History Film / AnnaAndTheApocalypse

* DropTheHammer: [[spoiler:One of Anna's neighbors tries to use this on a zombie but he apparently FailedASpotCheck and hits it on the top of the head, which is protected by a hard hat, rather than on the face. This ends poorly for the human...]]

* TwistedChristmas

** And, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-xDgXISiXg&list=PL3YUokjgxM2Sae-yvUVApP6XvqvkqSZ1U&index=7 Which Side Are You On?]]", Savage sings about self preservation, while Tony argues back that they must open the doors and find more survivors.

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: The two students performing "The Fish Wrap" are dressed as penguins. [[spoiler:Subverted in their second appearance, when they've been zombified.]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: Savage.
* ActionSurvivor

[[spoiler:-->''When it comes to killing zombies, I'm the top of my class\\
While you've been hiding, I've been kicking some ass\\
I know the best form of defense is attack\\
I know what I'm fighting for, I'm a soldier at war'']]

* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Anna's first zombie kill happens when she uses a seesaw to decapitate a zombie dressed as a snowman.[[

* FailedASpotCheck: During "Turning My Life Around", [[spoiler:Anna and John dance in the streets, completely unaware of the apocalypse around them. To be fair to John, he was taking a different route with fewer zombies in the street, but Anna outright misses two girls running out of cover to swat at zombies and outright trying to warn her for several seconds before they give up and run.[[

While receiving an immediate home media release in the UK, the film was made available in the US on Creator/{{hulu}} in March 2019 before a Blu-ray release on December 2, 2019 through Second Sight Films, which contains the Festival Cut and Theatrical Cut together, along with the original short film.

* ActionGirl: Anna and Steph; Anna's first reaction upon seeing the person she tried to help is a zombie is to whack it with her bag, then decapitate it with a seesaw, while Steph is able to handle zombies well on her own.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Savage may have some form of OCD. [[spoiler:Which is not even getting into the sociopathy and psychopathy.]]

* ArousedByTheirVoice: Lisa's song, "It's That Time of Year", seems to have gotten the attention of the elderly headmaster.

-->''When it comes to killing zombies, I'm the top of my class\\

I know what I'm fighting for, I'm a soldier at war''
* BadSanta: One zombie is dressed up like Santa Claus.

* BittersweetEnding: Leans more on the bitter side. [[spoiler:A good chunk of the cast is dead or zombified, but Anna, Nick and Steph managed to escape town and are now trying to find a safe place to go. And Anna got to see her dad one last time before he died.]]
* BookEnds: One of the first songs is "Hollywood Ending", which gets a reprise in the final scene.

* CampingACrapper: Steph kills a zombie found in a public restroom by repeatedly slamming a toilet lid on its head.

** [[spoiler:The reprise of "Hollywood Ending" at the very end as the surviving characters sit in silence as they drive off into an unknown future, and ends with a jump scare.]]

* DeathOfAChild: There's a brief shot of a zombie eating out of a pram.
* DestinationDefenestration: A FunnyBackgroundEvent during "Turning My Life Around" has a person falling out of a window.
* DoggedNiceGuy: John is established to hold a candle for Anna. [[spoiler:She doesn't return the sentiment, but he takes it maturely and doesn't push her.]]

* DropTheHammer: One of Anna's neighbors tries to use this on a zombie but he apparently FailedASpotCheck and hits it on the top of the head, which is protected by a hard hat, rather than aiming for the face, which ends poorly for him.
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: The two students performing "The Fish Wrap" are dressed as penguins. Subverted in their second appearance, when they've been zombified.
* ExitPursuedByABear: Most of the background characters from ''Turning my Life Around'' are last seen this way, although given how many of them don't appear zombified over the next couple days they might have made it out of town.
* FailedASpotCheck: During "Turning My Life Around", Anna and John dance in the streets, completely unaware of the apocalypse around them. To be fair to John, he was taking a different route with fewer zombies in the street, but Anna outright misses two girls running out of cover to swat at zombies and outright trying to warn her for several seconds before they give up and run.

** The star above the stage nearly hits Savage early on in the film; [[spoiler:Anna uses it to knock him to his fate, getting ripped apart by zombies]].

Live for today 'cause [[spoiler:you might be dead come tomorrow]]''

* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: Part of the reason Anna and John fail to notice the apocalypse in "Turning My Life Around" is because their earbuds are blocking out the screams.

** Nick acts like a prick through most of the film, but eventually breaks down [[spoiler:when he admits he had to kill his own father. And his father's last words were "Do the right thing, for once in your life."]] Ouch.

