Cooties (2014): Zombie comedy about teachers vs. kids (and bad chicken nuggets)

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Written By Chris Well

“You carry on with your symphony of death. I’ll sneak around the school where there aren’t any kids…”

While ranking 13 of the best funny zombie movies any fan should check out, we included the teachers vs. students zombie comedy Cooties. Elementary-school teachers have the worst Monday ever when their students are turned into little killer savages by contaminated chicken nuggets.

The movie stars Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Rainn Wilson, Jack McBrayer, Leigh Whannell, Nasim Pedrad, Ian Brennan, and Jorge Garcia. The film was directed by Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion from a screenplay by (Glee creator) Brennan and (Saw creator) Whannell.

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Below, watch the trailer, and also go behind-the-scenes for the making of the movie.

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Monster Complex video playlist: Cooties (2014)

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Chris Well

Chris Well been a writer pretty much his entire life. (Well, since his childhood.) Over the years, he has worked in newspapers, magazines, radio, and books. He now is the chief of the website Monster Complex, celebrating monster stories in lit and pop culture. He also writes horror comedy fiction that embraces Universal Monsters, 1960s sitcoms, 1980s action movies, and the X-Files.

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