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THIS IS NOT A TEST MOVIE REVIEW
Suburban living can be tough when your dad won’t get off your back about skipping class, and your Mom isn’t around to provide that parental balance, and your older sister bailed on the family. The only thing worse than that kind of anxiety is the emergency broadcast system informing you that zombies are running amok, broadcasting This is Not a Test which is also the title of this film. Based on the popular young adult series and brought to you by Shudder, the film follows Sloane (Olivia Holt) finding solace at her school while the world ends outside. Also hiding out is Rhys (Froy Gutierrez) a boy who’s always had a crush on Sloane, Cary (Corteon Moore) a cool headed take-charge jock type, Trace (Carson MacCormac) the lit match in the tinder box that’s on the verge of exploding, and his sister Grace (Chloe Avakian) the sweet young girl that wants to live long enough to graduate, fall in love, and make that money honey. This zombies ate my breakfast club crew will have to work together and work through their past traumas if they ever want to graduate. Bradly, Kate, and Lewayne discuss a year book full of zombie films, which tropes of the shuffling brain eating genre are the most successful, and which cliches of the undead need to be expelled.
DIRECTED BY: Adam MacDonald
STARRING: Olivia Holt, Froy Gutierrez, Carson MacCormac, Corteon Moore, Chloe Avakian, Joelle Farrow, Luke MacFarlane
YOUR REVIEWERS
Bradly Martin (Screener Squad Boss, Eye on the Prize, Breakfast Pub)
Bradly Martin was born in the united states and grew up on a healthy diet of sports, films, and books. A rather shy lad who kept to himself, Bradly soon discovered the best way to know a person was to know what people liked. Throughout the years Bradly became a fan of many things and a fanatic of none. From Doctor Dre, to Doctor Strange and the who’s who of Whos. From Playstation to the Dreamcast and Marvel to DC. From LeBron James to James Bond and Lord of the Rings to Lord Palmerston (or Pitt the Elder if you agree with Wade Boggs) and is a huge fan of dad jokes and randomly obscure Simpsons references. Armed with a vast knowledge of comics, films, and pop culture. Bradly traveled the world making friends and sharing takes. As a young man Bradly married the love of his life young and grew older every year with each new child brought into the brood. If trends continue, Scientists predict that .2% of Canada (where Bradly and family reside) will be populated by Bradly’s children by the year 2029. You can hear him leading and listening to his favorite critics on the Screener Squad and maybe even providing some comments of his own.
Kate Chambers (Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad)
Kate is a certified horror fiend and Horse Girl™. Her name isn’t short for anything. A native Austinite, she graduated with a BFA in Film Production from the University of Colorado Boulder then returned to the Lone Star State to make her home amid the cinephiles of the Alamo Drafthouse and the Austin Film Society. In her spare time, you can find her either down at the barn with her noble steed Jazz, watching as many movies as possible (often at work), cuddling with her pair of black cats and writing horror scripts, or nursing a beer in any available body of water… or doing Duolingo, where she’s currently on a 1000+ day streak.
Lewayne White (Screener Squad)
Lewayne’s earliest memories are of watching movies and reading comics, which instilled in him a sense of wonder, a vivid imagination, and unrealistic expectations. It also means he spends a lot of time watching movies, writing scripts for them, and trying to get them made. He lives in the middle of middle America after landing there as a child, and has remained there mainly because he hates packing.
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