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Review: 'This is Not a Test' on Shudder — A Humorless Zombie Apocalypse Film That Fails to Stand Out

By

John Serba

7d ago· 6 min readenReview

Summary

A review of the Shudder film "This is Not a Test," an adaptation of Courtney Summers' YA novel about five teens trapped in their high school during a zombie apocalypse. The review criticizes the film for being a drab, humorless, and unoriginal entry in the zombie genre, despite its promising premise as a zombie-flick riff on "The Breakfast Club." The film stars Olivia Holt and struggles to stand out from other zombie movies.

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Missed opportunity: This is Not a Test shoulda been titled The Breakfast Club 'em in the Head.
Director Adam MacDonald's adaptation...is a straightforward survivalist sci-fi chomp-and-stomper...and it struggles to differentiate itself from the rest of the zombie-flick pack.
This is Not a Test...a Drab and Annoying Zombie-Flick Riff on 'The Breakfast Club'
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Olivia Holt stars in this movie about five angsty teens who hole up in their high school so they can bicker during a zombie apocalypse.

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