It’s a pretty commercial film so we didn’t want to go too far with the violence and kill all the fun.” Like, I’m sitting down to watch a movie called Cooties, I better see a kid get their head knocked in with a hockey stick. “I felt like if we had shied away from the killings in Cooties too much, we would’ve ended up hurting ourselves because we would’ve diluted the very thing that got people talking about the movie.”Įlijah: “We wouldn’t have delivered on the promise that the movie makes.” So I really think the way to stand out is to have a unique concept. As you know there are so many horror films out there these days and they’re all just shouting to be heard. Leigh: “There were definitely discussions that we had, like Ian Brennan and I would discuss it with these guys and the producers and we sort of walked this tightrope of wanting to be aware of it, but not wanting to back away and be scared of the thing that kind of makes it unique.
It’ll be interesting when it comes out to see if there’s any kind of backlash.” We tried to make sure that’s very clear – you’re not killing a kid you’re killing a monster at that point. Jonathan: “And like in any zombie movie or Walking Dead or anything like that, when you are blowing up the monster’s heads, they’re not people anymore. There’s that very key moment when they kill the first kid and then after that it’s like okay, this is serious, we have to do what we can to survive.” But in our film the teachers aren’t trying to kill, but in the end it’s about survival. In any other monster movie you try to kill the monster. The kids are monsters and so if you don’t kill them I feel like you’re kind of not doing it justice. I had the opportunity to talk to them about the issue of killing (so many) children on screen, being able to reshoot the ending courtesy of Lionsgate, and what they hope the film evokes in schoolteachers around the nation. Milott and Murnion (aka my “bus buddies” – it’s an airport shuttle joke) also spoke on their biggest influences for the film, which range from Gremlins to Gus Van Sant’s Elephant.Ĭary: “I mean yeah, that’s the premise. Lionsgate will be releasing the film this September, but to hold you guys off we present this interview with Elijah Wood, Allison Pill, Leigh Whannell, and co-directors Milott and Murnion.
#FULL CAST OF MOVIE COOTIES FULL#
That’s in fact what I called it in my full review. The crowd reaction in my theater was, to put it lightly, riotous.
#FULL CAST OF MOVIE COOTIES SERIES#
After an acquisition by Lionsgate and a series of reshoots and tweeks, the film played the almighty Stanley Film Festival this past weekend as the opening night film.
We’ve been reporting on Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion’s debut feature Cooties since 2012.
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