User Score
6.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 60 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 44 out of 60
  2. Negative: 12 out of 60

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  1. Y
    Apr 2, 2006
    10
    Brilliant! - Loved this movie. More gross than scary and the one liners were hillarious.
  2. B
    Mar 30, 2006
    10
    Hilarious and it has Nathan Fillion. How can you go wrong?
  3. LisaH.
    Apr 18, 2006
    9
    This movie was fun with a capital "F". I would recommend it to anyone who loves a good "tongue in cheek" kind of a movie, which are truly hard to find. Thank you Gunn for a good time.
  4. Adrienne
    Apr 7, 2006
    10
    Why is this movie so awesome? Nathan Fillion, plus evil alien slug overlords, plus James Gunn, plus ZOMBIES. Easily the greatest thing I've seen at the theater since Shaun of the Dead or Eternal Sunshine. Hilarious and icky all at once. Fillion deadpans like no man I've ever seen. The absolutely refreshing lack of horror movie cliches alone makes up for the price of admission.
  5. JakeN.
    Mar 29, 2006
    10
    A spectacular movie very much resembling the hilarious rom-zom-com Shaun of the Dead in style, while at teh same time it take itself to new gross heights that lets it be a favorite of both Shaun fans and Saw fans
  6. NashY.
    Mar 30, 2006
    10
    Best movie of the year, bar none! Funny and scary and fantastic!
  7. MarcD.
    Apr 1, 2006
    9
    Easily one of the funniest movies I've seen in the last couple of years. Great cast. Solid gore. Interesting premise - or good enough to sustain the story. I recommend it.
  8. Ericm
    Apr 2, 2006
    10
    This movie is great. Funny as hell, gory as hell. It's a great little B grade movie. Reminded me a lot of Shawn of the Dead and Cabin Fever. Go see it if you like dark comedies, you'll love it.
  9. [Anonymous]
    Apr 5, 2006
    9
    Loads of gory fun! Has some of the best one-liners I've ever heard in a movie.
  10. DonnaH
    Jan 6, 2007
    9
    Such a fun movie! Nathan Fillion is charming, as always, and Gregg Henry is hilarious as the foul-mouthed mayor. Kudos to James Gunn for hitting all the right notes, and making a wonderfully entertaining little film.
  11. MattO
    Dec 31, 2006
    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.
  12. AdamH.
    Mar 29, 2006
    10
    Slither was scary and hilarious! To do both is a major feat! Finally! An amazing horror movie with a fresh story to tell!
  13. TonyB.
    Apr 15, 2006
    9
    This movie was just plain fun. It was funny, it was silly, it was suspensful...it was just all around good. Even if you look past all the comedy in it, it's a half decent monster flick with a pretty good story.
  14. May 18, 2013
    10
    Slither was so much better than I expected.
    Soooooo gory oh my god!
    I really love this movie cause it's very disgusting.
    I can unsderstand why some people don't like this movie...
Metascore

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 27
  2. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Reviewed by: Joe Leydon
    80
    Slither begins briskly, gradually accelerates and eventually achieves a breakneck momentum that makes the wild ride even more exhilarating.
  2. Reviewed by: Matt Singer
    70
    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."
  3. 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.