Slither (2006)

A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.

Director:

James Gunn

Writer:

James Gunn

Stars:

Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Rooker

2 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

In this blend of the B movie classic The Blob (1958), and some Romero's zombies film, a meteorite collides in a small town. Grant finds it, and is infected by a parasite worm, which installs in his brain and causes him a creepy transformation into a monster. Starla, his wife, and Bill, a policeman, will try to stop him and the plague of worms generated by the creature.

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Plot Keywords:

alien | parasite | small town | slug | transformation | 

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Taglines:

What's Gotten Into You?

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong horror violence and gore, and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site UIP [France]

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 March 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ljigavci

Filming Locations:

Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$15,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,880,270, 2 April 2006

Gross USA:

$7,774,730, 23 April 2006

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gold Circle Films, Strike Entertainment, Brightlight Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Nathan Fillion (Bill Pardy) and Michael Rooker (Grant Grant) were in Super (2010) and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014).

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Goofs

When the zombies grab Starla from Bill's wrecked car, Bill calls "Carla, Carla!", instead of Starla.

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Quotes

Bill Pardy: [Looking at the disemboweled dog] I reckon Grant ain't got one of them puppy calendars on his desk. Just don't strike me as a real dog lover is all.
Trevor: Hey!
[holds up the decapitated head of a dog]
Trevor: Look. Knocked this one's head clear on over here.
Wally: Put that down, numbnuts!

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Crazy Credits

At the very end of the credits there is an additional scene involving a curious cat and the remains of the alien slug creature.

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Connections

Referenced in Jellyscream! (2008)

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Soundtracks

Sad World
Written by Simon Steadman
Performed by Simon Steadman

User Reviews

Creepy horror movie giving a paranoid dimension when frightening creatures stalking and attacking

The movie begins when a meteorite collides in a rural community. Grant(Michael Rooker), married to Starla(Elizabeth Banks) encounters the meteorite and is infected by a parasite and originate him a horrible turning into a creepy monster with tentacles over his chest. People are dying gruesomely ad mysteriously, the body count starts to rise and anybody has a clue what the cause is. A foul-mouthed Mayor named Jack(Gregg Henry),and the local patrolman named Bill(Nathan Fillion) are investigating the weird events.

The picture packs mystery, shocks, grisly horror, but also tongue in check and black humor. The movie displays hair rising and horrifying images with lots of blood and graphical gore. This is an entertaining juvenile , quite remarkable for recreation of the carnivorous and ferocious worms developing a spooky and bloodthirsty hunger. Delivers a sympathetic homage about fifties movies and a B-film tribute. For that reason, the picture take parts from ¨Dawn of the dead(George A Romero)¨, Slugs(Juan Piquer),Society(Brian Yuzna), and The Blob(Chuck Russell), among others. Besides special appearance uncredited by Rob Zombie and Lloyd Kauffman, the famous producer and director of Troma productions, usual artificers of this type movies. The motion picture is professionally directed by James Gunn, he's usually writer(Dawn of the dead, Scooby Doo,1 and 2) and occasionally director for Troma productions . No for small kids by violent, realistic and gory attack scenes.