Format: DVD from Sycamore Public Library on the basement television.
I suppose that Anna and the Apocalypse was inevitable. We’ve had zombie comedies before and we’ve had zombie romances before, so it was really only a matter of time before we got a zombie musical. Anna and the Apocalypse does diligent work in sticking to the conventions of zombie movies as well as most of the conventions of musicals (there is no clear reprise, though) in telling its story. In that respect, it’s relatively impressive.
We’re going to go through the three basic stages of a zombie comedy as established by Shaun of the Dead. We’ll spend the first act being introduced to the characters and some element of their personality while hinting at the zombie apocalypse to come. The second act will kill off a few characters while establishing the seriousness of the situation. The third act will involve either killing everyone off or a few of the characters escaping to an unknown fate. Like I said, it follows the established rules of the subgenre.
