SLITHER

[dean]

ASHTHECAT Wrote:
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> See, I didn't think it was totally intended to be
> a comedy.
> Giving us the flashbacks scenes of the alien races
> this "being" had conquered on other planets was
> intended to give us a sense of how hostile "he"
> and his slug cohorts really are.
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> He's been around for a million years!  He destroys
> entire worlds!  He has never been defeated!
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> That denotes a real sense of seriousness which I
> perceived while watching Slither.
> This thing is a threat that will take over the
> entire f**king planet!
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> Slither struggled to inject comedy with a serious
> alien threat and it somewhat failed and succeded
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I think that's probably exactly why it's meant to be funny: a slug is a conquerer of worlds, fear him!!!  

Sounds pretty funny to me...

[trekgeezer]

Hey Ash, the main message of the movie was love can conquer any Thing.


Skaboi,  Gunn may not have meant to homage Night of the Creeps, but he unintentionally did.

[daveblackeye15]

I just saw it and I think it was just intetened to be a great entertaining "Alien/Zombie from Outer Space" all gift wrapped in a slimey package.

I had a really good time.

[Amanda]

I think it only paid homage in just a little way.  I really liked Slither.  My husband, friend and I were the only people in the theater, and it was great.  I loved the Mayor.  And the Rook.  hehehe.

And the deer.  I bet he understands NOW why someone would want to blow a cute lil deer's face off.  *LOL*

[daveblackeye15]

From the previews the movie looked like it was going to about a woman's husband turning into a monster then the town was going to split in two, one side for killing the monster man, the other for letting it live and continuing with it's marriage.

Even then the movie sounded pretty entertaining.

[Susan]

 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmkfV0d9IJs

[Andrew]

I really love this movie.  I think that the man who wrote and directed it had the perfect idea of a how to make a small scale (but spiralling larger very quickly) alien invasive invasion film.  There's a review forthcoming; going to post it just before Valentine's Day.

[Oldskool138]

I really love this movie.  I think that the man who wrote and directed it had the perfect idea of a how to make a small scale (but spiralling larger very quickly) alien invasive invasion film.  There's a review forthcoming; going to post it just before Valentine's Day.

Yeah this is a great throw-back movie to the 80's horror flicks.  I guess you could call it an homage but it does stand on it's own.  I wish this would have made more money so we could see either a sequel or something else from this director.

[Mr_Vindictive]

I posted a review of this film elsewhere around the time of the DVD release.  I figured I'd send it over to James Gunn (the director) as I had some of his contact information.  Gunn was kind enough to reply back to me and to talk a little about Slither.

Sadly my email backups were lost and I have formatted my PC since then.  I do recall a bit of the conversation.

James said that he was displeased with the box office earnings of Slither, but who wouldn't be?  He did say that on the other hand, he couldn't have been happier at the way that the final film turned out.  He then went on to say that he would love to keep making these types of films if he is able to.

I've spoken to Gunn a few times since that original correspondence but nothing more than a "Hey, how you doing?" type of thing.  Gunn is really a great guy and he has written some superb and often very witty films: Tromeo And Juliet, The Specials, Dawn Of The Dead ('04).