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)
Слизняк (Russia) [ru]
Criaturas rastreras (Mexico) [es]
Horribilis (France) [fr]
La plaga (Spain) [es]
Parasita (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Seres Rastejantes (Brazil) [pt]
Slither - Voll auf den Schleim gegangen (Germany) [de]
Slither - criaturas rastreras (Argentina) (video title) [es]
Yaratiklar (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

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:

As an in-reference to past genre movies, the Mayor and his store are named R.J. MacReady, the same name as Kurt Russell's character in John Carpenter's The Thing (1982), and the high school is named after Earl Bassett (Fred Ward's character from Tremors (1990).

Goofs:

Factual errors: After Grant comes home with the truckload of meat, Elizabeth notices the lock on the cellar door. The lock plate is not secured to the door frame, so the padlock is useless.

Quotes:

[they are discussing what caused Grant's transformation]
Jack MacReady: It's obvious the bastard's got lyme disease!
Bill Pardy: What?
Jack MacReady: Lyme disease. You touch some deer feces, and then you... eat a sandwich without washin' your hands. You got your lyme disease!
Bill Pardy: And that makes you look like a squid?

Movie Connections:

References The Evil Dead (1981)

Soundtrack:

Fast Girl USA

A Horror Movie Made By Horror Fans for Horror Fans

Today, I am a happy gorehound. I've just seen "Slither," and it was a truly good time! OK, let's face it... this one isn't going to win any awards for originality. The story here is "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" meets "Night of the Living Dead" with hints of "The Blob," David Cronenburg's "Shivers," and a more-than-passing special effects nod to Brian Yuzna's "Society." But it WORKS here.

James Gunn, a veteran of Troma Studios, has made a horror fan's horror flick. Laced with homages to everything from 1950's drive in cinema to R.L. Stine's "Goosebumps" books (not to mention a clip from a Troma movie on a TV in one scene). Gunn clearly knows his audience, because he IS his audience. He delivers up a movie that might be formulaic, but its over-the-top gore, it's black humor (this is one horror show that never takes itself too seriously), and it's general gung-ho, pull-no-punches attitude turn what could have been yet another plodding bit of cinematic flotsam into what could well be an instant horror classic on par with "Re-Animator." If you know what I'm blathering about here, if the names and the titles of these films are familiar, then see "Slither." You're going to love it.