Slither (2006)

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:

Extreme Violence | Mass Death | Basement | Sex | Radar Gun

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Aug. 2

12:00 PM

MAX

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
Corby Lund	...	Lead Singer (as Corb Lund)
Rob Zombie	...	Dr. Karl (voice)
Lloyd Kaufman	...	Sad Drunk
Tom Heaton	...	Tourneur
Jenna Fischer	...	Shelby
Ben Cotton	...	Charlie
Dee Jay Jackson	...	Dwight
Matreya Fedor	...	Emily Strutemyer
Amber Lee Bartlett	...	Jenna Strutemyer
William MacDonald	...	Mr. Strutemyer
Iris Quinn	...	Mrs. Strutemyer
Michael Cromien	...	Fitzgibbon
Robert Musnicki	...	Diseased Leader (as Robert Munsicki)
Stephen Park	...	Gleeked on Guy
Mary Black	...	Woman in Basement
Malcolm Scott	...	Dude Joining Grant
Nicholas Podbrey	...	Diseased Grant Part 1
Jeny Cassady	...	Diseased Grant Part 2
Alette Falle	...	Diseased Grant Part 3
Darren Shahlavi	...	Brenda's Husband
Matt McInnis	...	Head-Shot Norman (as Matthew McInnis)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Gunn	...	Hank (uncredited)
Rick Morwick	...	Truckdriver (uncredited)

Directed by
James Gunn

Writing credits (WGA)
James Gunn		(written by)

Produced by
Marc Abraham	....	executive producer
Thomas A. Bliss	....	executive producer
Paul Brooks	....	producer
Jeff Levine	....	co-producer
Eric Newman	....	producer
Scott Niemeyer	....	executive producer
Jonathan Shore	....	associate producer
Norm Waitt	....	executive producer
Dan Lee West	....	producer: second unit
Shawn Williamson	....	line producer

Original Music by
Tyler Bates		(score written by)

Cinematography by
Gregory Middleton		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
John Axelrad

Casting by
Eyde Belasco

Production Design by
Andrew Neskoromny

Art Direction by
Michael N. Wong		(as Michael Norman Wong)

Set Decoration by
Shane Vieau		(key set decorator) (as Shane 'Perro' Vieau)

Costume Design by
Patricia Hargreaves		(as Patricia Louise Hargreaves)

Makeup Department
Tammy Brown	....	second assistant hair stylist
Anne Carroll	....	assistant hair stylist
Charmaine Clark	....	key hair stylist: second unit
Joe Colwell	....	prosthetics technician (as Edward Joe Colwell)
Ken Culver	....	prosthetics technician (as Kenneth Culver)
Megan Davies	....	assistant makeup artist
Bernard Eichholz	....	prosthetics technician (as Bernhard Eichholz)
Maria Gleeson	....	second assistant hair stylist
Céline Godeau	....	second assistant makeup
Monica Huppert	....	key makeup artist
Ian Jarvis	....	prosthetics production assistant
Warren Kirshner	....	prosthetics: second unit (as Warren Kirschner)
Michelle Lemieux	....	second assistant makeup
Toby Lindala	....	prosthetics: second unit
Pearl Louie	....	second assistant makeup
Mike Manzel	....	prosthetics technician (as Michael 'Parasite Mike' Manzel)
Todd Masters	....	special makeup designer
Todd Masters	....	special makeup effects supervisor
Eric Mussell	....	prosthetics coordinator
Sarah Pickersgill	....	second assistant makeup
Sam Polin	....	prosthetics technician
Jennifer Powell	....	first assistant makeup artist
Brad Proctor	....	second assistant makeup artist (as Brad Procter)
Dan Rebert	....	special makeup designer
Danna Rutherford	....	key hair stylist
Andrea Simpson	....	assistant hair stylist (as Andrea Lynn Simpson)
Candace Stafford	....	second assistant makeup (as Candice Stafford)
Kyla-Rose Tremblay	....	second assistant makeup (as Kyla Tremblay)
Juliana Vit	....	second assistant makeup
Lisa Waddell	....	second assistant makeup

