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Elijah Wood and Rainn Wilson Star in the Fresh and Original Horror- Comedy on Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital HD December 1st

SANTA MONICA, CA (September 28, 2015) – School lunches will forever be tainted after the disturbing and hilarious Cooties arrives on Blu-ray (plus Digital HD), DVD (plus Digital) and Digital HD December 1 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. The “funny, gory and brilliant” (dallasmoviescreenings.com) film is currently available On Demand. From the twisted minds of the writer of Insidious and co-creator of “Glee,” the film stars a witty ensemble cast including Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings trilogy), Rainn Wilson (TV’s “The Office”), Alison Pill (HBO’s “The Newsroom”), Jack McBrayer (TV’s “30 Rock”), Leigh Whannell (Saw), Nasim Pedrad (TV’s “Saturday Night Live”), with Ian Brennan (TV’s “Scream Queens”) and Jorge Garcia (TV’s “Hawaii Five-0”). Filled with unexpected laughs and unapologetic thrills, the ridiculously entertaining horror-comedy was a Sundance Film Festival premiere hit!

When a cafeteria food virus turns elementary school children into little killer savages, a group of misfit teachers must band together to escape the playground carnage. The film stars Elijah Wood, Rainn Wilson, and Alison Pill as teachers who fight to survive the most unruly students ever on the worst Monday of their lives!

The Cooties home entertainment release includes an audio commentary with the cast and crew, two behind-the-scenes featurettes, deleted and extended scenes, an alternate ending and gag reel. The Cooties Blu-ray and DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $19.98 and $19.99, respectively.

BLU-RAY/DVD/DIGITAL HD SPECIAL FEATURES*  “Circle, Circle. Dot, Dot…Catching Cooties” Featurette  Deleted/Extended/Alternate Scenes  Gag Reel  Alternate Ending with Optional Audio Commentary  “Talking Cooties” Featurette  The Cootietary – Audio Commentary with the Cast & Crew *Subject to Change

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PROGRAM INFORMATION Year of Production: 2015 Title Copyright: Cooties © 2014 Cooties, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Artwork & Supplementary Materials © 2015 Lions Gate Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Type: Theatrical Release Rating: R for Horror Violence and Gore, Language including Sexual References, and Some Drug Use Genre: Comedy, Horror Blu-ray Closed Captioned: NA DVD Closed Captioned: English Blu-ray Subtitles: English, Spanish and English SDH DVD Subtitles: English and Spanish Feature Run Time: 88 Minutes Blu-ray Format: 1080p High Definition 16x9 Widescreen (2.40:1) DVD Format: 16x9 Widescreen (2.40:1) Blu-ray Audio: English 5.1 DTS-HD Master AudioTM DVD Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital Audio

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