Cooties

If the creators had worked a bit harder on the make-up of the infected kids to make them look sicker and scarier, the film would have been more effective, but other than that, it’s the ideal horror comedy. Very competently shot with a good cast and a funny script. I wouldn’t mind a sequel with these characters. (19.09.2015)

From the writers of the horror franchises Saw and Insidious and the television comedy hit Glee, Cooties is a horror comedy about an elementary school where children turn into bloodthirsty monsters and features a bunch of famous faces from popular films and TV series. Unfortunately, the result of this seemingly ideal recipe for a perfect movie is a mediocre and paradoxically unoriginal product. Every minute of the movie is marked by a conspicuous construct and an attempt at would-be non-conformity, as the teachers massacre the children, but everything is done at the level of maximum accessibility, predictability and tedium. (09.10.2015)

Ein gut gefilmtes Vogelnest. Liebenswert, bunt und mit so verrückten Charakteren, dass sie für den Großteil des Humors verantwortlich sind. In dieser Hinsicht herrscht sicherlich der schlanke Biologe, gespielt von Leigh Whannell vor und der Sportlehrer mit seiner eigenen Zungenbrecher-Fähigkeit (Dual Reeow Weeow). Natürlich darf die blonde Tunte und Frodo als angeblicher Schriftsteller Clint nicht fehlen. Ich schreibe CLINT, nicht CUNT. Schlimmer ist es schon mit der Horrorszene, denn obwohl es hier ziemlich viele infizierte Arschlöcher gibt, überträgt sich der Großteil der Infektion nur über Kratzer und ein paar Bisse. Und das führt auch zur größten Stolperfalle; drei verfickte Börsenmakler und ihr Massaker reduziert sich auf ein Gehirn und einen zerrissenen Bauch? Aber pfui, das macht man doch nicht! (20.09.2015)

This wasn’t even a B-movie but a C-movie with bad horror film clichés and cringe humor. I enjoyed all of it. I switched off most of my brain and enjoyed this weird mess from start to finish. I wish there were more unpretentious movies like this one. (11.04.2017)

"Cooties" is simply a horror-comedy with zombies, as I imagine it. Well, maybe they're not really zombies, just sick kids, but that doesn't matter at all. It fits well within the genre and above all, it's funny. It follows the rules and manages to be somewhat original within its possibilities. This is simply something that I must highlight at all costs because there aren't many good horror-comedies. (02.11.2015)