In the new horror comedy Cooties, one seriously contaminated chicken nugget makes it way to an elementary school cafeteria in middle-town USA, and after an unfortunate little girl eats said disgusting nugget, she suddenly isn’t quite herself. No, instead she turns into a flesh-eating little monster, infecting her fellow classmates with “cooties,” and turning them all into rampaging zombies.
Now, it’s left to the poor hapless teachers (Alison Pill, Elijah Wood, Jack McBrayer, Rainn Wilson, Leigh Whannell, Nasim Pedrad), to figure out what’s happening and escape the school grounds before they become the next lunch meat.
ScreenPicks had fun talking with Pill, Wood and McBrayer about those days when chicken nuggets and McDonald’s Playlands ruled and how they dealt with cooties on the playground.
Make sure to check out the hilarious Cooties, now playing in select theaters and on VOD!