Cooties (film)

Cooties
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
  • Jonathan Milott
  • Cary Murnion
Screenplay by
Story by
  • Ian Brennan
  • Leigh Whannell
  • Josh C. Waller
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyLyle Vincent
Edited byBrett W. Bachman
Music byKreng
Production
companies
Distributed byLionsgate Premiere
Release dates
  • January 25, 2014 (2014-01-25) (Sundance)
  • September 18, 2015 (2015-09-18) (United States)
Running time
94 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States[1]
LanguageEnglish
Box office$581,080[2]

Cooties is a 2014 American zombie comedy film directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion from a screenplay that was written by Ian Brennan and Leigh Whannell. It stars Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Rainn Wilson, Jack McBrayer, Whannell, Nasim Pedrad, Brennan, and Jorge Garcia as a group of elementary school employees who fight to survive an outbreak among students that turn them into aggressive zombies when someone eats chicken nuggets that contain a virus.

Cooties premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2014,[3] before it was released on September 18, 2015, in a limited release and through video on demand by Lionsgate Premiere.[4] The film received mixed or average reviews from critics.

  1. ^ a b c d "Cooties (2015)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference numbers was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Burton, Kyle (20 January 2014). "Sundance Review: Elijah Wood Vehicle 'Cooties' Is Gross Genre Fun". IndieWire.
  4. ^ Woods, Kevin (7 April 2015). "Cooties to open Stanley Film Festival; hits theaters/VOD in September - Horror Movie News | Arrow in the Head". Joblo. Retrieved 2015-06-13.