Elijah Wood, Rainn Wilson and Alison Pill are fighting back with the infectious new teaser poster from Lionsgate Premiere’s upcoming horror comedy, ‘Cooties,’ courtesy of IMDb. The film, which opened the Stanley Film Festival last night, follows a group of misfit teachers who must defend themselves against a zombie epidemic that has risen amongst their elementary school students.

The horror comedy, which will be one of the debut releases of the newly-launched Lionsgate Premiere label, will be released in select theaters and on VOD on September 18. The horror comedy was written by Leigh Whannell (the co-creator of ‘Saw’ and ‘Insidious’) and Ian Brennan (the co-creator of ‘Glee’), and directed by first-time feature film helmers, Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion. The movie also stars Jack McBrayer, Whannell, Nasim Pedrad, Brennan and JorgĂ© Garcia.

‘Cooties’ follow a cafeteria food virus that turns elementary school children into killer zombies. As a result, the group of misfit teachers must band together to escape the playground carnage. The film stars Wood, Wilson and Pill as the teachers who lead the fight to survive the mayhem, while bickering in an uncomfortable love triangle on the worst Monday of their lives.

For more information on ‘Cooties,’ visit the film’s official Facebook and Twitter accounts. Check out the horror comedy’s new teaser poster below.

Cooties' New Teaser Poster Warns Elijah Wood to Fight a Child Zombie Epidemic

Written by: Karen Benardello

By Karen Benardello

As a graduate of LIU Post with a B.F.A in Journalism, Print and Electronic, Karen Benardello serves as ShockYa's Senior Movies & Television Editor. Her duties include interviewing filmmakers and musicians, and scribing movie, television and music reviews and news articles. As a New York City-area based journalist, she's a member of the guilds, New York Film Critics Online and the Women Film Critics Circle.

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