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Slither
Universal Pictures
MPAA RATING: R for strong horror violence and gore, and language
Starring
Nathan Fillion,
Elizabeth Banks,
Michael Rooker,
Gregg Henry,
Tania Saulnier,
Brenda James,
Don Thompson,
and
Jennifer Copping
Slither is an edgy blend of heart-stopping terror, wry humor and surprising humanity from genre-bending screenwriter James Gunn, whose "Dawn of the Dead" became one of 2004's most surprising hits. (Universal)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
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Horror
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Sci-fi
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| WRITTEN BY: |
James Gunn
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| DIRECTED BY: |
James Gunn
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: October 24, 2006
Theatrical: March 31, 2006
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| RUNNING TIME: |
minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
Canada / USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
88
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
If your idea of fun involves zombies, monstrous physical transformations and alien slugs bent on world domination, look no further than James Gunn's gleeful homage to all things gross and horrible actually makes good on the "horror comedy" label by being both flat-out creepy and darkly funny.

83
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
There are times (and plenty of them) when Slither slops over from smart, affectionate homage into unmodulated frat goofiness as Gunn cannibalizes so many horror plots with such high spirits.

83
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Scott Tobias
Though it occasionally dips too deep into a well of redneck humor, Slither cleverly exploits the nervous laughter that fills a theater whenever a horror movie gets too frightening to bear.

80
LA Weekly
Scott Foundas
It's the kind of movie that used to be called "trashy good fun," only there's nothing trashy about it: Gunn, who scripted the 2004 "Dawn of the Dead" remake, is clearly punch-drunk with horror-movie love; Slither is, among other things, a freewheeling homage to "The Blob, Invasion of the Body Snatchers" and just about everything by George Romero.

80
Variety
Joe Leydon
Slither begins briskly, gradually accelerates and eventually achieves a breakneck momentum that makes the wild ride even more exhilarating.

80
Empire
James Dyer
Undeniably funny and gooey to boot, Slither may not be groundbreaking but it is a rarity: a horror-comedy that does both its genre-parents proud.

78
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
Of course, Slither isn't for everyone, but if you've a yen for gallons of grue and a smart, sassy story to boot, you couldn't do better than Gunn's hellishly fun horror show.

75
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
The acting is playful aces all around: Fillion gives good exhausted incredulity, Banks gives good virginal idiocy, and Rooker gives great conflicted monster arrogance even before the aliens get him.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Neva Chonin
In a variety of forms, Slither excels in imaginative gore and shows that first-time director James Gunn has learned much about the joys of linking humor and horror.

75
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Slither is neither repetitive nor reverent. It is a dark and hilarious spoof of those movies, one in which both the characters and the audience seem to be in on the jokes.

75
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Aside from Henry, Gunn's cast is on a collective wavelength. Banks, whose perkiness carries a slightly demented edge, matches up well with Nathan Fillion, who plays the lovelorn police chief.

75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Winda Benedetti
A funny, freaky, fiendishly good flick that might just find a following beyond the standard cadre of horror fanatics.

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Like "Tremors," only ickier, Slither is a tongue-in-cheek horror flick that skewers the genre while delivering seat-squirming scares.

70
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Gross-out horror comedy is my least favorite genre, but this movie's so skillful I have to take my hat off to it.

70
Slate
Josh Levin
This is not a thinking man's horror movie. I wouldn't be surprised if there were slugs that could find gaping holes in the plot. But there's something winning about this grab bag of orally fixated invertebrates and mucus-covered Noids.

70
The Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
Gunn maintains the ideal glib pitch for most of the picture, flirting with camp but never hanging around it long enough to water down the squirm-inducing stuff.

70
Village Voice
Matt Singer
Gunn doesn't reinvent the wheel but he does tighten its spokes a bit with some terrifying sequences and a witty, deadpan screenplay, and he leaves the audience hungry--for "Slither 2."

70
Dallas Observer
Jordan Harper
Slither is what it is, unapologetically, and unlike Gunn's work on "Dawn of the Dead," it's probably too weird to be a crossover hit. Either you've got worms in your heart or you don't.

70
The New York Times
Manohla Dargis
While Slither sometimes feels like a monster-mash, what makes it work is how nimbly it slaloms from yucks to yuks, slip-sliding from horror to comedy and back again on its gore-slicked foundation.

70
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Crust
Slither is a gross, disgusting, but undeniably amusing treat laden with homages and in-jokes.

63
New York Post
Kyle Smith
This is one horror film that could make the syllabus at Bob Jones U. The way the squid blasts its tentacles into doe-eyed girls seems designed to steer your daughters away from sex until they're about 40.

63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Rick Groen
This is well-crafted retro horror, too familiar to be really scary but smart enough to be fun. And funny too, with the kind of pure laughs that grow organically from the script, untainted by the chemical spray of irony.

63
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
Let's get this straight from the start: Slither isn't great art, but that doesn't mean it isn't good entertainment.

63
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Slither is old-school gooey, slimy, silly B-movie fun.

50
Washington Post
Teresa Wiltz
Slither purports to be a "horror comedy" but in embracing the hybrid, it falls flat, never committing full-out to mining for giggles or gasps.

50
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
There are better movies opening this weekend. There are better movies opening every weekend. But Slither has a competence to it, an ability to manipulate obligatory horror scenes in a way that works.

40
Film Threat
Don R. Lewis
B movies are fun because they're rinky dink. I got the joke and just didn't like the joke even though I respect Gunn for doing what he wanted to do.


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