Review of Cooties

Cooties (2014)
7/10
In a way the film pays homage to George Romero's Dawn Of The Dead(1978).
7 January 2016
I found this film an excellent way to pass the time. As a seasoned horror movie fan, I can say that the photography and direction was well executed.

The plot of the film is about how contaminated chicken meat is processed into chicken nuggets. The nuggets are cooked and served to children at a local elementary school where one of them, a girl becomes infected.

The girl soon transforms into a zombie and starts infecting more children through bites and scratches.

Meanwhile wannabe horror writer Clint Hadson (Elijah Wood) substitutes at this same Elementary school. Soon it becomes a battle of survival, as the surviving teachers band together and fight these zombie children.

The script of the film is good but some more good ideas could have been implemented. This is the reason that about halfway through the film, I felt that the film was heading nowhere. However during the last fifteen minutes or so the film picked up and the finale of the film sets itself up for a sequel film.

Elijah Wood is a great favorite of mine with films like Forever Young (1992), Radio Flyer (1992), The Adventures Of Huck Finn(1993) and The Good Son(1993), Flipper (1996), Deep Impact and The Faculty (both 1998).

Leigh Whannell the writer of some of the most horror and survival horror films like Insidious(3 films), Dead Silence and Saw(7 films in total), makes a starring role in the film. His acting is natural and he is a really gifted actor.

We have two really beautiful actresses in the film Morgan Lily and Nasim Pedrad.

Thats all I have to say about this film, thanks for reading and may you live long and prosper.

More Zombie Movies: Night of the Living Dead (1968), Day of the Dead (1985), Land of the Dead (2005), Braindead (1992), Zombie (1979), Re-Animator (1985), Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror (1981), Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974 I Highly Recommend This Film), Deadgirl (2008), Return of the Living Dead III (1993), The House by the Cemetery (1981).
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