Production Management
Joanna L. Rees Jones	....	executive in charge of post-production (as Joanna L. Jones)
Brad Van Arragon	....	unit production manager
Francois Garcia	....	head of production (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Scott J. Ateah	....	second unit director
Karin Behrenz	....	third assistant director
Trevor Brokop	....	trainee assistant second unit director
David Heimbecker	....	trainee assistant director
Alexis Hinde	....	second assistant director
Bryan C. Knight	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Bryan Anderson	....	on-set dresser
Carlos Bolbrugge	....	graphic designer
Michael Church	....	set dresser (as Mike Church)
Michael Corrado	....	construction buyer
Doris Deutschmann	....	art department coordinator (as Doris M. Deutschmann)
David Dowling	....	property master
Robert Foreman	....	carpenter
Tavis Gogal	....	construction foreman
Wes Hamby	....	assistant property master (as Wesley Hamby)
Michael Jovanovski	....	lead set dresser
Rick Kramer	....	greens
Patrick Latarius	....	construction coordinator
Sergio Lavilla	....	set dresser
Robert Leader	....	draftsperson
Lin-Li-Anne Lee	....	art department coordinator
Anne-Marie Leidl	....	graphic designer
Spencer Louttit	....	assistant on-set property master
John Marcynuk	....	assistant art director
John McIntosh	....	head greens
Helen Menyes	....	stand-by painter
Natalie Michalchyshyn	....	construction buyer
Stanley J. Miller	....	set dresser (as Stanley Jacob Miller)
Deborah Morriss	....	paint coordinator
Dorian Reese	....	greens
Brian Sharpe	....	on-set carpenter (as Brion Sharpe)
Dan Snelgrove	....	on-set carpenter (as Dan Snellgrove)
Sigrid M. Spade	....	assistant set decorator
Judi Stackaruk	....	set decoration buyer
Chris Stewart	....	assistant art director
Crystal Strode	....	art department coordinator
Michael Sullivan	....	lead painter
Miles Teves	....	concept artist
Danelle Vierkant	....	creature designer
Scotty Whittman	....	greens (as Scott Whitman)
Ling Yang	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Anke Bakker	....	sound supervisor
Kris Casavant	....	assistant sound editor
Jose R. Castellon	....	adr recordist: LA
Dario DiSanto	....	foley editor
Kelly Frey	....	backgrounds editor
Nerses Gezalyan	....	sound mixer
Megan Goudsward	....	walla editor
Philip Hunter	....	dialogue editor
Ian Jones	....	sound assistant (as Ian Daniel Jones)
Deni King	....	adr supervisor: LA
Francisco Koch	....	adr mixer
Kevin Konarzewski	....	adr mixer
Matt Kunau	....	sound consultant: Dolby
Laurie Melhus	....	audio post-production coordinator
Maureen Murphy	....	foley artist
Mark Noda	....	boom operator
Mark Noda	....	sound mixer: second unit
Mike Paprocki	....	sound effects editor
Iain Pattison	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jean Raymond	....	foley mixer
Tony Rodney	....	assistant sound editor
Adam Sharpe	....	adr mixer
Adam Sharpe	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul A. Sharpe	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Paul Sharpe)
Shane Shemko	....	foley artist
William Skinner	....	sound mixer
Joshua Stevenson	....	assistant sound editor (as Josh Stevenson)
Janice Thompson	....	assistant sound editor
Ann Townshend	....	assistant sound editor (as Anne Townshend)
Cam Wagner	....	foley artist
James Wallace	....	sound effects editor
Tim Walston	....	sound designer
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist
Daniel Willy	....	adr mixer: LA
Daniel Willy	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kris Fenske	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
Todd R. Mason	....	foley editor (uncredited)
Todd R. Mason	....	sound effects recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Buck Aarons	....	assistant special effects (as Mark Buck Aarrons)
Paul Benjamin	....	assistant special effects
Jason Cross	....	assistant special effects
Chris Davis	....	shop foreman
Philip Davis	....	assistant special effects (as Phillip Davis)
Ivonne Escoto	....	fabricator and lab technician
Anthony Grow	....	moldmaker
Anthony Grow	....	sculptor
Kurt Jackson	....	first assistant special effects
Ian Korver	....	buyer
Todd Masters	....	creature effects designer
Larry Odien	....	special mechanical effects: MastersFX
Dan Rebert	....	creature effects designer
Dan Rebert	....	creature effects supervisor
Ken Reynolds	....	assistant special effects
Don Rutherford	....	special effects painter
John Sleep	....	special effects coordinator
Bridget Strobl	....	assistant special effects
Adam Taylor	....	assistant special effects
Steve Tressel	....	assistant special effects
Hill Vinot	....	mold maker: Masters FX
Chris Wolters	....	special mechanical effects: MastersFX

