Here's a gooey, hilarious, creepy horror film for the whole mutant, cannibal family. Michael Rooker (HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER) stars as Grant, a big bald guy from a small southern town who gets possessed by a meat-hungry parasite-worm creature from space. Even under the alien influence he still loves his wife, Starla (Elizabeth Banks), but she's alarmed at his weird new habits, such as consuming all the local wildlife. The sheriff in town (Nathan Fillion) investigates. He still carries a torch for Starla from when they were kids, but once the squirming, slithering, and cannibalism begin in earnest, it becomes clear that this is no time for romance. SLITHER's combination of interesting characters, deadpan humour, gore aplenty, and genuine scares, earns it a place alongside cult classics like RE-ANIMATOR and the various LIVING DEAD and EVIL DEAD films. Director/writer James Gunn wrote 2004's DAWN OF THE DEAD before SLITHER and it's abundantly clear where his loyalties lie: SLITHER aims its acid-dripping, brain-sucking tongue right into the hearts of horror fans. Heads explode, monsters squiggle into gaping mouths, tentacles wrap around Banks's negligee-clad body, and the sheriff takes it all in his stride. There's even a twisted intergalactic love story somewhere in the chaos, as well as hordes of in-jokes for the fans.
Product Identifiers
Producer
Marc Abraham, Paul Brooks
EAN
5017239193781
eBay Product ID (ePID)
52972755
Product Key Features
Film/TV Title
Slither
Actor
Michael Rooker, Elizabeth Banks, Don Thompson, Nathan Fillion, Gregg Henry
Director
James Gunn
Format
DVD
Language
English
Release Year
2006
Features
Deleted scenes - with optional commentary by Writer and Director James Gunn\Extended scenes - with optional commentary by Writer and Director James Gunn\Gag reel\Who is Bill Pardy?\Fillion set tour\Recipe for blood\Visual effects progressions\Visual effects featurette\Making of featurette\Lloyd Kauffman's video diary\Director's commentary, Widescreen