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

Slither (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD]
by James Gunn

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Actor: Jenna Fischer, Michael Rooker
Director: James Gunn
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-10-24
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios

Movie Reviews of Slither (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD]

Movie Review: Homage to 1980's Movie Monsters
Summary: 3 Stars

In Slither James Gunn has created an homage to the 1980's monster movies of his youth. The film borrows heavily on antecedents from those films and is quite entertaining if not absolutely original.

Nathan Fillion stars as Sheriff Bill Pardy who must deal with an alien invasion of his sleepy southern town. Michael Rooker plays Grant Grant (yes he has identical names) who is infected by the alien on a night out in the woods with a woman who is not his wife (Brenda James). It is on his return home to his wife Starla ( Elizabeth Banks) that the fun begins.

This is not a film for everyone as it exceeds most releases in the gore level present. It was however a pleasant little suLloyd Kaufman rprise of a film. If you are looking for sophisticated entertainment this may not be for you. It is also an homage to the late seventies and early eighties Troma films that were so bad they were good. In this regard look for a cameo by Troma founder Lloyd Kaufman as a drunk in the police station.

The widescreen disc contains a good audio commentary by Gunn and Fillion, extended and deleted scenes, a gag reel and several making of featurettes.

All in all not a bad little film for a dark night.

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Summary of Slither (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD]

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

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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