183 - The Faculty (1998) & Cooties (2014)

Published: April 20, 2021, 4:58 a.m.

b'Get more at podsematary.com! Read our afterthoughts for this episode at https://twitter.com/PodSematary/status/1383935718695718913 \\n\\nCW:\\xa0Animal Harm\\n\\nIt\\u2019s "Elijah Wood Goes to School" Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey grow from anti-establishment to pro-teacher between two movies. It\'s age, man. That stuff just happens over time. \\n\\nThe Classic Film:\\xa0The Faculty (1998)\\n"When Casey Connor, Herrington High School\'s newspaper photographer, witnesses the murder of a nurse and sees her alive again, [he] decides to investigate the bizarre happenings\\u201d (IMDb.com). Kelsey can basically recite this movie from memory, but is it just nostalgia, or does this late-90s, teen horror actually hold up?\\n\\nThe Modern Film:\\xa0Cooties (2014)\\n"A mysterious virus hits an isolated elementary school, transforming the kids into a feral swarm of mass savages. An unlikely hero must lead a motley band of teachers in the fight of their lives\\u201d (IMDb.com). Cooties has all the hallmarks of a silly horror comedy and it seems content to leave it at that. Not bad but... not good, either?\\n\\nAudio Sources:\\n"Cooties" produced by SpectreVision & Glacier Films\\n"The Faculty" produced by Dimension Films\\xa0 Los Hooligans Productions\\n"The Kids Aren\'t Alright" written by Dexter Holland and performed by The Offspring\\n"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones'