DVD : Slither (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD]

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starring: Michael Rooker, Jenna Fischer
directed by: James Gunn

: Slither (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD]

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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: HD DVD
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
EAN: 0025193197221
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Release Date: October 24, 2006
Running Time: 96 minutes
Sales Rank: 15204
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: March 31, 2006



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Product Description:
Prepare yourself for this terrifying twisted and chilling film that critics are calling "the most entertaining horror movie in years" (Joe Williams St. Louis Post Dispatch).From the writer of 2004's Dawn of the Dead comes the deliciously demented story of an unnamed evil wreaking havoc on a small town. Intent on devouring all life on Earth this dark force is infecting anyone in its path. Now it's up to the local sheriff Bill Pardy (Nathan Fillion Serenity) and his team to stop the spread of rampant devastation - and shocking mutilation - before it's too late. System Requirements:Run Time: 96 minsFormat: DVD HD Genre: HORROR Rating: R UPC: 025193197221 Manufacturer No: 31972

Amazon.com:
With laughs and gross-outs aplenty, Slither is the best horror comedy since Shaun of the Dead. Having written for the jubilant trash-mongers at Troma Films before scripting 2004's well-received remake of Dawn of the Dead, writer-director James Gunn crafted this hilarious splatter-fest as an homage to the comically violent horror films of the 1970s and '80s, and he gets it just right with a low-budget look, perfect casting, grisly make-up effects and judicious use of CGI gore. The story's a deliberate monster-mash, borrowing from a dozen other movies with its plot about an invasion of slithery slug-like parasites from outer space, arriving (via meteorite) in the redneck town of Wheelsy, South Carolina, where they turn most of the local yokels into flesh-eating zombies. The first victim (played by Michael Rooker) turns into a squid-like, multi-tentacled host monster (kill him and you kill 'em all), and his terrified wife (Elizabeth Banks) teams up with Wheelsy's sheriff (Nathan Fillion, from Firefly and Serenity) and mayor (comedic scene-stealer Gregg Henry) to eradicate the alien threat before Wheelsy turns into Slugville. Gunn handles comedy and horror with exuberant flair, and Slither's greatest strength is that it never aspires to be anything more than it is: 96 minutes of good laughs and gruesomeness, served up with the kind of gleeful abandon that only true horror buffs can fully appreciate.--Jeff Shannon



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Please don't make a sequel!
Taken over by alien flesh eating parasites a whole
town is wiped out by crawly red slugs that belong to a hive mind.
People become just extensions of the main personality ( Grant)
that travels from planet to planet.
The hero and the Grant's earth wife manage to stop the infestation
( for a while). Sort of a cross between different alien movies,
this one is just bloody and gross when it isn't
being slap stick funny.
Don't take you kids to see this one!


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - So so so so Bad I'm writing this review while watching it!
This is not funny at all!
It's justing screaming and violence, I'm someone who LOVES FUNNY violent shows like Happy Tree Friends but this sucks. I love the South Park humor as another disapproving reviewer said they didn't so that has nothing to do with your opinion on this film.
What is the joke?
I don't like any of the characters.
I hate all the SUPER-UNFUNNY animal cruelty.
btw am at the bit where grant has all the people attached to him.
This is SO unoriginal, if you are a fan of this, well.... YOU NEED HELP! sorry.
Scary Movie is a far better horror parody, it atually parodies horror where as this just does horror but badly thinking that is spoofing.
I'm sorry to sound so trolling but I hated this movie and maybe I am expressing a little too much hate.
Please don't flam me!


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Slither--A Horror Classic
It was the cover of the box that made me judge this film before I saw it and avoid it for so long. Too long. Worms? Computer generated worms attacking folks in bathtubs? Whee. Don't that sound like mindless fun!!! Well, I wish the cover had also suggested the energy and classic horror touch director James Gunn offers up here. Veteran genre fans want all the traditional ingredients, but they want to be surprised as they get them. This film surprised the hell out of me by being so beautifully crafted and in-your-face nasty. It's a modest little film that offers a perfect ride for the well-seasoned viewer.


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Slither Review
Slither is a very well-made horror, zombie film without a dull moment. Everyone--particularly Elizabeth Banks--is very convincing. The DVD is in 1.85:1 widescreen, enhanced for 16:9 TVs.


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - What's with the spitting?
This is the classif, alien crashed down on earth. Alien infects humans and tries to take over the world. Slither reminds me of the 80's flick, Night of the Creeps. In Night of the Creeps, alien slugs turn human hosts into zombies by going into a persons mouth. SLither seems like a remake with added special effects and a different plot..slightly.

An alien crash lands in a small town and infects Grant. After him not feeling to good, he begins to transform into a hideous creature that needs a human host to breed and create the slugs that you see on the cover of the DVD. The way these slugs turn humans into zombies is by way of the mouth. A young girl almost is turned into one of them but manages to not swallow the slug. However her whole family wasn't that lucky. Anyway, somehow she sees Grant as the alien and what its plans are when the slug was trying to turn her into a zombie. The only ones left in the town that is totally infected are Kylie (the young girl who stopped the slug from getting her), Starla (Grant's wife), the chief of police Pardy, and Wally. Can they stop Grant the alien's plan? Will Grant get these survivors? I don't want to give away too much so I will stop here.

All in all this was a decent thriller. It has a decent amount to get you to watch it, then you might watch it a few more times. It wont scare you or making you jump out of your seat. Heads are blown up, some stabbings, a creepy deer, and lots of zombies are the ingredients to this movie. It's more like an entry thriller. It does have some good comedy moments. Pardy (Nathan Fillion) and especially Wally (Don Thompson) are funny. Listen for the song at the end of the movie. The song is funny. Listen to the lyrics.

For this price on Amazon, I would definately add this to my DVD library ( I did recently when it was on sale). Enjoy!

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