History YMMV / AnnaAndTheApocalypse

** While the direction of his character was popularly received in general, the film could have survived without making Savage into a villain. while retaining both the comedic atmosphere from earlier in the film (and avoiding the darker parts of the BittersweetEnding) and a lot of the emotion form the climax without even changing the songs (''Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now'' could have been a BadassBoast or a LetsGetDangerous moment from Mr. Savage while fighting zombies, and ''Give Them a Show'' could have been a DespairEventHorizon instead of a VillainSong.

* EarWorm: [[https://youtu.be/0xAk8h4z4lA “Hollywood Ending”]] will get stuck in your head with a vengeance.

** While popularly received in general, the film could have survived without making Savage into a villain. while retaining both the comedic atmosphere from earlier in the film (and avoiding the darker parts of the BittersweetEnding) and a lot of the emotion form the climax without even changing the songs (''Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now'' could have been a BadassBoast or a LetsGetDangerous moment from Mr. Savage while fighting zombies, and ''Give Them a Show'' could have been a DespairEventHorizon instead of a VillainSong.

* CompleteMonster: Arthur [[NamesToRunAwayFrom Savage]] is, initially, just the strict headmaster of Little Haven's high school, and a consummate ControlFreak who lets a glimpse of his true nature show when, during the ZombieApocalypse, he callously "prioritizes" over an old woman with a heart condition. When Savage's desperate attempts to maintain authority over the survivors fails, Savage decides to allow the zombies in to slaughter all the survivors out of spite, gleefully locking his own students inside while promising to deliver whatever's left of Anna to her father whom Savage looks down upon, even attempting to murder both Anna and her father when [[UngratefulBastard they save his life]] from the ravenous zombies. Savage gleefully hopscotches over the line to demonstrate himself [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters worse than any of the mindless zombies]] ravaging Little Haven, attesting during "Give Them A Show" that he "might as well have some fun" with the collapse of society.

* IdiotBall: Arguably, most of the character deaths are caused by Anna, Steph and Nicks' actions and choices examples include [[spoiler: Nicks idea to go through the Christmas Tree Emporium results in not only his friends dying but also John, Lisa and chris die due to Steph not being cautious enough, Annas dad dies due to a combination of her dad and her not realising she had a longer reaching weapon in her hands to stop Savage, also she should of knocked him the hell out with it when reaching the stage in the first place]].
* JerkassWoobie: Nick is a bit of a prick, but over the course of the movie he [[spoiler:loses his friends and has to kill his dad]], so it’s easy to feel sorry for him.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Christmas Means Nothing Without You" sounds more than a little like Music/MariahCarey's ubiquitous "All I Want For Christmas Is You".

* AcclaimedFlop: Warmly received by critics, but it ultimately failed to make back its budget due to a limited release.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Christmas Means Nothing Without You" sounds more than a little like Music/MariahCarey's ubiquitous "All I Want For Christmas Is You".

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Arguably, most of the character deaths are caused by Anna, Steph and Nicks' actions and choices examples include [[spoiler: Nicks idea to go through the Christmas Tree Emporium results in not only his friends dying but also John, Lisa and chris die due to Steph not being cautious enough, Annas dad dies due to a combination of her dad and her not realising she had a longer reaching weapon in her hands to stop Savage, also she should of knocked him the hell out with it when reaching the stage in the first place]].

* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Series/GameOfThrones Thoros of Myr]] left the Seven Kingdoms to become headmaster.

* RetroactiveRecognition [[Series/GameOfThrones Thoros of Myr]] left the Seven Kingdoms to become headmaster.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To Film/ShaunOfTheDead. But a musical!
* TearJerker:
** [[spoiler:John]] being the first among the group to get taken by the zombies.
** [[spoiler:Chris and Lisa]] both get bitten and spend their last moments together.
** Nick revealing [[spoiler:he had to kill his father at his request after he got bitten, and his last words to him were "Don't disappoint me...for once."]]
** [[spoiler:Tony]] revealing to have been bitten, leading Anna to break down and spend their last moment together.
** Of the songs, "Human Voice" (about how the cast wants to contact their loved ones to make sure they're alive and unharmed) and "I Will Believe" (sung when [[spoiler: Anna and Nick are making what they believe will be their last stand, with shots of other characters that have turned into zombies]]) are the saddest.
* TheissTitillationTheory: The dress Lisa wears for her performance looks dangerously close to suffering a WardrobeMalfunction.

* {{Narm}}: Minor, but [[spoiler:during "I Will Believe", we get a shot of a now zombified John...and then his novelty sweater lights up.]]

** Of the songs, "Human Voice" (about how the cast wants to contact their loved ones to make sure they're alive and unharmed) and "I Will Believe" (sung when [[spoiler: Anna and Nick are making what they believe will be their last stand, with shots of other characters that have turned into zombies]]) are the saddest.

* Narm: Minor, but [[spoiler:during "I Will Believe", we get a shot of a now zombified John...and then his novelty sweater lights up.]]

** [[spoiler:Tony]] revealing to have been bitten, leading Anna to break down and spend their last moment together.

* CrossingTheLineTwice: Anna decapitating a zombie? Horrifying? John's high-pitched scream in response? Hilarious.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Savage crosses this line when he let's zombies into the school to devour the survivors inside, just to keep his control over the school.]]

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The idea of a holiday musical-comedy/zombie horror hybrid film won't appeal to everyone's tastes.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Christmas Means Nothing Without You" sounds more than a little like Music/MariahCarey's ubiquitous "All I Want For Christmas Is You".

* EarWorm: [[https://youtu.be/0xAk8h4z4lA “Hollywood Ending”]] will get stuck in your head with a vengeance.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The idea of a holiday musical-comedy/zombie horror hybrid film doesn't appeal to everyone's tastes.