Rated PG

Based on an idea by extreme horror legend Clive Barker, NIGHT OF THE ZOOPOCALYPSE follows a group of zoo animals fighting slippery, blob-like zombies infected by a mysterious meteor which lands on the grounds.

The CG animation isn’t top-of-the-line, but it delivers the necessary bite, giving it the thrills and grit of a pulpy B-movie wrapped up in cartoonish fun. The lower-budgeted nature of the movie works for its genre.

The darker R-rated tropes you’d expect from Barker are given a pass, and the gummi-worm feel of the monsters allows the film to be creepy enough but doesn’t overdo things for the Saturday matinee crowd.

The voice cast holds its own with some MVP power-lifting by David Harbour as a misunderstood mountain lion and unknown Pierre Simpson as the audience surrogate movie-crazed lemur.

NIGHT OF THE ZOOPOCALYPSE can be a lot of fun with expected twists and turns, making it a suitable gateway experience for the young horror fan.

NIGHT OF THE ZOOPOCALYPSE gets three and a half zombie bites out of five. I’m Kevin Carr, and that’s the way I see it.

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