Release: 2006 Written and Directed by - James Gunn
Starring:
Nathan Fillion as Bill Pardy Elizabeth Banks as Starla Grant Gregg
Henry as Jack MacReady Michael Rooker
as Grant Grant
OK, Slither hit the stage with quite a
bit of fanfare as the release date in theaters grew near. Clips of
women in bath tubs with Jaws-like creatures
approaching through the water, huge (I mean HUGE)
women claiming "I think there's something wrong with me" and crazy
creatures with slimy faces adorned the advertising circuit to build
anticipation for a new high-budget horror/thriller.
Well friends, it's not all that.
Don't get me wrong, I
enjoyed Slither. First an overview of the story:
One night, in a typical small
town, two redneck law enforcement
officers are napping in their patrol car. They are, you understand,
engaged in important "law enforcement business", shooting passing birds
with a radar gun (who knew the whippoorwill flies at 28 mph?).
Unbeknownst to Andy and Barney of Mayberry a meteorite has just crashed
to the ground behind them, destined to change their lives forever.
Ok, a bit melodramatic,
but not far from the truth in the horror movie Slither.
That meteorite carried a very
slimy passenger. A passenger focused on
shooting a would-be cheating husband (Michael Rooker) with a brain-dart
so that it can take over his body, and orchestrate a very disturbing
chain of events.
After entering the body and
brain of the wannabe cheater, the alien
embarks on a mission. This mission involves "impregnating" (interesting
how this happens, by the way) innocent humans with zillions
of little slug embryos and feeding them enough meat so that
this "pregnancy" results in their bodies being expanded to about 20
feet in diameter.
When the slugs hatch (again, cool/gross
how this happens) the slug-thing seek out other humans, and attempts to
crawl down their throats so that they can turn their
new hosts into a kind of alien-zombie thing.
The goal? Well,
you'll just have to watch Slither for yourself to
find that out...
Slither
is, thankfully, as much a comedy as it is a horror
flick. Good thing too, because trying to be serious while a foot-long
slug is trying to crawl into your baby sisters mouth would be a bit too
much.
The story is pretty good,
although there is nothing overwhelmingly imaginative or innovative that
takes place in Slither.
Still, there are enough "ewww gross" moments and edge-of-your-seat
moments to make this one worth watching. Just don't have dinner first.
Slither does
not, however, live up to the hype. Watch this movie
for some good fun and some cool effects, but don't have expectations
too high. Maybe it was the underlying love story that cooled the whole
thing off for me, I don't know. I want horror, or comedy or romantic
(ok, rarely do I sit through a romance movie...), but it's a bit hard
to swallow (grin) when they are all in one neat little package. Mildly
recommended. Questions
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Don't get me wrong, I
enjoyed Slither. First an overview of the story:
Slither
is, thankfully, as much a comedy as it is a horror
flick. Good thing too, because trying to be serious while a foot-long
slug is trying to crawl into your baby sisters mouth would be a bit too
much.
