This one's an American comedy/horror starring Elijah Wood as a substitute teacher who's unfortunate enough to turn up on the same day as a rabies-style outbreak spreads through the kids at the school, turning them into zombie-style killers who like nothing better than tearing their teachers into little pieces. My second in a double-bill of school-set horror stories, and COOTIES (2014) is a very different beast. Many good moments in this movie, I will definitely watch it again. I LOVE the political incorrectness of it, and that must be why the score on here isn't higher. One or two scenes I thought lacked the last polish, but nothing major.

The make up and effects aren't incredible, but absolutely gets the job done. It's not really scary, but has a couple, and particularly one scene that is pretty suspenseful. It's horror and comedy brilliantly mixed, but also has quite a lot of action and thriller elements. And even though a good deal of what we see, we have seen before, it's done in its own way that just makes it entertaining. Cooties is kind of a classic premise, but with a couple of twists that makes it quite refreshing. Reminiscent of The Faculty (a favorite of mine), because it takes place in a school, yes, but also somehow because of the tone of it. If you're a fan of Horror movies, especially the zombie-genre, it's worth taking a look at. Cooties is an action comedy horror movie that keeps your interest for all 90mins, never a dull moment and just so much fun from beginning to end. The best part is that the movie is rated R which means nothing gets held back as these teachers beat the crap out of their undead students.

Rainn Wilson was Boss with a capital B in this film, and added to the 1980s homage of horror and action I was vibing on all over this film. Adding to this is a great ensemble cast lead by obviously horror movie fan Elijah wood, who also did Maniac and Grand Piano which I loved. How cool is that? Though the idea that the chicken nuggets they feed you in public school are actually made of chicken is totally unrealistic, the metaphor of a girl who eats these nuggets spreading a zombie apocalypse like the cooties is brilliant I've seen my share of Zombie movies and I never seen this particular premise. When I saw the trailer for this movie, I could not wait to see it! A chicken carrying a food virus becomes chicken nuggets for an elementary school in a small town, and effects them with a flu like virus that turns anyone who has not reach puberty into flesh loving monsters.

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