# Cooties (2014)

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**Runtime**: 88 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Horror, Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
**Directed by**: Cary Murnion, Jonathan Milott
**Written by**: Leigh Whannell, Josh C. Waller, Ian Brennan
**Starring**: Elijah Wood, Alison Pill, Rainn Wilson, Jack McBrayer, Nasim Pedrad, Leigh Whannell

> *Please don't feed the children.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A quiet Friday morning. A thermos of cold coffee left on the teacher’s desk.

Kindergarten crayons rolling like marbles underfoot, laughter curdling into shrieks.

A parasite wants teachers to play dead.

**Mood tags**: 3am-cult, playful, unhinged

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