
COOTIES is a horror comedy with unexpected laughs and unapologetic thrills. When a cafeteria food virus turns elementary school children into killer zombies, a group of misfit teachers must band together to escape the playground carnage. The film stars Elijah Wood (The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings), Rainn Wilson ("The Office"), and Alison Pill ("The Newsroom") as teachers who fight to survive the mayhem while hilariously bickering in an uncomfortable love triangle on the worst M... (Full plot summary below)
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COOTIES is a horror comedy with unexpected laughs and unapologetic thrills. When a cafeteria food virus turns elementary school children into killer zombies, a group of misfit teachers must band together to escape the playground carnage. The film stars Elijah Wood (The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings), Rainn Wilson ("The Office"), and Alison Pill ("The Newsroom") as teachers who fight to survive the mayhem while hilariously bickering in an uncomfortable love triangle on the worst Monday of their lives.
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| Birth.Movies.Death.Meredith BordersCOOTIES is blithely bonkers in a way that feels new and unexpected. |
| The PlaylistKevin JagernauthThe engaging opening third of Cooties is enough to make the rest of the 96-minute film a mildly amusing diversion, but as the minutes roll by, you'll wish the brains of the film had remained intact. |
| Assignment XAbbie BernsteinCooties has its problems, but for fans of the genre, it's mostly good bloody fun. |
| Film Journal InternationalEthan AlterCooties struggles to fill 90 minutes with a premise that could support, at most, five minutes of great content. |
| Entertainment WeeklyChris NashawatyNeither scary enough to be a horror film nor funny enough to be a comedy. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenTeachers come across as the usual movie stereotypes while the zombie kids simply run around chasing humans as a generic pack. |
| We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoCooties is an infectious zombie treat, making up for all the horror movies that refused to give kids what they had coming. |
| AV ClubNathan RabinBefore Cooties is a zombie movie, it is an earnest-young-teacher movie that diligently subscribes to every cliché of the form. |
| The Straits Times (Singapore)John LuiIf you have always had the sneaky suspicion that children are little monsters, well, this movie is firmly on your side. It smartly blurs the line between pint-sized terror and flesh-eating hellion because really, who can tell sometimes? |
| Under the RadarStephen DanayEvery performance seems calibrated to wacky, yet pitiful, which keeps the film entertaining even if you're not actually rooting for any of the characters. |