When a wannabe novelist asks his mom for some constructive criticism on his a draft, she lets loose a deluge of the novel’s shortcomings: It’s poorly paced and occasionally boring, the characters are ...

The horror-comedy “Cooties” — a genially low-budget tale of teachers fighting off a pack of elementary-school-age zombies — milks its midnight-movie aesthetic for all it is worth, mixing obviously ...

The horror-comedy “Cooties” — a genially low-budget tale of teachers fighting off a pack of elementary-school-age zombies — milks its midnight-movie aesthetic for all it is worth, mixing obviously ...

From the twisted minds of Leigh Whannell (co-creator of Saw and Insidious) and Ian Brennan (co-creator of "Glee"), COOTIES is a horror comedy with unexpected laughs and unapologetic thrills. When a ...

Even kids get a gnarly hankering in zombie movies from time to time. But these tend to be fleeting bits of depravity tossed in for variety’s sake, like the bloodthirsty birthday princesses in ...

If recess has taught us anything, you do not want to be the kid with COOTIES! In this endearingly grotesque black comedy, Elijah Wood goes to work as a substitute teacher after a failed novel attempt.

Essentially “Recess of the Dead,” “Cooties” involves a virus that spreads among a group of schoolchildren like lice, resulting not in itchy scalps but in powerful, flesh-tearing mini-zombies who rip ...

What grade-school teachers know, but may not want to express, is that as noble as the profession is, it sometimes requires squelching the desire to pop certain brats in the face. From that unspoken no ...

AS A parent of toddlers, I am well aware of the horrors of chicken nuggets. “Cooties” adds one more: zombies. The schoolhouse horror-comedy stars Elijah Wood as Clint, a would-be writer moved back in ...

Get a taste with the new poster from Lionsgate Premiere’s COOTIES. The deadly horror-comedy will crawl into select theaters & VOD on Friday, September 18. From the twisted minds of Leigh Whannell ...

It shouldn't be as hard to mix comedy and horror as the dreadful "Cooties" makes it look. In an Illinois elementary school, a virus spread by bad chicken nuggets causes the fourth-graders to become ...