Visual Effects by
Michael Adkisson	....	roto/paint: Digital Dimension
Douglas Aiken	....	digital compositor
David Alexander	....	3D animator: Switch VFX
Alan Bak	....	senior production supervisor: Cine-Byte Digital Inc.
Jeff Baker	....	technical supervisor: Cine-Byte Digital Inc.
Tom Bak	....	senior production supervisor: Cine-Byte Digital Inc.
Louise Barkholt	....	visual effects producer
John Barrigar	....	3D artist
Barb Benoit	....	compositor: Switch VFX
Amy Beresford	....	visual effects producer: Meteor Studios
Patrick Bergeron	....	digital compositor
Melissa Best	....	compositor
Ann-Marie Blommaert	....	visual effects coordinator: Technicolor Creative Services, Canada
John Bozzalla	....	visual effects production manager
John Brake	....	systems administrator: Digital Dimension
Justin Brekke	....	visual effects assistant
Dan Brittain	....	compositor
Ian Britton	....	lead compositor: Rocket Science VFX
Aaron Brown	....	compositor
Aaron Brown	....	render wrangler
Erik Bruhwiler	....	compositor: Digital Dimension
Tom Burney	....	compositor
Steward Burris	....	animation director
John Cabrera	....	storyboard animatic artist
D. Walt Cameron	....	roto/paint: Digital Dimension (as Walt Cameron)
Jon Campfens	....	visual effects supervisor: Switch VFX
Joan Collins Carey	....	visual effects supervising producer
Eric Clement	....	CG supervisor: Meteor Studios
Josh Cole	....	compositor
Mike Connolly	....	lead compositor: Glimpse Digital Ltd.
John D.B. Cox	....	visual effects production manager: Switch VFX (as John Cox)
Jason Crosby	....	CG supervisor: Digital Dimension
Robert Crowther	....	visual effects producer: Rocket Science VFX
Derek Cummings	....	animator
Graham Cunningham	....	CG supervisor: Rocket Science VFX
Adam de Bosch Kemper	....	digital effects supervisor: Image Engine Design
Adam de Bosch Kemper	....	lead animator: Image Engine Design
Chris Del Conte	....	visual effects producer: Digital Dimension
Aaron Dem	....	visual effects executive producer: Meteor Studios
Pete Dionne	....	lead digital animator: Technicolor Creative Services, Canada
Emily Douglas	....	visual effects assistant
Christian Emond	....	digital effects artist
Stanislav Enilenis	....	systems administrator
Stanislav Enilenis	....	visual effects artist
Joel Feder	....	senior systems administrator: Kleiser-Walczak
Richard Flores	....	character animator
Frederic Fortin	....	technical director
Frederic Fortin	....	visual effects artist
Elaine Fung	....	animator
John Gajdecki	....	visual effects supervisor
Francois Garcia	....	visual effects line producer: Meteor Studios (as François Garcia)
Mitch Gates	....	3D artist: Digital Dimension
Janice Genn	....	visual effects on-set coordinator
Jason Giberson	....	scanning and recording: Cine-Byte Digital Inc.
Sean Gilhooly	....	visual effects coordinator
Benoit Girard	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Dimension (as Benoit 'Ben' Girard)
Matthew Granger	....	visual effects assistant (as Matt Granger)
Robin Hackl	....	digital effects supervisor: Image Engine Design
Jared Hall	....	visual effects assistant
