" and "McGuyver" (or the "A-Team") in that, when the film gets going there is no end to their creativity and inventiveness - evidently the skills of being a good scout transfer well to zombie killing. It's an entertaining film which has some fun moments in it, the plot isn't that revolutionary as it follows a standard trope; boy fancies girl but daren't say anything, boy loses girl due to zombie apocalypse, boy realises his feelings due to impending doom from zombies (and a little help from cocktail waitress), boy fights the horde to get girl. Eagle eyed viewers and fan of zombies and horror will be quick to spot some fun Easter eggs along the journey, from the "Haddonfield" sign to the "Jockey" zombie from the "Left 4 Dead 2" game, to the trampoline escape a-la "Zombies ate my neighbours" game. All in all, an enjoyable ride which seems to have suffered from bad marketing - I say that because I'd never heard of the film and only stumbled across it by accident. Pacing is decent and I can't remember many wasted moments of screen time, and the score/soundtrack was as young and fresh as I'd expect from a film of this kind. Much better than a lot of the run of the mill B-movies being pumped out nowadays and I'd recommend this to friends without a doubt. I'm giving this a solid 7 out of 10.

SCOUTS GUIDE TO THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE (where's the apostrophe?) is an annoyingly childish zombie comedy that seems content to riff on what's come previously rather than offering anything witty or insightful. When I compare this film to genuine classics like RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD then I sometimes wonder if cinema's going backwards. Not that I enjoyed ZOMBIELAND when it came out last decade, but SCOUTS GUIDE is infinitely worse. A group of the dumbest and most unappealing protagonists ever go around making tired gags while a zombie apocalypse plays out around them. The emphasis is on the obvious and the gross-out, neither of which hold appeal for me. The FX are achieved via cheap CGI and not particularly believable, while all of the twists and set-pieces are overly familiar. A couple of riffs on the likes of DIE HARD etc. made little sense to me, and overall I felt like I was simply too old to enjoy this one.

Once upon a time a zombie film was a rarity after the millennium. Now it seems that the genre has been done to death and distorted and blended with every other genre in an attempt at keeping it fresh. Here, in 'Scouts' Guide to a Zombie Apocalypse' we have a comedy/horror (or 'zomcom' as I'm informed they're referred to as). However, a gory undead outing with laughs is nothing new – and it hasn't been since about 2004's 'Shaun of the Dead.' And, in short, it doesn't even come close to 'Shaun of the Dead.' This isn't a bad film. It just offers absolutely nothing new. If you're a fan of zombie films then you've seen better. If you're a fan of zombie-comedy films then you've seen better. If you just like gore there's about as much gore in the average episode of 'The Walking Dead' as you have here.It's about a group of geeky scouts who get caught up in an undead uprising. Pretty soon you have all the tropes you'd come to expect with the genre, i.e. boarding up windows, headshots, have-sex-and-die moments and characters turning into zombies after being bitten. There's the obligatory hot girl and geek will they/won't they subplot and the only really memorable actor (David Kochner) is woefully underused. This film kind of reminds me of both 'Dance of the Dead' and 'Deadheads' in tone and feel, only they're both better! There's about one really funny (if a little gross!) moment involving what someone is forced to hang on to when about to fall out of windows and the zombie animals made me smile, but that's about it really. The ending tries to be exciting, but – guess what – I've seen people using hedge trimmers to slice up zombies with before (Peter Jackson's 'Braindead') and I just got annoyed when no one noticed a zombie attack on a crowded dance floor (surely someone would have filmed and uploaded it to Instagram?!).I can only recommend this if you really love zombie/comedy films and you've never seen one before. Otherwise, just put your DVD of 'Shaun of the Dead' in – I know you've got a copy somewhere!

From the first scene you are laughing, confused and cannot wait to see what unravels next. It is a movie that probably did not get the marketing it needed or deserved to reach its full potential in the box office. Just as enjoyable as movies such as zombieland and Shaun of the dead, a movie that certainly holds its own in a new and refreshing take on the zombie apocalypse. It exceeded my expectations and should not be based off some of the poor reviews it has received from the critics. With many memorable scenes that can be watched over and over it makes for an enjoyable movie from start to finish. A basic plot, which sees 3 best friends who are in the scouts save the town from a zombie outbreak. Scouts guide to the zombie apocalypse delivers everything you want in a zomedy and more.