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69 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critics What's this?

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6.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 52 Ratings

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  • 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)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    88
    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.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    83
    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.
  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    50
    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.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 32
  3. Negative: 8 out of 32
  1. MattO
    10
    Great special effects, good story, and enough campy humor to make it enjoyable. Those that said it was boring or bad probably think every Friday the 13th movie after the first is the best movie they have ever seen.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. Ryencoke
    4
    I'm not sure why everyone is giving this movie such good reviews. It really wasn't that good. The first half was just boring. The second half got okay, but nothing special. It was not worth the $10, maybe cheap theater or rental. It was fairly lame... Also, everyone is saying how gory it was, it wasn't gory at all. If you want gore watch something else, like Hostel (Although that wasn't really gory), or even Evil Dead 2.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  3. DeanS.
    2
    I was really wanting to like this movie, but it was boring, not funny or scary and just plain bad. It proves my theory if a horror movie gets a good review it will suck.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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