Cooties
A darkly comedic and relentlessly energetic horror-comedy, *Cooties* distinguishes itself by framing a zombie outbreak not within a typical societal collapse, but the microcosm of an elementary school. The film’s frantic energy derives from the absurd premise – a tainted chicken nugget transforms children into aggressively violent, miniature monsters – and the desperate, increasingly unhinged attempts of a substitute teacher with a checkered past and a group of equally flawed educators to survive. The escalating chaos isn't about global salvation, but about protecting themselves within the brightly colored, familiar confines of a school, creating a uniquely claustrophobic and sardonic atmosphere where the absurdity of adult anxieties is amplified by the savagery of childhood gone wrong. The film avoids outright gore, leaning instead into slapstick violence and a constant sense of escalating panic, ultimately reaching a ridiculously satisfying, if chaotic, crescendo.
Rolprentbesonderhede
- Regisseurs
- Cary Murnion, Jonathan Milott
- Vrystellingsdatum
- 2014-10-10
- Looptyd
- 88 min
- Gradering
- 5.9 / 10 (823)
