Ahead of the UK release, an international trailer for Scottish director John McPhail‘s Anna and the Apocalypse is here to bring Christmas cheer to doomsday. Putting a musical spin on a holiday horror tale, this trailer teases a film that’s brilliantly self-aware and could be absolutely hysterical. The cast sing and dance through the end of times all while slaughtering the undead in the process. The blood-soaked footage is ultra nasty and really sells the film that no other piece of art, image or trailer before it. For those in the U.S., Orion will open it in select theaters November 30, 2018, and then go nationwide December 7th.
Trace Thurman reviewed the film for Bloody out of its World Premiere at last year’s Fantastic Fest Film Festival, writing:
“Anna and the Apocalypse is a Joyous Celebration of Zombies, Musicals and Christmas!”
In the film, “When a zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven, Anna and her high school pals must fight, sing and slash their way to survival. Teaming with her best friend John, Anna and her crew try to save family and faculty alike as they encounter zombified snowmen, a manic bachelor party and teenage hormones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and the only people they can truly rely on are each other.”
Ella Hunt (Our Robot Overlords) stars in the title role alongside Mark Benton (ITV drama The Halcyon) and Paul Kaye (Game Of Thrones). The cast also includes up-and-comers Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire, Christopher Leveaux, Ben Wiggins and Marli Siu.
Ryan McHenry, who wrote and directed the 2010 short film “Zombie Musical” upon which it is based, wrote the original script (with Alan McDonald) and was due to direct the feature, but he sadly died of cancer back in 2015.
