Poster © Apollo Films. Shown at reduced size for review and commentary.
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GenreFeature film
RatedPG
Runtime1 hr 31 mins
ReleasedMarch 7, 2025
StreamingSee Where to Watch
DirectorRodrigo Perez-Castro, Ricardo Curtis
StarringGabbi Kosmidis, Scott Thompson, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee
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Night of the Zoopocalypse (2024)
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| Genre | Feature film |
| Rated | PG |
| Released | 10/06/2024 (57th Sitges Film Festival); 01/29/2025 (France); 02/19/2025 (Belgium); 03/07/2025 (United States and Canada) |
| Streaming | See Where to Watch on this page. |
| Running Time | 1 hr 31 mins |
| Budget | Not reported |
| Box Office | Updated daily from Box Office Mojo. See the numbers below. |
| Country | Canada, France, Belgium |
| Language | English, French |
| Night of the Zoopocalypse's Interests | |
| General | Meteors, petting zoos, gift shops, key cards, goo, very serious disaster drills. |
| Music | Dan Levy, of the band The Dø. |
| Movies | Zootopia (2016), Madagascar (2005). Talking animals, way less goo. |
| Television | The Walking Dead, if the walkers were bunnies. |
| Heroes | Ash the ostrich. Sarcasm as a survival skill. |
| Night of the Zoopocalypse's Crew | |
| Director | Rodrigo Perez-Castro, Ricardo Curtis |
| Writers | James Kee, Steven Hoban |
| Producers | Steven Hoban, Mark Smith, Wes Lui, Joe Iacono, Yohann Comte, Pierre Mazars, Carole Baraton, Cloé Garbay, Bastien Sirodot |
| Music | Dan Levy |
| Edited By | Matt Ahrens, Gilad Carmel |
| Production | Copperheart Entertainment, Anton Capital Entertainment, Charades, UMedia, Mac Guff, IDL Films, House of Cool |
| Distributed By | Apollo Films (France), Distri7 (Benelux), Elevation Pictures (Canada) |
Zombies made of jelly are the big idea in Night of the Zoopocalypse, which is the whole point and also the catch. A meteor crashes into the petting zoo at Colepepper Zoo, a pink bunny takes a nibble, and soon the park is crawling with gooey, wobbly Gum-Beasts. Gracie, a young wolf raised by a grandmother who drills the pack for disasters, gets stuck teaming up with Dan, a grumpy mountain lion voiced by David Harbour who only wants out. The sidekicks are the best part: a movie-obsessed lemur, a vain proboscis monkey, a capybara with attitude and a sarcastic ostrich. It’s bright and neon and spooky in small doses, a decent first horror movie for little kids. The plot, though, is the grump-meets-kid team-up you’ve seen many times. Critics were at 88% while everyday viewers shrugged. A 5.8 because it works as a cute gateway scare and not much more. $4,702 says the next jiggly dessert at your table gets called a Gum-Beast.
What works: The sidekick animals are funny, the neon look pops, and the scares are gentle enough for young kids.
What doesn’t: The grumpy-loner-meets-eager-kid story is extremely familiar, and grown-ups will be a step ahead of nearly every beat.
Who it’s for: Young kids ready for their first zombie movie, and parents who would rather the zombies be made of jelly.
Spoilers
Gracie figures out that the zoo’s theme song is the cure after a snow globe music box snaps a baby hippo back to normal. She switches on the clock tower, the music breaks up the giant Gum-Beast blob, and Dan heads for the wild but leaves her the key.
Gracie (Gabbi Kosmidis) is a young timber wolf at Colepepper Zoo, raised by Gramma Abigale (Carolyn Scott), who drills the pack for disasters and trusts no other animal. Then a meteor crashes into the petting zoo one night, a pink bunny takes a bite of space rock, and soon a gooey zombie outbreak is spreading through the park. Gracie teams up with Dan (David Harbour), a grumpy new mountain lion who wants out, plus a movie-buff lemur, a vain proboscis monkey named Felix (Paul Sun-Hyung Lee), a capybara and a sarcastic ostrich named Ash (Scott Thompson). Rodrigo Perez-Castro and Ricardo Curtis direct. Ninety-two minutes, no petting allowed.
Anyone with a zombie plan. Gramma Abigale already has three.
| Gabbi Kosmidis | Gracie |
| David Harbour | Dan |
| Scott Thompson | Ash |
| Paul Sun-Hyung Lee | Felix |
| Pierre Simpson | Xavier |
| Heather Loreto | Frida |
| Kyle Derek | Fred |
| Christina Nova | Poot |
| Bryn McAuley | Bunny Zero |
| Carolyn Scott | Gramma Abigale |
| Rob Tinkler | Maynard |
| Joshua Graham | Hank |
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 19 October 2026 DataBot +360 Numbers refreshed: Worldwide box office $9.8M; Domestic box office $2.1M; Opening weekend $814K; profit note now waits on a budget; Rotten Tomatoes 88%; box office chart updated; Rotten Tomatoes critics 88% (34 reviews); IMDb users 6.0 / 10 (2,219 votes); movie.guru score 5.1.
- (cur | prev) 12:00, 19 October 2026 DataBot +2,000 Profile created from Wikipedia and Box Office Mojo: cast, crew, release dates, budget, official trailer.