

Certainly the results argue for women’s perspectives being considered uninteresting or unworthy. Or perhaps the trope of a child being in danger is in fact older than 1982, but there's no evidence to back that up. Cooties, which opens in theaters on Sept. Either this means that women writers are self-censoring, or those who judge literary worthiness find women frightening, distasteful, or boring. Secondly, children in danger was in fact invented just a couple of years earlier by scientist and director Tobe Hooper, after extensive time in the laboratory he determined it would be scarey to include that in Poltergeist (1982). The quick glimpses of the world outside of the shelter are straight out of a Post-Apocalyptic nightmare, and so they stay inside, living off of canned goods, and playing boring games in low.

It's a modern comedy horror that is pretty popular I watched it last night and really enjoyed it. The movie opens with a man, his wife, and their daughter, living in a fallout shelter, having survived what looks to be the ravages of a massive plague. This might surprise you on a couple of counts - Spielberg didn't direct Aliens, that was Cameron. It's about a school virus that turns children into zombies and the teachers of the school have to kill them. Latest Discussions Turning Red The Batman Texas Chainsaw Massacre Chris Stuckmann Roland Emmerich Jamie Dornanįrom a moral/survival perspective this may be true (we're genetically driven to protect the young to continue the species), but from a dispassionate, logical perspective, it's not true at all.Ī child is costly, mostly helpless and therefore pretty much useless in a survival situation, bringing no useful skill in primitive times (can't hunt, forage, etc etc), and not really adding much in modern times either (can't fix a car, operate farming equipment, etc etc).Ĭhildren in danger has been used as a vehicle since Aliens. The Big List of Movie-Related Subreddits.Maybe it’s because I enjoy any film where kids get slaughtered, but I sorta enjoyed Cooties.

Although it’s neither frightening or especially funny, I can’t say I despised this film. To use, fill a box with a reward of some sort (see below), wrap the box with streamers (optional) and tape on the sign. Cooties isn’t boring, and that really helps the proceedings move along despite all of the the rampant stereotypes within. Elijah Wood is a substitute at the school when the outbreak occurs in this tongue in cheek horror flick that’s a take off of. Kids at an elementary school in the Chicago area eat infected chicken nuggets and turn into little monsters.
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Our Full Rules and Wiki Filter Posts by Link FlairĬlick 'spoiler' after posting something to give it a spoiler tag! The post will then be hidden like this.įor leaked info about upcoming movies, twist endings, or anything else spoileresque, please use the following method: Use this sign to engage your students in the most boring time of the year, testing season. 3.0 out of 5 starsTeachers have to kill their students to survive in this comedy-horror.
