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Slither (2006) -- A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.
Slither (2006) -- Clip: Starla confronts some zombies
Slither (2006) -- A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.
Slither (2006) -- A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
James Gunn (written by)
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Release Date:
31 March 2006 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Horror Has a New Face more
Plot:
A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters. full summary | full synopsis
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2 wins & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
A slimy good time! more (312 total)

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Also Known As:
Incisions (Canada: French title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong horror violence and gore, and language.
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95 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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DIRECTOR CAMEO (James Gunn): as another teacher at Starla's school more
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Continuity: When Bill and Kylie flee her house and get into the police car, a zombie vomits acid on Bill's driver side window. In subsequent shots the window is clean. more
Quotes:
Jack MacReady: [after seeing the zombies walking towards him and Starla] Christ on a cross! more
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References The Evil Dead (1981) more
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The New Kid more

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Is this movie like Night of the Creeps?
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9 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
A slimy good time!, 12 April 2006
8/10
Author: TheDeathBee from Canada

Taking it's cue from Critters, The Blob and adding just a dab of Stuart Gordons From Beyond, film-maker James Gunn (script writer of such duds as the Scoody-doo movies and the remake of Dawn of the Dead) brings us this tale of parasitical alien invasion and mashes it with the zombie flick creating a homage to 80's comic book horror/comedies.

The film opens (ala John Carpenter's The Thing) as an asteroid (instead of a flying saucer) heads for planet Earth and already I'm smiling cause, lets face folks, how often does this happen in modern day horror movies anymore? But as the thing lands behind the cops it gets no notice as they're too busy clocking the speed of whippoorwills with their the radar gun.

Anyhoo, the thing hatches and is found one night by Grant Grant (Michael Rooker of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer fame) and when infected, he begins to show signs of weird behavior like locking the basement door, tearing up unexpectedly and buying large quantities of meat as he turns into meat loving zombie squid thing-a-ma-goo right out of a Stuart Gordon or Croneberg flick. He likes meat, folks! Rookers performance is really great.

And there's his wife Starla, and a sheriff and his deputies and the mayor, all of whom join together and battle this menace which eventually takes the form of worms that slither around looking for peoples throat to jump down and take over, creating the zombies ala Night of the Creeps.

There's lots of comedy, like when the cops find the missing girl who has...well, I won't spoil it, but it's pretty funny (She likes possum...), plenty of horror, and tons of slime. Not to mention loads of fun.

This is the one best films of it's kind (the list is unfortunately very short) in some time and I always glad when one these comes alone to inspire me. But most importantly, to make me smile.

Unfortunately, there are no boobies.

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