Who’s in it? Woody! From Cheers (Woody Harrelson), the guy who’s sister Hallie “Pepsi ads” Eisenberg is just as cute but more famous, and Emma Stone. Plus a great cameo by a comedy maestro.

What’s it about? Two female con artists join forces with a dweeb and a man on a Twinkie mission to fight zombies in a kind of Shaun of the Dead meets Evil Dead with a healthy sprinkling of Monty Python’s Flying Circus flick.

I met Woody Harrelson several years ago. He was premiering his eco-warrior film Go Further at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and dropped by the local theatre company where I worked. He sat quietly on the front steps of the theatre, cross-legged, soaking up the sunshine, and appearing quite ordinary. But there is nothing ordinary about his latest role in Zombieland, as a borderline psychopath with a penchant for, no, scratch that, unhealthy obsession with Hostess Twinkies. Then again, if the world as you knew it was fast becoming overrun by flesh-eating rampaging zombies, you probably wouldn’t fret about your caloric intake either. His turn as “Tallahassee” (we never learn their names, only the cities where they’re from) was inspired. Harrelson’s laconic drawl, and banjo-swinging-cowboy-hat-wearing-loner-with-a-big-dark-secret persona, perfectly explains his characters’ creepy taste for zombie blood.

This is a very tight cast, with only four major speaking roles, including Emma Stone (“Wichita”) and Abigail Breslin (“Little Rock”) as sisters doing anything to stave off a gory zombie demise, and main character and narrator Eisenberg (“Columbus”) as a geeks’ sterotype paradise with toilet issues and an important list of ways to keep alive in Zombieland, which were cleverly highlighted throughout the film.

An added plus, a completely delightful and unexpected cameo by a comedy genius midway through the film will leave you in tears. This I guarantee. That’s all I’m sayin’.

The post-apocalyptic scenery is also due for a few nods as it really sums up the feeling of total abandonment, loneliness and desperation, yet with enough laughs to cut through the clutter of broken bodies, decapitations, eviscerations and the utterly disgusting greeny-black mouth goo that we’ve come to know and love. The zombie genre has mostly been serious with only a few successful ventures into light comedy, but with Zombieland on the scene, that is sure to change.

4 popcorns out of 5

Playing now at the Deluxe Cinemas on High Street. Call 268.462.2188 or 268.462.3664 for showtimes.