Zoombies

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Zoombies
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Directed byGlenn R. Miller
Written byScotty Mullen
Produced byDavid Micheal Latt
Starring
  • Ione Butler
  • Andrew Asper
  • Marcus Anderson
  • Kim Nielsen
  • LaLa Nestor
  • Brianna Chomer
  • Aaron Groben
  • Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau
  • Tammy Klein
  • Isaac Anderson
  • William McMichael
  • Reuben Uy
CinematographyBryan Koss
Edited by James Kondelik
Music byChristopher Cano
Distributed by The Asylum
Release date
  • March 1, 2016 (2016-03-01)(US) [1]
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Zoombies is a 2016 American science fiction action horror television film directed by Glenn R. Miller and written by Scotty Mullen. It stars Ione Butler, Andrew Asper, Marcus Anderson Kim Nielsen, LaLa Nestor, Brianna Chomer, Aaron Groben, Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau, Tammy Klein, Isaac Anderson, William McMichael and Reuben Uy. Taking place at the soon-to-be-open Eden Wildlife Zoo, the film follows a group of staff members and college students as they find themselves being attacked by the zoo's animals who have turned into aggressive and bloodthirsty zombies after being infected by a mysterious virus.

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Mullen took inspiration from Jurassic Park, Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds , and Zombeavers for the film. The film is produced and distributed by The Asylum and was released on March 1, 2016. A prequel, Zoombies 2 was released on March 26, 2019, while a spin-off film, Aquarium of the Dead , was released on May 21, 2021.

Plot

The Eden Wildlife Zoo, a zoo in northern Arizona containing rare animals, is having its intern orientation day, where college students applying for jobs as interns are touring the zoo. Meanwhile, some of the zoo's monkeys contract an unknown disease and are taken to the clinic where the veterinarians use intracardiac epinephrine in order to save the life of a monkey that suffered a cardiac arrest. The contagious pathogen spreads to all of the monkeys in the room, turning them into zombies with predatory behavior towards humans. They attack the veterinarians and kill one of them, while the remaining one manages to activate an alarm.

As the college students arrive, the alarm reaches the zoo's security. One of the security team members, Johnny, decides to check on the veterinarians himself. However, when he doesn't return, the security team, accompanied by college student Gage, make their way to the clinic. Once there, they discover that Johnny and one of the veterinarians are dead. The remaining veterinarian, Dr. Gordon, is barely alive. The monkeys violently attack the group, killing two of the guards. Gage, head of security Rex and newly hired Lizzy Hogan manage to escape. Ellen Rogers, the manager of the zoo, gets word of the mayhem and puts the zoo on lockdown. The disease spreads throughout the zoo, infecting a group of wild hogs that attack three of the students. Lizzy, Gage and Rex arrive just as the students are attacked by infected giraffes, which kill two of the students. They manage to rescue the remaining student, Amber, but Gage is injured in the process. As Lizzy and Rex tend to Gage's wounds, Amber steals Rex's jeep. Lizzy, Gage and Rex are forced to use a group of non-infected elephants as transportation. But along the way, the elephants become spooked by a group of infected lemurs in the nearby trees, throwing Lizzy, Rex, and Gage from their backs. In the ensuing chaos, Rex's leg is crushed by one of the elephants.

Meanwhile, a police team arrives at the zoo to attempt to eliminate the threat but are killed by a pride of infected lions. Amber, meanwhile, reaches the front gate and demands that Ellen, who is watching over the security cameras, open it. An infected lion suddenly attacks her. Ellen's daughter Thea is then attacked by an infected koala but she kills it with a baseball bat. Ellen inspects the koala's blood and discovers that the disease was created by an unknown enzyme found in the koala's cerebral cortex. She encourages birdkeeper Chelsea to release the birds to prevent them from being infected, to no avail. One of the workers, Daxton and his intern A.J. manage to fend off the zombies and the group takes refuge inside of the gorilla lab. Daxton goes to check on the zoo's endangered gorilla, Kifo, finding him to be infected. Kifo kills him and invades the lab. Rex stabs him, but Kifo crushes his head in retaliation.

Lizzy, Gage and A.J. escape and find a jeep with a feeble and dying Amber driving. Amber dies and the group is attacked by the infected lions as they remove her corpse. They manage to kill the lions but they accidentally crash the jeep in the process. They then attempt to reach the watch tower by using an unfinished zipline. A.J. falls to his death in the process. The group reunites with Ellen and Thea and they theorize that the birds have become infected. They decide to set the aviary on fire using a series of gas cans, but before they do so, Lizzy and Gage go inside to rescue Chelsea and her intern Ricky. However, they soon find that Ricky has been killed by the infected birds. They then find Chelsea, alive but badly injured, with an infected bald eagle using her organs as a nest. Lizzy and Gage notice smoke rising, realizing that Ellen has begun burning the aviary down, and manage to escape. Ellen reluctantly sets the aviary on fire and they set off an additional explosion using Ellen's truck, killing the birds. Kifo then appears and chases the group to the gate where Ellen seemingly shoots him to death. The four are then rescued by a helicopter. However, after they are rescued, Kifo regains consciousness and opens his eyes, revealing he is still alive.

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Reception

Ted Hentschke of Dread Central rated the film 3/5 stars and wrote, "There's nothing defensibly good about this movie. What it is, however, is fun." [2]

Prequel

A prequel titled Zoombies 2 was released on March 26, 2019. [3]

Spinoffs

In 2021, a spinoff film titled Aquarium of the Dead was released, starring Vivica A. Fox and D.C. Douglas. The film is set after the events of Zoombies and features aquatic animals at the Shining Sea Aquarium turning into zombies due to epinephrine from Eden Wildlife Zoo.

Zoombies is one of the films featured in the 2022 crossover film 2025 Armageddon, released to celebrate The Asylum's twenty-fifth anniversary. In this film, a hostile alien race sends facsimiles of Asylum monsters to attack Earth. These include a group of zombified zoo animals, including a koala and a rhinoceros.

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This Low Budget Turkish Media franchise created by Ceyhun Sayan a Temporalily 17 Years Old Highschool Student created movies by Syfy Channel,this Media franchise like Zoombies but different is focusing into Zombified Media Contents by a İnfectious Disease named Cat-brain Titanovirus. This many Strains of this Viruses are infecting the Globe and Media Content turning animals into Bloodthirsty, anomalistic zombies and a New Job much like Soldier named Titan Warriors this job about soldiers or something killed this zombified Media Contents.

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References

  1. ↑ Foy, Scott (2016-02-18). "Zoombies Trailer Unleashes Undead Monkeys, Koalas, Parrots, Lemurs, Lions, and Giraffes – Oh My!". Dread Central . Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  2. ↑ Hentschke, Ted (2016-05-17). "Zoombies (DVD)". Dread Central . Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  3. ↑ "Zoombies 2". www.amazon.com. 26 March 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
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