- Starring: Elizabeth Banks, Michael Rooker, Nathan Fillion
- Summary: 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)
- Director: James Gunn
- Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Horror, Comedy
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 24 out of 27
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Mixed: 3 out of 27
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Negative: 0 out of 27
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88If 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.
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83There 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.
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50There 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.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 21 out of 32
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Mixed: 3 out of 32
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Negative: 8 out of 32
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MattO10
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Ryencoke4
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DeanS.2
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