VOD Review: Scouts Guide to the Zombie Aocalypse (2015)

Even though Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse is a Horror Comedy that had us laughing the whole way through, it's sitting at a dismal 44% on Rotten Tomatoes (not that that necessarily means anything), so it's safe to say that a majority or critics found it either just alright, or lacking.

I don't know what to tell those guys, but I personally laughed my ass off more than a few times during this one, and coupled with its explicit gore (and the hotness of Sarah Dumont), I found this movie to be enjoyable as hell.

In a year that gave us such top-notch Horror Comedies as What We Do In the Shadows, Deathgasm, Cooties, and The Final Girls, it says a lot that we found Scouts Guide to be one of the funniest movies that we've seen in 2015.

Maybe we just have simple-minded taste?

Ben, Carter, and Augie are life-long friends who also happen to be Scouts (not Boy Scouts, mind you, because of legal reasons.) Everyone at school thinks they're geeks, because it's pretty geeky to be a Scout when you're in High School, and so Ben and Carter are thinking about quitting. They want to party and get laid, like normal teens do. Augie, however, loves being a Scout, and has no intention of quitting.

GUESS WHICH ONE DOESN'T WANT TO QUIT.

After an incident at a local science place (a lab or something) turns a doctor, then a janitor, then a deer, then their Scout Leader into infected zombies, it's not long before almost the entire town is infected, except for our three Scout heroes, and a hot slut who works at a strip club called Lawrence of Alabia. And then there's the secret party full of kids including Carter's hot sister Kendall, who Ben is in love with.

ONE OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS PICTURE WEARS A TANK TOP BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD.

With the Army getting ready to bomb the town to contain the infection, our heroes race against time to save Kendall, and in the process end up kicking a plethora of zombie ass... mostly by shooting them in the head. So needless to say, there are a lot of exploding heads in this one. 

WAITRESS MY ASS. GET YOUR ASS ON THAT POLE!

Yes, its plot is simple, and sure, the movie propels itself forward mostly on the power of dirty humor and exploitative gore alone, but damn it all, it was a fun movie! Funny too, and no, you don't have to be a 12-year-old boy to think so, like many critics would have you believe.

I really hate loving a movie that many critics have dismissed as crap, because it makes me feel as if I have to somehow defend it. I shouldn't have to defend a movie like Scouts Guide, because it's a solid comedy that should be able to speak for itself. Like it did for us. Because even with its issues, it was better than most.

"LET ME MEOW FOR YOU THE SONG OF MY PEOPLE!"

Scouts Guide kind of felt like a zombie-filled, R-Rated episode of Freaks and Geeks to me; its characters were ultra-likable and well-rounded; it had some genuinely funny moments, along with a few laugh out loud scenes; the hot chicks who the geeks were drooling over were extra hot; and it even had a bit of "you're my best friend" type of sentimentality about it, even though some of that came off as a bit cheesy. We still ate it up though.

This was just a really comfy movie to kick back and enjoy. 

YEAH, THAT'S HIS B-HOLE.

The best thing about the movie -aside form the boob squeeze, the trampoline scene, the gumming scene, the cats, the awesomeness of David Koechner, and the hotness of Sarah Dumont- has to be the level of blood and gore on display. The producers made the right decision to make this one as gory as possible, because so many other movies of this kind hold back on the more visceral aspect of things, which always makes us sad.

ZOMBIE CATS. THAT MAY BE A FIRST.

The end felt a bit rushed, and could have used a few more minutes to breathe. Also, some of the movie's developments felt a bit cheesy, while others felt a bit convenient... like the way the whole "bombing of the town" subplot just kind of disappeared, or how one character just happened to show up at the end and save the day.

WHY DID THIS SCENE HAVE TO HAPPEN?!?

2 or 3 more naked zombie strippers would have been nice...

...ESPECIALLY IF SHE HAD BEEN ONE OF THEM.

There's plenty of blood and gore on display in this one, and we love that they didn't hold back on any of it. The kills in Scouts Guide were not only plentiful and explicit, but they were pretty creative as well. This is definitely Hard-R material.

"DUDE, GET ME A TWIX!"

We get to see some boobs in this one, and there's a disturbingly hilarious scene involving a penis... a long, stretchy penis.

THE WORLD NEEDS MORE PORNSTAR COPS LIKE HER.

Don't make fun of Scouts, they may just save you from Zombie Apocalypse.

IT WAS KIND OF LIKE ZOMBIELAND MEETS GHOSTBUSTERS.

As enjoyable as we found Scouts Guide to be, we have to admit that it is a bit simple-minded and predictable at times. We didn't mind its shortcomings all that much, because we just kicked back and enjoyed it for what it was; a fun, silly, raunchy, blood-soaked, zombie-filled Horror Comedy. And a great one at that.

If you're able to do the same, then you'll probably get a kick out of it too. If you saw the trailer and thought it looked good, give it a rent and enjoy.

A-

Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse is available now on VOD, and will hit Blu-ray & DVD on January 5th.

Good God almighty is Sarah Dumont a sassy little thing or what?