History Film / Zombies2018

An animated spin-off series based on the movies titled ''ZOMBIES: The Re-Animated Series'' has been announced to be in the works.

** For vampires, we have '''V'''ictor, '''V'''argas, '''V'''era, and '''V'''anny.

* MeaningfulName: "Zed" rhymes with "dead." Also, it's a real name, short for "[[https://www.behindthename.com/name/zedekiah Zedekiah]]", the last king of Judah. His last name however suggests a Greek heritage.

** In '''Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3''' [[spoiler: Addison's grandmother is a prominent element of the alien's search for Utopia]].

** For Aliens we have A-lan, A-spen, A-li, [[spoiler:Addison ''Ros''alyn ''Well''s. Bonus points for the extra pun.]]
** The extended material includes a vampire named Vanna.

A fourth film, ''Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 4'', was announced by Creator/DisneyPlus on November 23, 2023. Filming will take place in Auckland, New Zealand, from February-May 2024, whereas the first three films were shot in Toronto, Canada. Meg Donnelly and Milo Manheim will reprise their roles as Addison and Zed.

A fourth film, ''Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 4'', was announced by Creator/DisneyPlus on November 23, 2023. Filming will take place in Auckland, New Zealand, from February-May 2024, and Meg Donnelly and Milo Manheim will reprise their roles as Addison and Zed.

A fourth film, "Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 4", was announced by Creator/DisneyPlus on November 23, 2023. Filming will take place in Auckland, New Zealand, from February-May 2024, and feature Meg Donnelly and Milo Manheim reprising their roles as Addison and Zed.

''Z-O-M-B-I-E-S'' is a 2018 Creator/DisneyChannel Original Movie, based on the novel ''Zombies & Cheerleaders'' by David Light and Joseph Raso. The book was initially adapted into a television pilot in 2012, but after the series was not picked up it was reworked into a musical film. The movie premiered on Disney Channel on February 16, 2018. The film stars Creator/MegDonnelly and Creator/MiloManheim.

A third and final film, ''Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3'', was released on Creator/DisneyPlus on July 15, 2022, with an "encore" edition (with extra scenes and a bonus song) set to air on the channel on August 12. Zed, Addison, and their friends are beginning their final year at Seabrook High in the town that's become a safe haven for monsters and humans alike. Zed is anticipating an athletic scholarship that will make him the first Zombie to attend college, while Addison is gearing up for Seabrook’s first international cheer-off competition. Then suddenly, extraterrestrial beings appear around Seabrook, provoking something other than friendly competition, which could also give Addison clues toward her true identity.

''Z-O-M-B-I-E-S'' is set in the suburban and [[ObsessivelyNormal obsessively perfect]] town of Seabrook, a place filled with traditions, uniformity, and pep rallies--and also happens to have a zombie population living in the rundown Zombietown right next door. Thanks to high-tech wristbands that curb their hunger for brains, the zombies can have lives just as fulfilling as humans, but are hampered by various laws -- especially an anti-difference law where [[IndividualityIsIllegal everyone and everything have to be exactly alike]] -- and [[FantasticRacism prejudiced humans]]. The first film opens with students from Zombietown being allowed to take (segregated) classes at Seabrook High. When Zombie football player Zed and human cheerleader Addison fall in love, chaos ensues, and the two must lead their groups' to coexistence with each other. [[Film/HighSchoolMusical Sound familiar?]]

** A buck is a male deer who protects his herd from predators. It also means a spirited, young male.

* MasculineFeminineAndrogyneTrio: A-Lan, A-Li, and A-Spen in the third movie.

** The extended material include a Vampire named Vanna.

* SubvertedSuspicionAesop: When strange things go on about Vanna, Willa and Wynter suspect something's off with her and she could be a vampire; but later on Addison learns not to judge people by their appearance alone and get to know her more. [[spoiler:Until it's revealed the werewolves were right about Vanna all along.]]

AmbiguousSyntax: While scared by an alarm Zed runs into a room marked "Zombie Safe Room" reading it as a room for zombies to be safe rather than a room to be safe from zombies.

* CruelCheerleader: According to Eliza, cheerleaders are monsters. While Addison averts the trope completely along with Bree, the other cheerleaders, particularly the Aceys and Bucky, demonstrate this trope to a T. In general, they like to put others down that they don't see as absolutely perfect and are hyper competetive and only care about winning. Their most monstrous act though would be stealing Eliza's computer, hacking Zed's Z-band, and forcing Zed, Bonzo, and Eliza to go full zombie in the middle of a crowded football game, not only putting the lives of the entire student body in peril, but turning the humans completely against the zombies just as real progress was being made. All because they couldn't stand anybody else being in the spotlight but them.