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Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Production: Lionsgate Premiere
  1 win & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
49
Rotten Tomatoes:
43%
R
Year:
2014
88 min
Website
1,521 Views


That's the PTA president,

racer Dobkins' mom.

She always gets here early

to open the gates.

Hey, hey, over here!

Hey!

Hey!

Call for help!

Call for help!

Use the phone!

Over here!

This could fall apart

at any minute, all right?

And I'm just thinking

about the children.

Those little bastards

Are gonna kill her.

She's... It's fine.

She's gonna be fine.

Wait, there he is.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Don't open the door.

She can't even see us.

Don't let him get in!

Don't let him in!

Don't let him in!

Who's mommy's angel?

Who's mommy's little angel?

Yes, you are. Yes, you are.

Get out of the car!

Don't!

No!

You tell Simms that $300

won't cut it.

Oh, god, Steve,

I know what's going on with

this school 24/7, all right?

Come on, racer, let's go!

You wanna go to soccer practice

or not, honeypuckle?

I'm not gonna be the one

holding the bag at the goddamn

Book drive again this year,

all right?

No, you...

racer, what the hell

are you doing to your brother

Back there now, huh?

What are you doing?

Oh!

They go right for the face!

I told you!

The other parents are gonna be

here any second.

They'll massacre

the other parents.

Aah!

Oh, my god!

Get off of me!

Help me!

She's not one of them!

How do you know?

Look at her face.

It's not covered in pox.

Help her up! Help her up!

Oh, god, they're coming!

They're coming!

Come on!

They're getting up on the roof!

They're in the trees!

Move!

Come on!

Where do we go?

To the auditorium!

Aah!

Move! Move! Move! Move!

Aah! Help!

Get him off me!

Aah!

Wade, I...

Tammy, why don't you

And Calvin come on over here

with me?

That guy always cheated off me.

Calvin, come on.

I'll make sure all the doors

are secure.

Why... Why is his blood black?

I don't know.

That's what I want to find out.

I-I think I'm gonna dissect him.

You guys help me.

Hey, look at us.

We're fine.

You know, we're... We're still us,

because you know why?

Because none of us got bitten

or scratched.

I did.

Oh.

Oh, no, it's fine.

We'll just... We'll go

to the washroom and... And we'll...

You'll wash it out with soap

so it won't get infected, okay?

How... What do you say?

Okay.

Oh, my god, I can't believe

you're doing this.

I can't believe boys pee

in those.

I mean, that's disgusting.

That's disgusting?

It's not disgusting

to have boys staring

At each other's penises?

What... What is wrong with

that, okay?

We got bigger things

to worry about.

Well, this is interesting.

Oh, god!

Oh, my god!

Oh, god.

I'm gonna extract the brain.

Oh, that's just rude.

Tracy, god damn it.

It appears the preliminary

reports have been confirmed.

Children are, for some reason,

violently attacking

Their parents in front of

fort chicken elementary.

We now have reports of victims

around the city,

And authorities have no idea

what is going on.

Stay inside.

Stay in your cars.

Do not go...

Dude, this is totally

Tripping me out.

Are you on 'shrooms, too?

Hey.

Can I get you anything?

I'd really rather be

left alone, Lucy.

Wade, can we please talk?

I don't want to talk.

I know you don't, but I do.

Then why don't you talk

to your boyfriend about it?

Clint and I

went to school together.

I haven't seen him in 15 years.

I walked in this morning,

guy was f***in' hittin' on you,

And you were eatin' it up.

Are you kidding me?

No, I'm not kiddin' you, Lucy.

You can't even deny it.

Deny it.

Clint and I were just

talking, and I'm sorry

If I hurt your feelings.

I didn't mean to.

Oh.

Look, I'm sorry.

But I know neither of us thought

this was how the day

Was gonna go

when we woke up this morning.

I thought today was gonna go

way different than this.

You have no idea.

