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Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
So begins “Slither,” a welcome throwback to an older generation of horror. Grant returns to Starla a…changed man. His actions are a bit off, and he’s developed a craving for raw meat. As with most marital situations like this, the problems stem ...read the complete Slither movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
eFilmCritic.com (Jay Seaver)
Future Movies (Richard Strachan)
Fillion plays police chief Bill Pardy in the small redneck town of Wheelsy, who carries a torch for high school sweetheart Starla (Elizabeth Banks), who’s married to local entrepreneur Grant Grant (Michael Rooker). Behind the idyllic façade however, ...read the complete Slither movie review at Future Movies (Richard Strachan)
Entertainment Weekly
Slither lays on the monsters and zombies and ooze, but the very last reaction writer-director James Gunn is going for is a simple ''Oh, my!'' He'll take ''Eek,'' he'll accept ''Ick,'' he'd love ''Ha-ha-ha-ha'' — the more visceral the response ...read the complete Slither movie review at Entertainment Weekly
The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
It begins, as do so many of these films, with a mysterious object from space landing in the woods near a quaint little Southern town. This thing shoots a dart into the chest of local man Grant Grant (Michael Rooker), taking over his body and giving him a ...read the complete Slither movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
If James Gunn is going to write and direct more zippy yarns like this one, complete with the fakely portentous musical score and moderately hammy acting, I may one day forgive him for writing the ...read the complete Slither movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Detroit News (Tom Long)
A great bloody joy of B-movie madness, Slither is a hilarious concoction of gore and wisecracks that offers plenty of nods to horror history while maintaining enough slimy integrity to stand, or rather, slither, on its own. ...read the complete Slither movie review at Detroit News (Tom Long)
Critical-Film.com (Jason Pitt)
CHUD (Devin Faraci)
Slither is gleeful, gooey, gory and goofy. ...read the complete Slither movie review at CHUD (Devin Faraci)
The Cinema Source (Benjamin Lee)
TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
zBoneman Movie Reviews (Kevin Jones & Adam Mast)
James Gunn has delivered a gleefully gory romp with a slew of nods to camp classics from the 70s and 80s. Gunning for the funny bone, with enough gory goods to satisfy any fiend. ...read the complete Slither movie review at zBoneman Movie Reviews (Kevin Jones & Adam Mast)
Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
If you like slime, Slither will push you down the slippery slope to big-screen pleasure. ...read the complete Slither movie review at Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
CampBlood.org Homo Horror Review
Starla Grant (the wonderful Elizabeth Banks, finally getting her leading lady due after shining in Wet Hot American Summer, The Baxter, and 40-Year-Old Virgin) is a lovely high school science teacher who also happens to be married to the town’s richest ...read the complete Slither movie review at CampBlood.org Homo Horror Review
Slate (Josh Levin)
Before he wrote and directed Slither, James Gunn authored 1996's Tromeo and Juliet, a farce that merges the Bard's words with Troma calling cards like lesbianism and decapitation. Still, how can I be so confident that Gunn learned all he needs to know ...read the complete Slither movie review at Slate (Josh Levin)
Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>
Slitherfilled me with a mixture of creepedout giddiness and dread; it gradually constricted itself, effectively paralyzing me. Then, as I thought the movie's yuckiest creation a pair of tentaclelike suckling tubes protruding fromMichael Rooker's ...read the complete Slither movie review at Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>
ToxicUniverse.com (Lee Chase IV)
The plot is a carbon copy of all the movies in this genre. A meteor carrying a being from another world crashes into the woods of a small southern town, but instead of leaving it alone, one of the locals decides to poke at it until it attacks him. In ...read the complete Slither movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (Lee Chase IV)
musicOMH (Zan Buckner)
The small town in question, Wheelsy, South Carolina, is just a little off plumb: the opening day of deer hunting season is celebrated as a local holiday, and the town has its share of eccentrics long before the monsters arrive. ...read the complete Slither movie review at musicOMH (Zan Buckner)
TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
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 ...read the complete Slither movie review at TV Guide Entertainment Network, Movie Guide
ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
The cast are superb. Fillion gets all the best lines and makes an engaging lead, while Rooker manages to elicit a measure of sympathy for what could otherwise have been a very one-dimensional evil role. There’s also strong support from Elizabeth Banks ...read the complete Slither movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Bullz-Eye.com
In all honesty, “Slither” was a major disappointment waiting to happen, but it never once failed to keep the audience entertained with some combination of comedy, action and horror. Any fan of classic B-movie creature features like “The Fly” ...read the complete Slither movie review at Bullz-Eye.com
One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
The script by Troma veteran James Gunn, set in an unidentified yokel locale famous for its deer hunting, is put in motion when rich, bald Grant Grant (Michael Rooker, scowlingly right-on), put off once more in bed by his beautiful young trophy wife ...read the complete Slither movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Bloody-Distgusting
The characters and actors in Slither are all perfect for this story. Nathan Fillion shines as he delivers countless lines with subtle hilarity. His Bill Pardy is a hero but also a hopeless romantic in his quest to show his feelings for Starla (Banks). ...read the complete Slither movie review at Bloody-Distgusting
The King's Room (Paul Perkins)
Great Horrors films are a dying breed to find one out in theaters is
hard to do because of the way horror films are made now days. When there
is one good film out ...read the complete Slither movie review at The King's Room (Paul Perkins)
Stomp Tokyo
It's a good time to be a fan of horror movies; slasher pics and creature features seem to ooze from every media outlet imaginable. You can download them from the web sites of indie filmmakers with an affinity for latex, or catch original Sci-Fi channel ...read the complete Slither movie review at Stomp Tokyo
The Hartford Courant
In a world of brain-dead horror remakes, writer-director James Gunn didn't just set out to redo any old fright flick. In the body-snatchers-from-space tale "Slither," he aimed to remake them all and more.
With the gore-minded glee of ...read the complete Slither movie review at The Hartford Courant
Christian Science Monitor (Robert Newton)
Gunn, who started off with schlockmeisters Troma Films, calls on that no-budget sensibility and lets the writing do the talking, with us doing the shrieking and most memorably, the laughing. ...read the complete Slither movie review at Christian Science Monitor (Robert Newton)
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