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Instead of spending the summer at one of his family's vacation homes, teenage prankster Charlie is stuck helping his mom refurbish a B & B in Rolling Hills--until a "zompire" outbreak turns almost everyone in town into humanoid monsters. Horror-movie fans will appreciate the allusions to classic films in this humorous take on the genre; an open ending paves the way for a sequel.