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Slither [DVD] [2006]
enlarge	Director: James Gunn Actors: Nathan Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Rooker, Gregg Henry, Don Thompson Studio: Entertainment in Video Category: DVD List Price: ~~£19.99~~ Buy Used: £0.67 as of 24/11/2009 10:57 GMT details You Save: £19.32 (97%) New (35) Used (48) from £0.67 Seller: zoverstocks Rating: 42 reviews Sales Rank: 11433 Format: Anamorphic, PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 95 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5017239193781 ASIN: B000HDR7YW Theatrical Release Date: 2006 Release Date: October 16, 2006 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 42 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...9 Next » BUY IT RIGHT NOW!!!! September 8, 2006 A. Hislop (England) 15 out of 17 found this review helpful This is a great film, it really is! It's very funny, don't worry it doesn't try to be funny. Its jokes are from geniune every day human reactions. the silly kind. Its not the rubbish humour like '8 legged freaks' or 'evolution' trying so desperately to be funny, but failing miserably. It's a dark comedy horror thats actually funny. It's also very gross, gory and jumpy. Using primal fears of humans to freak you out. There are things you probably haven't seen in a film before! This would definatley be watch a few times. If your not sure you want to buy it then at least rent it! But, I doubt you'll be disappointed. A bloody good horror comedy January 20, 2007 Daniel Jolley (Shelby, North Carolina USA) 9 out of 10 found this review helpful Slither serves up a bloody good time indeed. Knowing nothing about the movie going in, I initially thought this was going to be a somewhat disappointing horror film. It didn't take long, though, for me to figure out that what we have here is a real gem of horror comedy. The secret to its comedic success is the fact that, instead of going over the top for laughs, the characters pretty much play it straight throughout. This thing is just full of terrific one-liners, not to mention subtle in-jokes that extend even beyond the horror genre. There is also plenty of blood and guts for gorehounds to enjoy. This is just one of those films that actually manages to balance that fine line between horror and comedy almost perfectly. br / br /The basic storyline isn't anything new. A meteorite crashes to Earth, unleashing a malevolent life form that gets right to work taking over the bodies of the locals and turning them into zombies, leaving a handful of main characters running around and fighting to survive. And, of course, there's also a sort of romantic thing between the leading man and lady. Wheelsy was a nice, quite, Southern town until this unexpected alien life form dug its way from the chest to the head of Grant Grant (yep, he has the same first and last names), played by Michael Rooker. Grant's a really annoying dude before he turns into a meat-devouring zombie, and you spend the first part of the film wondering why as pretty a young lady as Starla (Elizabeth Banks) ever married him. She's really committed to those wedding vows, but Grant isn't - not anymore, at least. Soon a whole army of big, nasty, zombifying worms are unleashed to crawl down the throats of anyone and everyone in the local area. These new zombies are not mindless, though - in fact, they all share Grant's mind. br / br /Grant himself undergoes some rather dramatic physical changes as the story progresses. There are basically three stages in the process: 1) leper, 2) squid, 3) Jabba the Hut. As Grant grows, his opposition shrinks - eventually, there are less than a handful of individuals left to try and destroy him. This includes local top cop Bill Pardy (Nathan Fillion), who has carried a torch for Starla since they were kids. The whole story gets pretty ridiculous by the end, but you won't care because it's all so dadburned funny. I give Fillion tons of credit for his performance. Besides delivering some of the funniest one-liners, he injects the seriousness required to counterbalance the humor almost perfectly. Without him, I don't think this film succeeds at all as a well-balanced horror comedy. My favorite character by far, though, is Jack MacReady (Gregg Henry), the foul-mouthed mayor whose constant, profanity-laced grumbling never failed to make me laugh. br / br /With so many badly written, unfunny horror comedies out there, it's refreshing to see something new come along and show just how effectively these two different genres can work together. Writer-director James Gunn delivers big-time with Slither: hilarious dialogue, a veritable bounty of blood and guts, and even a tribute of sorts to many a classic horror film of the past. I enjoyed the heck out of this movie. One out of 20 ani't bad April 4, 2007 Mr. Paul Higbee (Mablethorpe, Lincs. UK) 4 out of 4 found this review helpful Well done, Rhinoman, you are the only one who included the link to the original seventies film. The iconic link was there of the girl in the bath from the original, but this time the 'slither' wriggled atop the serface and entered via the mouth. In the original, the 'slither' was either intoduced to the bath by a man in a white coat and it swam underwater, or it came into the bath via the overflow, you can guess the rest. But, this film was rather funny, we laughed at quite a few points. It's romp and well worth renting, as we did. Heartedly recommended, take it as face value, you will enjoy. SLITHER August 22, 2007 528 3 out of 3 found this review helpful Best horror comedy since scar movie br /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. br / br / Better than shaun of the dead???? March 29, 2007 24.04...L (england: Eroupe) 4 out of 6 found this review helpful br /YES, br /This film is twice as funny br /has twice the storyline br /and is twice a better br /movie than shaun of the dead!!! br / br /The acting is perfect!!! br /The best bit was the GORY br /scene, when this guy gets chopped br /down the face and his oragns br /and that come out (hallirious). br / br /The acting is perfect br /as is the effects!! br / br /A extremly funny and horrific br /film!! br / br /A must have! Showing reviews 1-5 of 42 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...9 Next »

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