While Night of the Zoopocalypse is more of a labour of love than most of its rivals, it doesn’t have a great deal to offer adults who aren’t hardcore animation fans.

The mechanics of the chase scenes are well-designed, but the overall look of the film is lackluster, the characters are thinly imagined, and the dialogue is oddly obscure.

I suppose that any movie that acts as a pint-sized gateway to Barker should be applauded. But maybe make sure that your household’s night-lights are properly charged for a few evenings afterward.

Action and characters do skew towards basic but for a beginner horror its spooky moments fulfil the brief.