This was originally reviewed out of Fantasia Fest. Little Monsters is now streaming on Hulu and will open in the UK on Nov. 15.
Apparently there’s been something of an indie resurgence in taking on the sometimes saturated market of the undead. Jim Jarmusch’s deadpan commentary, The Dead Don’t Die, hit earlier this year and Little Monsters’ writer/director Abe Forsythe obviously got the same memo. Whereas Jarmusch’s indie ditty was bleak and rambling, Forsythe has packed every minute of Little Monsters with accessible humor, heart, and Lupita Nyong’o in one of the standout roles of the year.
Making its Quebec debut at Montreal’s Fantasia Fest, the horror comedy centers on Alexander England’s unemployed bum, Dave. Living in the past and wishing for the glory days of his old band, Dave quickly finds himself on his sister’s sofa and entwined with the life of her young son, Felix (Diesel La Torraca), who happens to have a gorgeous, sunny, and sweet kindergarten teacher named Miss Caroline (Lupita Nyong’o).
Source: IGN.com Little Monsters Review: Now Streaming on Hulu