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Truly Dreadful Film

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Slither is written and directed by James Gunn. The film sees a midwest town become infected by alien worm creatures, that turn the townspeople into meat craving mutated 'zombies'. Influenced from classic 50's sci-fi such as: The Blob, The Thing etc, Slither is a horror comedy that's light on the horror and the comedy. With the talent in front and behind the camera I was expecting a-lot more.The standout performer in this film was by far Michael Rooker, as always he gives a charismatic over the top performance that lights up the screen. Especially when he stumbles across the creature that attaches itself to him, leading to him doing funny bizarre things. Nathan Fillion and Elizabeth Banks were also solid in their roles without leaving their comfort zones. Everybody in the film does a good job.I found it hard to rate this film, as this isn't a bad film but I found it un-engaging and tiresome to sit through. Technically speaking the film was well crafted. The practical effects and gore looked good, even if at times they resembled the left over props from The Thing. However I found this film to be tonally perplexing, the scary moments weren't scary enough. With the only effective scene coming from the bathtub sequence, but that was it. The comedic elements were also lacking I can't remember a scene (other then when a character loses a hand grenade) that even made me slightly chuckle. In the end this film ends up getting lost between the two elements, and that made for frustrating viewing.

Slither, James Gunn's Masterpiece of splatter, slime, and slugs!WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!!!SLITHER came out all the way back in 2006, a year filled to the brim with horror films. With films such as Snakes on a Plane, Black X-mas (remake), and the cult favorite Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, it was nice to see a major studio, such as universal release what is the equivalent of a TROMA film with a great budget. James Gunn, who now recently is known for directing Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy volumes 1 and 2, was a young struggling screenwriter in the early 2000's. He was hungry for a film to direct. Two years before he would eventually direct slither he wrote the screenplay/script for Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead remake. After Dawn had destroyed the box office gunn wanted to direct. Soon Gunn would wright the script for slither and that's where my review begins. To start off, slither has one of the best ensemble casts i have ever seen in a horror film, or a film in general. The cast includes Castle's Nathan Fillion who plays the films titular sheriff Bill Pardy. Elizabeth Banks (40-Year old Virgin) joins the cast as well, playing Starla Grant, the lovely and ballsy high school teacher. Now the films titular villain is played by the very versatile Michael Rooker (Henry ; Portrait of a Serial Killer) who plays Grant Grant (No, seriously, that's His last name) starla's husband and soon to be alien life form. The rest of the cast of Slither includes the comedic Gregg Henry (Raising Cane), a cameo by Lloyd Kaufman (Toxic Avenger), and Rob Zombie (The Devil's Rejects). The acting in the film is very well acted. The dialogue is classic in hilarity and zaniness. The film has an abundant of inside jokes and innuendos. The writing is also very well done, the story is fleshed out. The characters are all enjoyable and realistic.The effects in the film are extraordinary and quite possibly some of the best practical effects i have ever seen, Really. The effects were accomplished by makeup and creature genius Todd Masters (Demon Knight, Tales from the Crypt, Monster Man). The main creature within the film, the Grant monster, is an amazing creation. He is slimy, icky, and wonderfully acted by Michael Rooker. The slug effects within the film are also great. The effects of the gore and carnage are also very well done and bloody that is. Within the film there is a fair use of CGI. Thank goodness, the CGI is very well done. Very good use of the CGI around the slugs and extra gore. The effects also fit perfect within the scenes they are featured. That is something that cant be quite said in modern films, i'm not going to name any ... The Thing (2011). The film is well directed and well acted, altogether it is a modern 80's classic. Slither is most definitely James Gunn's lover letter to the horror films of the 1980's. Their inspiration is clear and present in slither, though unlike most nostalgic films of today the odes and Easter eggs don't stick out like a soar thumb. Slither is a personal favorite of mine and one i will always enjoy, plus i cant wait till July 25th, when Scream Factory releases their Blu- ray collector's edition this year. CANT WAIT!!!anyways, Great Film ... Two-Tentacles Way the Heck Up!!!!

Well, this was a film I had avoided watching because I had got bored with the Genre... But decided it was time to view it after watching a lot of YouTube.I do NOT regret it!The film is pure B-Movie Cheese with a big budget.But what really makes it work is the fantastic acting from its cast.While simple in premise, its enjoyable and not too over the top - Gore fans may be disappointed, but I personally find Gore Fests get to be very repetitive (Yet there is still talk of another SAW Movie!!!)The idea just works and works well... Most disturbing thing for me - Being a father was an issue I also had with Aliens Vs Predator - Requiem... Where (Spoiler Alert) you see a couple of Children become victims of the menace... While no where near as disturbing - For a parent this may make your skin crawl.Its not overall Gruesome - In fact compared to John Carpenters The Thing - This film is really tame!!! But its a great fun film and well worth a viewing!

Following a meteorite crash nearby, a small-town is overrun by voracious parasites from a possessed towns-person and forces the sheriff to round- up the remaining unaffected to stop the infestation before more fall victim to the creatures.This was quite an enjoyable and often hilarious creature feature. One of the better aspects here is the rather enjoyable feel of constantly keeping something new going for it, never going for what should've been an obvious ploy and generating a lot of interesting twists. The initial start here is all perfectly in line for this one to be an alien invasion effort, yet instead this is a parasite-induced effort with zombie slaves controlled with an insect-like hive-mind from the center source which is pretty novel here because as well as the change in the second half where it becomes more about the parasites rather than staying with the deformed creature. The action throughout here features all manner of interesting notions here, furthering that storyline as well as giving this one another impressive facet here. This one manages to keep offering plenty of enjoyable encounters here, from the initial possession in the forest, the attack on the town floozy in her home and the initial farmland attack out in the woods where they first meet up with his now grossly-deformed appearance all providing some fun throughout here. Once into the woods, the teams' encounter with the parasite-infested host is a stellar scene that brings about a cheesy source of action as the expanding body rips open and unleashes the ravenous creatures upon the troops which unleashes the over-the-top final half with this one going for the parasite assault on the farm- house and later bringing the zombified parents into this for some chills mixed into the cheese that carries along into the zombies overrunning the town with their slave-like hive-minded behavior allowing for the fun getting deeper into their territory. This sets up the great fun in the finale with the house assault rescue attempt leading to the final confrontation with the inhuman blob-like being that features prominently in this scenes, gets a few laughs and overall making for a lot of fun. Along with the fantastic make-up on the creatures and a nice bit of cheese here, these are more than enough to hold out over the few flaws here. One of the main ones is the lack of explanations given to the initial invasion as there's nothing about why they invaded here, choose that town or the purpose of their take-over which leaves a lot of unanswered questions about the creatures. The only other problem are is the lack of investigations taking place throughout here, for the asteroid appearing is never seen being investigated or even known about, the disappearing animals raise more interest than the people and the lack of action here really does seem limiting toward the police. Still, this one was incredibly enjoyable regardless.Rated R: Extreme Graphic Violence, Extreme Graphic Language, Nudity and scenes of animal slaughter and aftermath.