* MilitariesAreUseless: The military men that were supposed to get everyone out of town quickly fall to the zombies offscreen.
* MissingMom: Anna's mother died sometime before the events of the film. The novelization goes into backstory detail.

** [[spoiler: The novel remains somewhat upbeat until Savage murders Julie]].

* NoodleIncident: It's never revealed in either the film or novel what happened to Steph and Chris on the day of the outbreak that saw them flee from the homeless shelter to the bowling alley.

* OffWithHisHead: Anna's first zombie kill happens when she uses a seesaw to decapitate a zombie dressed as a snowman.

* PreserveYourGays: [[spoiler:Steph is one of the few characters who survives all the way to the end.]]

* SanitySlippage: Savage demonstrates this as his efforts to establish his own authority prove futile, to the point that [[spoiler:he lets zombies into the school just to 'punish' those people who weren't listening to him]].

** Nick starts "Soldier at War" with a [[Franchise/EvilDead "Groovy"]]. There's also an Ash [[Creator/BruceCampbell Campbell]] in the social media feed that Steph checks.

** Lisa has a moment of this, combined with DiggingYourselfDeeper when she insults Nick while briefly forgetting he and Anna had sex once.

* TwistedChristmas: Anna and her friends have to deal with the ZombieApocalypse during Christmas.

** Depending on how you view Nick since he's very antagonistic towards Anna and her friends, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z2GA3SNiQ0&list=PL3YUokjgxM2Sae-yvUVApP6XvqvkqSZ1U&index=9 Soldier at War]]" may count. [[spoiler:He turns out to be an ally, and he distracts a horde of zombies so Anna can look for her father in his reprise of "Soldier at War".]]

--> '''Savage: ''' All my life they told me I would never succeed, put me down, controlled me made me follow their lead bought the lies they sold me for too long, I am finally freeee!

--> '''[[spoiler: Savage]].''': "And Never have I felt so much bliss."
--> '''Anna''': "Oh how can you take pleasure in this?"
* YouthIsWastedOnTheDumb: Savage firmly believes this, although he's not exactly the best judge.

''Anna'' was positively received by critics and audiences. It has developed a cult following ([[SarcasmMode likely due to]] [[https://twitter.com/mycakeintherain?s=09 one fan's social media dedication]]).

While receiving an immediate home media release in the UK, the film's first US release was on December 2, 2019 through Second Sight Films, a Blu-ray featuring the Festival Cut and Theatrical Cut together, along with the original short film.

* WildBachelorParty: mostly averted with the bachelor party Anna and John briefly see the night of the Christmas pageant, as while they do seem to be drunk they’re merely going bowling rather than partying.

* RayOfHopeEnding: Possibly unintentional, or meant to be a case of AndIMustScream, but the last time we see [[spoiler: the zombified Chris and Lisa]]. they're fingers seemed to be moving, trying to touch each other as they rambled along, maybe hinting at a ''Film/WarmBodies'' esque hope that they're FightingFromTheInside and that there is hope for at least some of the zombies to be cured or become more than mindless creatures.

* SoundtrackDissonance: "Turning My Life Around" and "Which Side Are You On?" have a very upbeat tone despite the context of the songs.
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:Nick, though not by choice.]]

** During ''Turning My Life Around'' the two girls who were helping Lisa try out her pageant dress from the school attempt to pull a BadassBystander moment by whacking zombies with their backpacks and futilely trying to yell to Anna for a while to warn her, but eventually give up and run for it.

* BadassGay: Steph has a girlfriend and is quite the badass. [[spoiler:She also ends up being one of the few characters to survive to the end.]]

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNegcZ0WNg8&list=PL3YUokjgxM2S4ydutSnwPFaRiTDlxK05z&index=10 Nothing's Gonna Stop Me Now]]", sung by an increasingly unhinged Mr. Savage, [[spoiler:as he taunts Anna and her friends behind safety while they're being attacked from all sides by zombies]].

** There's also his half of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj91ib65cTg&list=PL3YUokjgxM2S4ydutSnwPFaRiTDlxK05z&index=12 Give Them a Show]]", sung counterpoint to Anna.
** And, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcA6zh-nLks&list=PL3YUokjgxM2S4ydutSnwPFaRiTDlxK05z&index=7 Which Side Are You On?]]", Savage sings about self preservation, while Tony argues back that they must open the doors and find more survivors.
** Depending on how you view Nick since he's very antagonistic towards Anna and her friends, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW2Xdnmyq7I&list=PL3YUokjgxM2S4ydutSnwPFaRiTDlxK05z&index=9 Soldier at War]]" may count. [[spoiler:He turns out to be an ally, and he distracts a horde of zombies so Anna can look for her father in his reprise of "Soldier at War".]]