I bought you a ring yesterday,

Lucy.

And then I walk in, and I see

you laughing and smiling

At that little a**hole.

And you know what I thought?

I thought, wow,

she looks so pretty

When she smiles.

How come she never smiles at me

like that?

I'll talk to you later, Lucy.

And go f*** yourself.

Prognosis is not good.

Oh!

As you can see, most of the gray

And white matter has been...

Rebekkah, quiet, please.

Most of the gray

and white matter has been

Severely infected.

It's showing the beginning

stages of necroptosis

And decomposition.

All of these black areas

are basically dead.

I mean, they can run, jump, eat,

but they're not human anymore,

Not really.

Once again,

how do you know all this?

I learned all about the brain

when I had a 6-Inch spike lodged

In my skull as a child,

which is the reason why

You may have noticed

that sometimes when I'm talking

I use the wrong rowboat.

Word.

Now, bacteria can't cross

the blood/brain barrier.

So I'm thinking this is

more likely a virus.

What kind of virus

would do that?

A pretty nasty one.

Calvin said that Shelley linker

was the first one to bite,

Right?

Yeah.

But what about Clint and Tamra?

All it did was make them sick.

I have a theory about this.

Hold on a moment.

Tamra?

Yeah?

Have you achieved menses?

What?

No, he's, uh, asking you

if you've had your period yet.

Um, I really don't wanna say.

You wear a bra, right?

Yeah.

Thank you.

Gave you an "a" in sex Ed,

Tamra.

Little disappointed

you don't know what menses are.

Why is sex Ed always taught

by the creepiest teachers?

Clint, quiet, please.

It seems that the virus is

susceptible to androgens.

I mean, the prepubescent body

has testosterone and estrogen.

But at puberty, the body's

glands create a feedback cycle

That increases the gonadotropins

by about 2,000.

Just what are you trying to say?

Talk like a person.

Please.

The... The virus is only

dangerous is you haven't

Gone through puberty.

Was that them?

What's going on?

How'd they do that?

Okay, everyone, stay calm!

Calvin.

Huh?

Oh, sh*t. Calvin!

Calvin!

Over here, guys.

Quick, quick, quick!

Calvin, wake up.

Wake up, Calvin.

Quit slapping me.

He needs to eat something.

We need to get him a candy bar

or a soda.

Wade, do you have any snack bars

or something?

I got creatine powder.

Well, he needs something

with sugar.

This body is a no-Carb zone.

Ah, what was that?

Probably one of the demented

children that's been trying

It's coming from over there.

They're in the boiler room.

They can't be.

I've checked all these doors.

They're... They're locked.

Oh, my god, they have keys!

Doug, I thought you said they

couldn't do stuff like that.

Oh, they're gonna get in here.

We're all gonna die!

This can't be the end.

I'm not even published yet.

Wade, I've thought about it.

I don't think I can marry you.

I'm sorry!

Jesus!

It's the f***ing janitor!

Hatachi?

What are you doing here?

The lights are out.

Okay, we gotta move!

Go!

Move it! Move it!

Watch your step.

What the hell?

You live down here?

Yes.

When is this gonna end?

Where are we going?

Oh, my god.

Where are we?

We have a kid who needs help.

He's diabetic.

Do you have any food?

Nori.

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Leigh Whannell

Leigh Whannell (born 17 January 1977) is an Australian screenwriter, producer, director, and actor. He is best known for writing films directed by his friend James Wan, including Saw (2004), Dead Silence (2007), Insidious (2011), and Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013). Whannell has directed two films, Insidious: Chapter 3, released in 2015, and Upgrade, released in 2018. Whannell and Wan are the creators of the Saw franchise. Whannell wrote the first installment, co-wrote the second and third installments, was producer or executive producer for all the films, and appeared as the "Adam Stanheight" character in four of the installments. He was also the writer of the Saw video game (2009), and co-writer of the 2014 film Cooties. more…

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