Slither (2006)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

James Gunn

Writer (WGA):

James Gunn (written by)

Release Date:

31 March 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Horror Has a New Face

Plot:

A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.

Plot Keywords:

Town | Small Town | Alien | B Movie | Slug

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Don Thompson	...	Wally
Nathan Fillion	...	Bill Pardy
Gregg Henry	...	Jack MacReady
Xantha Radley	...	Uptight Mom
Elizabeth Banks	...	Starla Grant
Tania Saulnier	...	Kylie Strutemyer
Dustin Milligan	...	Drawing Boy
Michael Rooker	...	Grant Grant
Haig Sutherland	...	Trevor
Jennifer Copping	...	Margaret
Zak Ludwig	...	Gina Kid
Kathryn Kirkpatrick	...	Karaoke Woman
Brenda James	...	Brenda Gutierrez
Lorena Gale	...	Janene
Bart Anderson	...	Butcher

Also Known As:

Incisions (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong horror violence and gore, and language.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Australia:MA | UK:15 | Ireland:15A | Philippines:R-18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Singapore:M18 (edited version) | Singapore:R21 | Germany:16 | Malaysia:18SG | Brazil:14 | Argentina:13 | Hong Kong:IIB | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 | Sweden:15 | New Zealand:R16 | Netherlands:16 | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:18 | Japan:R-15 | USA:R (certificate #41864) | Spain:18

Filming Locations:

Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Gold Circle Films

Trivia:

The bar hosting the "Deer Cheer" party is called "Henenlotter's", a homage to Basket Case (1982) director Frank Henenlotter.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Several of the characters slip in and out of their accents in the second half of the movie.

Quotes:

[Bill, Margaret and Trevor spot Grant and Starla getting into a car]
Trevor: That's one match I'll never get.
Margaret: [zipping Gina Kid's jacket up] Ain't no mystery. Starla was raised in them shanties off St. Luke, dirt poor. All she ever wanted was to be a lady. Ol' Grant Grant, he's always been made of green.
Trevor: Gold digger, huh?
Bill Pardy: Oh, hell, Margaret! Starla's mother left her, her daddy's a drunk, she was 17 years old. Ol' Grant pulls up in a big ol' Cadillac, house on the hill, *and* college tuition? What would you do?
[...]

Movie Connections:

References From Beyond (1986)

Soundtrack:

Saturday Night

Slither is your B-grade horror/comedy movie that has everything and is hilarious

(Synopsis) The movie opens with a meteorite landing in the backwoods of the small town of Wheelsy. The bad news is that our atmosphere did not burn up everything inside the meteorite. One of Wheelsy's rich business men, Grant Grant (Michael Rooker), who is married to the young and beautiful high school biology teacher, Starla (Elizabeth Banks), finds a slow moving slimy thing behind the town bar. The slug stops moving as Grant moves closer, he becomes infected by the slug. Grant begins to change and evolve into a bloodthirsty meat-eating squid creature with a need to kill to maintain his life. Sheriff Bill Pardy (Nathan Fillion) and Starla must defeat this creature or the entire earth will be consumed.

(My Comment) Slither is a 1950's type B-grade horror/comedy movie scenario that has everything. A billion-year-old alien parasite from outer space with penetrating tentacles that sucks the life out of you, fast moving slugs that want to get inside your mouth, dogs and cows being eaten by human and deer zombies, an enormous mother glob, and the small town being terrorized by a monster. This is your classic B-grade movie that is a lot of fun watching. You will laugh from beginning to end. For budget reasons, it looks like they used the old standby, tomato ketchup, for blood. There are some scary moments, but most of the scenes are hilarious. If you want an enjoyable night and a good laugh, this is the movie to see. (Universal Pictures, Run time 1:36, Rated R)(8/10)