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Rarely have I seen a horror-comedy as joyless asLittle Monsters.
Or even some humanity.
Have I mentioned that this is a zombie movie?
Well, its a zombie movie.
And then, suddenly, the movie grows a soul.
Theoretically, its the right idea: to create a formal tension to echo the narrative one.
But theory only gets you so far if you botch the execution.
The most dispiriting thing aboutLittle Monstersare the occasional glimpses of the film it could have been.
