Slither (2006)

Dir: James Gunn

Starring: Nathan Fillion (that guy from FIREFLY/SERENITY), Michael Rooker, Elizabeth "I chose not to get naked in this picture" Banks, Tania "I chose to get naked in this picture - not enough for you to really see much but still enough for you to remember and be thankful for" Saulnier

Plot: A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.

More Info: IMDB

Tagline: Slug it out.




My Rating: 8/10
Would I watch it again? Sure, it was fun.

To set this up, some friends and I had just finished watching THE BLOB (1958) and put this one in for the second half of the double feature. It didn't take long before we all start yelling out, "Hey, that's from THE BLOB" every few minutes. That certainly didn't hurt the film. It was fun seeing the similarities. Sometimes that can piss you off but then when somebody starts paying homage to THE BLOB and to NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (a fun horror flick from the 80s) it can't be all that bad, can it? Not this time.

"Singin' in the bathtub..."

Rooker was creepy. He's just that way; especially with that shaved head. Don Thompson was a riot as the un-PC mayor. Fillion was great as the goofy sheriff. Gunn did a great job with the humor. There were lots of great gags/moments that send-up the cliches that you find in horror movies. There was one where so much had been made (introduced early on) about a hand grenade. When it's finally about to be used to destroy the creature (Rooker) it bounces into the pool and explodes leaving Fillion with nothing but a "this isn't my day - now what?" smirk on his face. So then he has to improvise a new plan. It's a real gas.

All-in-all it's fun and with the plethora of funny characters it's definitely worth a look.