Sundance Video: Elijah Wood and ‘Cooties’ Cast on Crowdfunding and the New Horror Genre

If “Glee” and “Saw” had a baby, it would be “Cooties,” the first film Wood has produced with Spectrevision

“Cooties” was the first horror movie to earn a distribution deal at Sundance — and it won’t be the last.

Elijah Wood produced the movie and also stars in it alongside Rainn Wilson, Allison Pill, Jack McBrayer, Jorge Garcia, Kate Flannery and co-writers Leigh Whannell and Ian Brennan.

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Six of those castmates, including Wood, stopped by TheWrap’s studio to discuss Hollywood’s bias against the horror genre, crowdfunding and their favorite ’80s movies.

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