James Halverson	....	3D artist: Image Engine Design
Geoffrey Hancock	....	digital effects supervisor
Rick Hannigan	....	production supervisor: Cine-Byte Digital Inc.
Greg Hansen	....	animator: Image Engine Design
Matt Hansen	....	CG modeller: Rocket Science VFX
Brian Harder	....	modeler: Image Engine Design
Brian Harder	....	rigging: Image Engine Design
John Hardwick	....	compositor: Glimpse Digital Ltd.
Kirk Hay	....	visual effects coordinator (as Selkirk Hay)
Felix Heeb	....	scanning and recording: Cine-Byte Digital Inc.
Gudrun Heinze	....	lead digital artist: Switch VFX
Allan Henderson	....	3D artist
David Henderson	....	compositor
Alan Hernandez	....	visual effects artist (as Alan Hernandez Ayestaran)
Suez Holland	....	compositor
Chris Holmes	....	compositing supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak
Noel Hooper	....	digital compositor: Invisible Pictures
Graham Houston	....	visual effects artist
Nick Hsieh	....	lead compositor
Travis Wade Ivy	....	roto/paint artist: Digital Dimension
Gary Jackemuk	....	digital effects supervisor: Jack Labs
Beau Janzen	....	digital effects artist
Ryan Jensen	....	modeler: Image Engine Design
Ryan Jensen	....	texture artist: Image Engine Design
Brandi Johnson	....	3D artist: Digital Dimension
Ariel Joson	....	3D technical director: Rocket Science VFX
Taryn P. Kelly	....	visual effects production manager: Digital Dimension
Brett Keyes	....	lead compositor: Image Engine Design
Brett Keyes	....	technical director: Image Engine Design
Jeffrey Kleiser	....	senior visual effects supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak
Anthony Kramer	....	visual effects coordinator: Digital Dimension
Christopher Lasko	....	digital compositor (as 'Colonel Bat Guano')
Christopher Lasko	....	visual effects editor (as Christopher Daniel Lasko)
Brenda Levert	....	visual effects producer: Technicolor Creative Services, Canada
Jef Lonn	....	compositor: Switch VFX (as Jef Lon)
Sean Looper	....	tools technical director: Digital Dimension
Diana Madureira	....	production coordinator: Cine-Byte Digital Inc.
Paul Mantler	....	scanning and recording: Cine-Byte Digital Inc.
Lisa-Marie Marrelli	....	compositor: Rocket Science VFX
Catherine McGovern	....	visual effects coordinator
Patrick McNabb	....	animator
Trevor McWhinney	....	visual effects coordinator
Landon Medeiros	....	visual effects editor: Digital Dimension
Landon Medeiros	....	visual effects production assistant: Digital Dimension
Vinay Mehta	....	compositor: Image Engine Design (as Vinay Metha)
Kenneth Meyer	....	animator
Stephen Misek	....	digital animator: Technicolor Creative Services, Canada
Jerome Morin	....	visual effects executive producer: Digital Dimension
Christopher Mossman	....	executive producer: Image Engine
Wilson Mui	....	animator
Michael Nachoff	....	visual effects office coordinator
Greg Ng	....	visual effects assistant: post-production (as Gregory Ng)
Joseph Ngo	....	systems engineer
Andrew Nguyen	....	matte painting artist: Rocket Science VFX
Paul Nightingale	....	visual effects supervisor: Meteor Studios
Donal Nolan	....	compositor: Glimpse Digital Ltd.
