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Slither (Widescreen Edition)
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Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Starring: Michael Rooker, Jenna Fischer, Nathan Fillion, Don Thompson, Elizabeth Banks
Directed By: James Gunn
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 0025192866128
Format: AC-3
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2006-10-24
Running Time: 96
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 2006-03-31
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Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 09/18/2007 Run time: 96 minutes Rating: R
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Summary: A squishy, squirmy good time...
Comment: The greatest thing about `Slither' is that it never feels regurgitated or like mere mimicry; as so many other so called horror spoofs do these days. No, `Slither' feels one hundred percent original. Instead of being a blatant movie spoof (ala `Scary Movie') it is more a comedy horror film, infiltrating its inspired plot with enough of its own originality to warrant multiple viewings and ones praise and admiration.
The film is about these alien slug creatures that make their way to earth on an asteroid and infect this town, turning everyone they contact into flesh eating zombies. It starts when a young teachers older husband Grant gets attacked, turning him into this tentacle wielding host slug. After his initial infection the town starts to spiral downhill until there are only a few human survivors staging an all out war against the zombies.
Using the right breed of humor to mix with the right amount of gore, `Slither' manages to be both funny and scary. Sure, its not going to send you to bed with nightmares (unless you are deathly afraid of bugs) but it will send shivers down your spine and give you the creepy crawlies as you sit huddled on your couch. Don't get too comfortable though, since the unending humor and laugh out loud sequences will keep you writhing in laughter.
The actors here all carry their weight well, Elizabeth Banks and Nathan Fillion taking center stage as Grant's young wife and the local sheriff who is vying for her affection. Michael Rooker is effectively slimy as Grant and Gregg Henry (from `The Riches') is hilarious as the mayor Jack MacReady. There is not a moment where I really felt the film could have been improved upon, although I'm sure that it could have been. My best friend just got done telling me that he hated this movie (precisely the inspiration I needed to write this review) and I spent like twenty minutes fighting violently about his warped opinion.
Honestly, some will hate this, I know...but really; why?
In the end I confess that this is a guilty pleasure, but one that you do not need to feel guilty about. It's gory, uncomfortable and gross, not to mention hilariously capable of making that gore totally warranted and acceptable. I fully enjoyed this rompfest from start to finish and hope that you will too.
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Summary: Gunn, Fillion, Zombies, Slugs, Etc.
Comment: Who would have thought that in 2006 that someone could take the cheesy horror vibe involving alien subplots, slimy stuff, and zombies from the 80's and modernize it with enough great actors, story, gore, and wit to satisfy the masses (I'm referring to the horror loving mass and more)? Well, James Gunn successfully accomplished just that with Slither.
The story to Slither is simply that an alien pod crash lands on earth and strangely infects a man. The -whatever- infecting the man begins to gather its army by impregnating a woman (whose "birth" scene is definitely one for the books) and creating an army of "hosts" (this is where the zombie-likes come in) to accomplish its world domination (this plan is seen through flashes of a girl who was almost infected). We are then thrown into all of this through the story of a local cop (played to perfect wit by Nathan Fillion), the wife of the man infected (Elizabeth Banks, you are a beauty), and a teenage girl who watched her family get brutally infected.
Gunn treated us to so many throwbacks that it was almost too pleasurable to view. Slither is very reminiscent of Night of the Creeps, Night of the Comet, The Blob, and so many other alien invasion / hosts horror / comedies from the 80's that the film instantly gives a true feeling of nostalgia. Gunn is obviously a true fan of the genre, and he gives his viewers exactly what they want.
Slither is one of the few horror movies in my list of favorite horror movies that delivered on every single level that I wanted it to deliver on plus more.
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Summary: The Host With The Most . . . Alien Slugs
Comment: "Slither" is great science fiction horror that manages to be both frightening and humorous. "Alien Slugs" would have been a more apt title in lieu of "Slither," which makes one think of snakes. This slick film reminded me of a plethora of science fiction classics ranging from "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" to "Alien" to "Xtro" to "The Puppet Masters."
A small meteor lands in the woods. A slug-like alien emerges. It attaches itself to the brain of a human host, Grant, which develops an insatiable appetite for meat. Each time it feeds, it mutates until it resembles a nebulous creature (a similar fate befell an astronaut in "The Quatermass Xperiment"). This creature creates more hosts (for producing more slug-like aliens) and it creates zombies that find meat, both animal and human, for the hosts to consume. Soon an entire town is threatened with annihilation. This film contains some scenes that are tense, frightening, and gross. It is also punctuated with redneck comic relief that makes you laugh out loud, thus relieving you of some of the tension.
Kudos to the casting director for picking extras who actually looked like real people who would live in a small, rural town. They could've been in a John Cougar Mellencamp video.
The action was well paced, I laughed aloud at some of the one liners, and I can't complain about the body count - it was very high. Good science fiction theories were provided. The aliens had Collective Thinking; if one saw, they all saw. Many of the zombies acted, spoke, and thought like Grant, which had humorous consequences.
"Slither" is a must see for fans of modern science fiction horror or for fans, like myself, who enjoy all types of horror. If you can withstand the slimy goo and gore, you will enjoy this movie. "Slither" has something for all horror fans.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Please don't make a sequel!
Comment: Taken over by alien flesh eating parasites a whole
town is wiped out by crawly red slugs that belong to a hive mind.
People become just extensions of the main personality ( Grant)
that travels from planet to planet.
The hero and the Grant's earth wife manage to stop the infestation
( for a while). Sort of a cross between different alien movies,
this one is just bloody and gross when it isn't
being slap stick funny.
Don't take you kids to see this one!
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Summary: So so so so Bad I'm writing this review while watching it!
Comment: This is not funny at all!
It's justing screaming and violence, I'm someone who LOVES FUNNY violent shows like Happy Tree Friends but this sucks. I love the South Park humor as another disapproving reviewer said they didn't so that has nothing to do with your opinion on this film.
What is the joke?
I don't like any of the characters.
I hate all the SUPER-UNFUNNY animal cruelty.
btw am at the bit where grant has all the people attached to him.
This is SO unoriginal, if you are a fan of this, well.... YOU NEED HELP! sorry.
Scary Movie is a far better horror parody, it atually parodies horror where as this just does horror but badly thinking that is spoofing.
I'm sorry to sound so trolling but I hated this movie and maybe I am expressing a little too much hate.
Please don't flam me!
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