Slither is a 2006 science fiction-horror-comedy film starring Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks and Michael Rooker.
In this blend of the B movie classic _Blob, The (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.
Awards
- Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films USA 2007 – Nominated Saturn Award for Best Horror Film, Won Best makeup
- Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2006 – Won Chainsaw Award for Highest Body Count, Nominated for Chainsaw Award for Dude You Don't Wanna Mess With (Best Hero) Nathan Fillion
Slither Reviews
“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." TV Guide
“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.” Empire
“A funny, freaky, fiendishly good flick that might just find a following beyond the standard cadre of horror fanatics.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“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." LA Weekly
“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.” Slate
“Slither isn’t trying to be an instant classic; it isn’t a serious or scary horror film. It’s just trying to be a really fun popcorn movie, the kind of film that you take a date to and hold on tight as you laugh, jump, scream… and hopefully get laid after. If you love films like John Carpenter’s The Thing, Dawn of the Dead, Night of the Creeps, From Beyond, The Blob, or The Hidden, then you will dig Slither. It's an old school monster movie that takes off from the very beginning and doesn’t let up until the end.” Dread Central
“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.” Austin Chronicle
“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.” New York Daily News