Erik Nordby	....	lead compositor: Technicolor Creative Services, Canada
Anuj Patil	....	compositor: Image Engine Design
Colin Pearson	....	digital effects artist
Audrey Price	....	visual effects production assistant
Morgan Ratsoy	....	animator
Chad Ridgeway	....	roto/paint: Digital Dimension
James William Roberts	....	lead lighting effects technical director
James William Roberts	....	materials technical director
Chris Ross	....	visual effects coordinator: Cine-Byte Digital Inc.
Nick Roth	....	digital coordinator: Kleiser-Walczak
Lorraine Rozon	....	visual effects coordinator
Joel Skeete	....	compositor: Rocket Science VFX
Peter Skovsbo	....	visual effects line producer: Meteor Studios
Ryan T. Smolarek	....	compositor: Digital Dimension (as Ryan Smolarek)
Marion Spates	....	lead 3D artist: Digital Dimesion
Derek Stevenson	....	3D artist: Image Engine Design
Tim Stevenson	....	visual effects supervisor: Meteor Studios (as Timothy Stevenson)
Tammy Sutton	....	roto/paint lead: Digital Dimension
Matthew Talbot-Kelly	....	digital supervisor: Glimpse Digital Ltd.
Phi Tran	....	3D artist: Digital Dimension
Tong Tran	....	3D artist: Digital Dimension
Francois Turcotte	....	layout artist
Mark Tureski	....	digital opticals/titles: Cine-Byte Digital Inc.
Thomas Turnbull	....	visual effects supervisor: Rocket Science VFX
Lisa Turner	....	visual effects coordinator: Image Engine Design
Chris Uyede	....	digital animator: Technicolor Creative Services, Canada
Leandro Visconti	....	compositing supervisor: Digital Dimension
Jeannie Walasek	....	visual effects coordinator
Allan Walker	....	matte painter
Dan Walker	....	roto/paint artist: Digital Dimension
Jacky Wan	....	texture artist: Rocket Science VFX
Karen Watson	....	compositor: Image Engine Design
Eric Wilson	....	digital supervisor: Kleiser-Walczak
Derek Wolfe	....	digital animator: Technicolor Creative Services, Canada
Rachel Wyn Dunn	....	lead compositor: Jack Labs (as Rachel Dunn)
Matt Yeoman	....	I/O: Technicolor Creative Services, Canada
Travis Yohnke	....	3D artist: Digital Dimension
Eric Desaulniers	....	render wrangler: Meteor Studios (uncredited)
Charles Desilets	....	I/O technician: Meteor Studios (uncredited)
Dominic Dube	....	render wrangler: Meteor Studios (uncredited)
Connor Harty	....	software developer: Meteor Studios (uncredited)
Cody Kidwell	....	render wrangler: Meteor Studios (uncredited)
Emanuel LaFrance	....	digital compositor: Meteor Studios (uncredited)
Yann Laliberte	....	digital compositor: Meteor Studios (uncredited)
David Lalonde	....	render wrangler: Meteor Studios (uncredited)
Patrick Martel	....	lighting technical director: Meteor Studios (uncredited)
Omar McClendon	....	lead character setup: Meteor Studio (uncredited)
Emma Pittson	....	lead animator: Meteor Studios (uncredited)
Philippe Roberge	....	digital compositor: Meteor Studios (uncredited)
Guillaume Rodrigue	....	I/O technician: Meteor Studios (uncredited)
Aaron Tankenson	....	visual effects coordinator: Meteor Studios (uncredited)
Radu Vintila	....	head of technical services: Meteor Studios (uncredited)

