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COOTIES (2014) - Zombie horror/comedy - Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Dwight Schrute


Cooties follows a struggling writer/substitute teacher whose first day at an elementary school sees him dealing with a virus that turns the kids into mindless killing cannibals. The teacher bands with the survivors — played by Rainn Wilson, Alison Pill, Jack McBrayer and Leigh Whannell, among others — to figure out an escape from the school.



Just got bought at Sundance by Lionsgate (first deal of the festival that I know of).

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Re: COOTIES (2014) - Zombie horror/comedy - Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Dwight Schrute

I'm game for this.
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Re: COOTIES (2014) - Zombie horror/comedy - Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Dwight Schrute

Zombie horror/comedy
Oh thank God somebody is FINALLY making a film in this underutilized genre.
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Re: COOTIES (2014) - Zombie horror/comedy - Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Dwight Schrute

No trailer? sadface
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Re: COOTIES (2014) - Zombie horror/comedy - Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Dwight Schrute

Lionsgate just got the bitch, motherfucker. Give them cats some time to get some together.
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Re: COOTIES (2014) - Zombie horror/comedy - Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Dwight Schrute

Then don't start a thread without shit to talk about. Fucking poster.
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Re: COOTIES (2014) - Zombie horror/comedy - Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Dwight Schrute

Originally Posted by SuckaMC
Then don't start a thread without shit to talk about. Fucking poster.
The cast and plot isn't enough to warrant a thread?

Fuck you.
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Re: COOTIES (2014) - Zombie horror/comedy - Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Dwight Schrute

From the look of things, this thread is a must-see. Be back in a week...
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Re: COOTIES (2014) - Zombie horror/comedy - Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Dwight Schrute

Originally Posted by Tarantino
The cast and plot isn't enough to warrant a thread?

Fuck you.
Cool, lets talk. Skeleton holding an lollipop, a picture of the cast looking like they were crotch kicked.

Discussion finished.

Looks fuckin' phenomenal.


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Re: COOTIES (2014) - Zombie horror/comedy - Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Dwight Schrute

Originally Posted by SuckaMC
Cool, lets talk. Skeleton holding an lollipop, a picture of the cast looking like they were crotch kicked.

Discussion finished.
Better go alert the folks in the Avengers 2 and new Star Wars movie threads that there isn't shit to talk about yet because there's no trailer as well.
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Re: COOTIES (2014) - Zombie horror/comedy - Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Dwight Schrute

Originally Posted by Tarantino
Better go alert the folks in the Avengers 2 and new Star Wars movie threads that there isn't shit to talk about yet because there's no trailer as well.
No shit?! On my way!!
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Re: COOTIES (2014) - Zombie horror/comedy - Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Dwight Schrute

That poster is pretty cool.
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Re: COOTIES (2014) - Zombie horror/comedy - Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Dwight Schrute

Since when does a thread about an upcoming movie require a trailer?

I'm not a big fan of zombie comedies. Shaun of the Dead was good but I have yet to see another that was decent.

I may check this out because I like the cast. Although I'm not crazy about Jack McBrayer. He always plays the same exact character.
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Re: COOTIES (2014) - Zombie horror/comedy - Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Dwight Schrute

It's directed by Honest. That alone gets me in the theater.
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Re: COOTIES (2014) - Zombie horror/comedy - Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Dwight Schrute

Just saw the trailer and I'm in.

Leigh Wannell is on a role.

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It looks like Dawn of the Dead in an elementary school.

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Re: COOTIES (2014) - Zombie horror/comedy - Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Dwight Schrute

Seen Cooties trailer last year. Not surprised this is taking so long since Lionsgate have a stupid habit of sitting on movie acquisitions too long before release. I guess the attempt is to build hype.
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Re: COOTIES (2014) - Zombie horror/comedy - Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Dwight Schrute

Someone PM SuckaMC STAT!

After watching trailer, I'm totally in! Zombie kids isn't something the zombie genre is typical of.
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Re: COOTIES (2014) - Zombie horror/comedy - Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Dwight Schrute

Originally Posted by hbilly
Seen Cooties trailer last year. Not surprised this is taking so long since Lionsgate have a stupid habit of sitting on movie acquisitions too long before release. I guess the attempt is to build hype.
This is coming out through Lionsgate's Digital platform, so I figure it'll be available via streaming day and date like Maggie was.
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Originally Posted by VHS?
Someone PM SuckaMC STAT!

After watching trailer, I'm totally in! Zombie kids isn't something the zombie genre is typical of.
Lol. I totally forgot about that exchange up top. I saw this preview a while back. Looks great.

Hopefully what they do right (like was done in Zombieland) is treat the zombies as a serious threat. The survivors can be goofy, but if the zombies are played for intentional laughs it hurts it overall.

I'm in. This thread FINALLY pays off! Haha.
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Re: COOTIES (2014) - Zombie horror/comedy - Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Dwight Schrute

Just watched it and thought it was a nice little compact time waster. Nothing great but did have some nice kills and a couple of great lines.

My favorite of them was: "I always wanted to have sex with a prostitute who was non-white."

Also "Nap time, motherfuckers."

The film runs 85 mins., so it's easy to get through.
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I liked the first half, second half was okay. It felt like the pilot for a TV series.
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Re: COOTIES (2014) - Zombie horror/comedy - Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Dwight Schrute

I made it ~35 minutes and had to shut it off.
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Re: COOTIES (2014) - Zombie horror/comedy - Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Dwight Schrute

I watched this last month and I liked it. It wasn't extremely great, but the cast made it entertaining.
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Re: COOTIES (2014) - Zombie horror/comedy - Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Dwight Schrute

Originally Posted by Solid Snake
Lionsgate just got the bitch, motherfucker. Give them cats some time to get some together.
The Solid Snake of 2 years ago talks like a jive ass turkey. Ya Dig?

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