Having chilled us to the bone with her performance in Us earlier this year, Lupita Nyong'o's back in the horror genre, albeit with a heavier emphasis on comedy along with all the fear and gore. After playing festivals this year, Little Monsters is headed for UK and Irish screens in a few months, and a new, Red Band trailer is online.
The film – nothing to do with the 1989 comedy that starred Fred Savage – follows Dave (Alexander England), a washed-up musician who volunteers to chaperone his nephew’s kindergarten class field trip after taking a serious liking to the fearless schoolteacher, Miss Caroline (Nyong’o). Dave’s intentions are complicated by the presence of the world’s most famous kids’ show personality and competition for Miss Caroline’s affections, Teddy McGiggle (Josh Gad).
One thing none of them bargained for, however, is a sudden zombie outbreak. Will Dave rise to the occasion and have a chance at Miss Caroline’s heart, or will the zombies get there first?
There's definitely a Shaun Of The Dead/Zombieland vibe here, and Nyong'o naturally makes an impact (and we don't just mean hitting the undead). Abe Forsythe wrote and directed the movie, and while it has taken a little longer to reach us that originally thought, it'll now hit our cinemas on 15 November.