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Slither (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD] | ![Slither (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EH4H1C2HL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: James Gunn
Actors: Michael Rooker, Jenna Fischer
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
List Price: $26.98
Buy New: $14.79
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Avg. Customer Rating:  136 reviews
Sales Rank: 39525
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: HD DVD
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 96
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 31972
UPC: 025193197221
EAN: 0025193197221
ASIN: B000GYI3BS
Theatrical Release Date: March 31, 2006
Release Date: October 24, 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
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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
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What's with the spitting? April 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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!
 Not funny or scary April 16, 2008
This movie was stright out bad. The acting gives it two starts since it was the only part of the movie that i can possible say good things about. The story was just plain boring, the special effects might have been good about 15-20 years ago, and the whole genre of this being horror can't be taking seriously. I heard about this being a some what scary but supposily funny. I found it to be neither.
Dont even rent unless for some reason you have to see this movie.
And if you hear its good start questioning who you take your movie advice from.
You won't look away even if you want to March 3, 2008
Finally catching up with "Slither" on DVD, I found the film to be surprisingly and pleasantly horrific, much more of a straight-up horror movie than the trailer I had seen in theaters seemed to indicate. The trailer played up the several comic "what the heck is THAT?" double takes by the movie's various characters as they witness the increasingly gross permutations of the creature, but I found about 90% of the movie to be just plain scary, and effectively so. Good effects, too.
The DVD features a clean widescreen print, great sound, and an absolute ton of extra features. Many of those features make clear that "Slither" is intended as a combination homage and modern take on the classic intense/gross out horror films of the 80's (such as "The Thing" and "The Fly"), so if you have a soft spot for those films, you'll likely enjoy the intensity and gross out thrills of "Slither".
 Yecch March 1, 2008
The point of films like this is to be scary, or thought provoking, or sexy, or a blend of all 3. This was none of them. It was disgusting without drama, pathos(sympathy), excitement, or anything. The plot was that this out of this world influence would make normal people into slithering creatures. It managed to gross you out(which some audiences like, no doubt), but for adults, this movie is a bust...
 So gross, I love it!!!! February 25, 2008
I saw this on the same day as I saw Feast. Let's just say I'm glad I don't have a sensitive stomach because, well, my dinner would have been on the wall otherwise. To see Michael Rooker and Nathan Fillion in the same movie is a wet dream come true (for good actors, not based on looks because Michael Rooker is still the guy who ate poo covered pretzels from Mallrats in my head). A+ movie!!!!
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