Stunts
Ed Anders	....	stunt player
Brett Armstrong	....	stunt player
Scott J. Ateah	....	stunt coordinator (as Scott Ateah)
Mike Dopud	....	stunt player
Ryan Ennis	....	stunt player
Corbin Fox	....	stunt rigger
Kim Howey	....	stunt player
Brad Kelly	....	stunt cable puller
Alistair King	....	stunt rigger
Jennifer Mylrea	....	stunt player
Shawn Stewart	....	stunt player
Monte Thompson	....	stunt rigger
John Ulmer	....	stunt player
Owen Walstrom	....	stunt player
Rob Wilton	....	stunt player

Camera and Electrical Department
Ian Andrews	....	additional lamp operator (as Ian 'Squimmy' Andrews)
Benny Bach	....	video/computer playback: Sim Video West Ltd.
Justin Bergler	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Paul Birch	....	additional grip
Geraldine Brezca	....	first assistant camera
Trevor Broadbent	....	additional lamp operator
Dave Brown	....	grip (as 'Downtown' Dave Brown)
Mark Brown	....	dolly grip
Stefan Burianyk	....	best boy grip
George Campbell	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Alexis Chapman	....	additional lamp operator
T.C. Chapman	....	rigging gaffer (as Tracey [TC] Chapman)
Dave Dibdin	....	additional grip
Glen A. Dickson	....	additional camera operator
Shane Dobie	....	additional lamp operator
Dan Fraser	....	additional lamp operator
Wes Gilmore	....	starlight operator
Steve Gilmour	....	additional grip
Jeff Grimshire	....	additional grip
Chris Hahn	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Chris Hahn	....	focus puller: second unit
James S. Harvey	....	lamp operator
Chris Helcermanas-Benge	....	still photographer
Stewart Henshaw	....	gaffer: second unit
Caragh Hodge	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
John-David Hutchison	....	rigging gaffer (as JD Hutchinson)
Gilbert Jamault	....	generator operator
Scott Keates	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as W. Scott Keates)
Joshua Kjorven	....	camera trainee
Tom Kolafa	....	best boy electric
Burton 'Joe' Kuchera	....	gaffer (as Burton Kuchera)
Todd Lapp	....	additional lamp operator
Steve Larsen	....	rigging grip
Billy Liddle	....	additional lamp operator
Sandy MacDonald	....	grip
Stephen Maier	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Marty McInally	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Marty McInally	....	steadicam operator
Hugh Meikle	....	lamp operator (as Hugh Miekle)
Michael Methot	....	starlight operator
Tyler Olson	....	best boy grip
Rob Parisien	....	digital video assist supervisor
Andrew Pedley	....	video assist operator
Vince Phillips	....	key grip (as Vincent Phillips)
Ryan Pilon	....	additional lamp operator
Jean-Marc Saldini	....	second assistant camera: second unit
T.J. Sampson	....	additional grip
Ed 'Animal' Schulz	....	additional grip (as Ed Schulz)
Steve Scriver	....	additional lamp operator (as Steve Soriver)
John Silitoe	....	rigging grip (as John Sillitoe)
Lee Smith	....	additional lamp operator
Andrew Towson	....	additional lamp operator (as Andrew Townsend)
Michael Webb	....	additional grip
Neil Wildman	....	lamp operator
John Williams	....	gaffer: second unit

Casting Department
James Forsyth	....	extras casting director
Colleen Rogers	....	casting associate
Maureen Webb	....	casting: Canada

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jessica Lea Holding	....	assistant costumes: second unit (as Jessica Holding)
Charron Hume	....	costumer
Eliza Lau	....	costumer
Keith Parent	....	costume set supervisor
Debbie Tallman	....	assistant costume designer
Lauren M. Walker	....	truck costumer

Editorial Department
Aynsley Baldwin	....	post-production assistant
Drake Conrad	....	digital colorist: Cine-Byte Digital Inc.
Kali Jacobs	....	post-production assistant
Kali Jacobs	....	post-production intern
Gary Lam	....	assistant editor
Christopher Lasko	....	assistant editor (as Christopher Daniel Lasko)
Jennifer Massetti	....	post-production intern
Arthur Montreuil	....	film color timer
Mark V. Phillips	....	assistant editor
Aisla Webster	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Tyler Bates	....	score producer
Hal Beckett	....	music editor
Robert Carranza	....	score mixer
Meagan Carsience	....	assistant music editor
Ross DeRoche	....	music preparation
Michael Farrow	....	score mixer
Peter Fuchs	....	score recording engineer
Darrell Hall	....	music editor
Ralph Sall