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Slither (Widescreen Edition) |
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Slither (Widescreen Edition)  Rating: Rating:  - Gunn, Fillion, Zombies, Slugs, Etc.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. Rating:  - The Host With The Most . . . Alien Slugs"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. Rating:  - Please don't make a sequel!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! Rating:  - So so so so Bad I'm writing this review while watching it!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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