It's hilarious, gross, and insanely watchable! What would a Troma film look like if they had a decent script and a big budget? Like Slither!
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Slither (2006)
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Reviews Counted:126
Fresh:107
Rotten:19
Average Rating:6.8/10
Consensus: A slimy, rotten B-movie homage oozing with affection for low-budget horror films, Slither is a tale of creepy crawly little beasts that invade Smalltown, USA. Equally creepy and funny, critics say it's one of the most enjoyable of its type in years -- if you've got the stomach for this sort of thing. Slither is a wicked good time: it'll make you squirm -- when you're not busting a gut laughing.
Theatrical Release:Mar 31, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $7,774,730
Synopsis: Slither is an edgy blend of heart-stopping terror, wry humor and surprising humanity from genre-bending screenwriter James Gunn, whose Dawn of the Dead became one of 2004's most surprising... [More]
Starring: Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Gregg Henry, Michael Rooker
Director: James Gunn
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For those who enjoy entertaining gross-out horror flicks, Slither satisfies. The squeamish should probably keep their distance.
03/30/06
Slither isn't scary, it's just what one character says when she spots the slugs from outer space, Grooooosss. And we don't mean that in a good way.
03/30/06
Slither is a funny, freaky, fiendishly good flick that might just find a following beyond the standard cadre of horror fanatics.
03/30/06
Slither is a gross, disgusting, but undeniably amusing treat laden with homages and in-jokes.
03/30/06
Gunn, who started off with schlockmeisters Troma Films, calls on that no-budget sensibility and lets the writing do the talking, with us doing the shrieking and most memorably, the laughing.
03/30/06
There is some humor in the plot, effective action and scenes that entertain us because of how stupidly the characters behave.
03/30/06
Top CriticA serviceably fun, if slightly too polished, homage to creature features-gone-by.
03/30/06
What makes Slither work is how nimbly it slaloms from yucks to yuks, slip-sliding from horror to comedy and back again on its gore-slicked foundation.
03/30/06
Slither is an enjoyable stab at spoofing the genre, but it won't send you away feeling completely slimed, which in this context is another word for satisfied.
03/30/06
When the credits roll on Slither, don't be surprised to be a little sick, frazzled and exhausted. At the same time, don't be surprised to find yourself smiling ear-to-ear.
03/30/06
Slither starts out slowly; the first half-hour drags. Things pick up, however, and once Slither slides in its groove, the movie crackles with campy energy.
03/30/06
Top CriticThere is a huge amount of bloodshed, but it's so comically tongue-in-cheek that it's hard to take offense -- it's more gross than gory.
03/30/06
It's too polished to be campy and too goofy to send a chill down your spine, disappearing from your mind faster than a worm under your shoe. Splat.
03/30/06
It's not Ernst Lubitsch, but the space-slug/mutant-zombie fiesta called Slither has an actual sense of humor to go with its voluminous alien ook.
03/30/06
Top CriticGunn isn't out to send up zombie movies, just add some outrageous humor to enliven the genre of the walking dead. And in that way, at least, Slither slithers.
03/30/06
Top CriticThe most sensationally scary-funny creep-out movie since Gremlins.
03/30/06
A hilarious, profane, and wonderfully gooey creature feature, Slither emerges from its slimy eggsac one of the most flat-out entertaining horror movies in years.
03/30/06
Slither is gleeful, gooey, gory and goofy.
03/30/06
Slither cleverly exploits the nervous laughter that fills a theater whenever a horror movie gets too frightening to bear.
03/30/06
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