Cooties
When a virus turns an elementary school’s children into feral attackers, an unlikely teacher-led team fights to survive with irreverent humor and zombie-movie brutality.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Graphic
- irreverent
- frantic
- gross out
- horror movie night
- cult film night
What critics said
Critics generally found the film entertaining and competently made, but regarded its familiar zombie-comedy story as uneven and only moderately successful.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The elementary-school children are transformed into a feral swarm and function as the film's antagonistic force.
Teachers must survive and organize resistance inside an isolated elementary school.
Clint leads a motley band of teachers, including Lucy, Wade, Tracy, Rebekkah, and Doug, against the infected children.
The film combines R-rated zombie violence with the everyday personalities and conflicts of elementary-school teachers.
Films like Cooties, and why
Shaun of the Dead
shares zombie comedy, gross-out humor, and an irreverent survival premise
Zombieland
combines outbreak horror, dark comedy, and ordinary people facing escalating violence
The Faculty
uses a contained institutional setting for comic horror and frantic group survival
Movie Details
- Directors
- Cary Murnion, Jonathan Milott
- Release Date
- 2014-10-10
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (843)
Cast
- Elijah Wood
- Alison Pill
- Rainn Wilson
- Jack McBrayer
- Nasim Pedrad
- Leigh Whannell
- Morgan Lily
- Rebecca Marshall
- Jorge Garcia
- Matt Jones
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Starz Apple TV channel, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Cooties about?
- When a virus turns an elementary school’s children into feral attackers, an unlikely teacher-led team fights to survive with irreverent humor and zombie-movie brutality.
- What is Cooties like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Cooties as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Cooties violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Cooties as graphic.
- What did critics think of Cooties?
- Critics generally found the film entertaining and competently made, but regarded its familiar zombie-comedy story as uneven and only moderately successful.
- Which films are like Cooties?
- Films with a similar feel include Shaun of the Dead, Zombieland, and The Faculty.
- How long is Cooties?
- Cooties runs 88 minutes.
- Where can I watch Cooties?
- In United States, Cooties streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Starz Apple TV channel, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel.
