A meteor housing a malevolent alien parasite called the Long One crashes into the town of Woodsville. While frolicking in the woods with Brenda (James), local big shot car dealer Grant Grant (Rooker) is subsequently infected and killed by the parasite. The parasite takes over his body and absorbs his consciousness and memories. With the alien now in control of his body, 'Grant' begins to slowly change into a hideous sluglike monster.
Grant infects the lonely and neglected Brenda with hundreds of his "offspring." He secrets her in an isolated barn where she in turn becomes massively obese as baby alien slugs grow inside her. Sheriff Bill Pardy leads a small group of officers on a hunt for Grant only to be lured into a trap where Brenda explodes releasing hundreds of the alien slugs. Most of Pardy's group become infected, zombie-like creatures. Strangely, the infected begin to want Starla and talk to her as if they are Grant.
Before long, the rest of the town become infected by the Long One's parasites and change into zombies controlled via a hive mind connection with 'Grant', who plans to infect the rest of the world until he is 'all that is' as shown during a failed bonding attempt with Kylie (Saulnier). Its consciousness, however, is tampered with by the real Grant's memories and his love for his wife, Starla. Sheriff Bill Pardy, Starla, Kylie, and Mayor MacReady (Henry) try to escape detection and to kill the Long One. The townspeople attack their vehicle, capturing Starla in the process. The survivors track Starla, only to discover the infected are melding into one giant creature. They must risk their lives to stop the infestation from spreading any further.
Gunn was said to be influenced by the wave of graphically violent horror B movies of the late 1970s and early 1980s, largely created by such directors as John Carpenter, Lloyd Kaufman, David Cronenberg, Stuart Gordon and Fred Dekker; it has close similarities to older staples like Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Tremors, Night of the Living Dead, and in particular Night of the Creeps. The film's similarities to other films triggered protests from filmgoers, according to journalist Steve Palopoli:
However, Gunn has stated that David Cronenberg's Shivers and The Brood were the two biggest influences on the story in Slither, along with the manga Uzumaki by Junji Ito. Slither also pays homage to the studio Troma Films, where Gunn began his career. Troma co-founder Lloyd Kaufman has a cameo as a "Sad Drunk", and one scene includes a clip from the Troma film The Toxic Avenger.
Slither was released on regular DVD and on HD DVD/DVD hybrid disc on October 24, 2006. The HD version is presented in 1.85:1 widescreen encoded at 1080p and Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 surround. In addition to the film, the DVD contains two making-of documentaries, one being solely dedicated to the visual effects. The DVD also contains deleted and extended scenes, a blooper reel, visual effects progressions, a set tour with Nathan Fillion, and audio commentary by James Gunn and Nathan Fillion. Also included are featurettes outlining how to make edible blood, and Lloyd Kaufman's documentary discussing his day on set, and the shooting of his one line (which was eventually cut from the film). Finally, there is an added bonus entitled "Who Is Bill Pardy?" which is a joke feature made by Gunn with the sole purpose of roasting Nathan Fillion, and was shown at the film's wrap party.
Slither debuted in the United States and Canada on March 31, 2006 in 1,945 theaters. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $3,880,270 and ranked #8 at the U.S. and Canadian box office. Slither grossed $7,802,450 in its theatrical run in the United States and Canada. Slither also underperformed in France, grossing $236,261 from 150 screens. The film grossed $5,032,486 as of February 6, 2008 in territories outside the United States and Canada for a worldwide gross of $12,834,936. Its box office performance was substantially less than its total budget of $29.5 million, including marketing costs; the production budget taking up about $15 million of the total. Paul Brooks, president of Slither's production company, Gold Circle Films, said the company was "crushingly disappointed" by the gross. Universal Pictures distanced itself from Slither's poor box office performance, citing their distribution of the film as merely part of a deal with Gold Circle Films. The Hollywood Reporter speculated that Slither's performance "might have killed off the horror-comedy genre for the near future." Producer Paul Brooks offered this explanation about why Slither failed to catch on with movie-goers: The DVD opened at #8 in sales and #15 in rentals, grossing $3,389,405 in sales and $2.08 million in rentals in its opening week. The DVD total rental gross reached $11.1 million and total DVD sales were $4,541,528 as of 2006. Slither received mostly positive reviews. Film review website Rotten Tomatoes, which calculates the consensus of critics across the United States, found that Slither was generally embraced favorably by critics, with a rating of "85% fresh". The movie was also featured in the April 14, 2006 issue of Entertainment Weekly as #1 on "The Must List"; "Ten Things We Love This Week". Slither picked up the 2006 Fangoria "Chainsaw Award" for the Highest Body Count, and garnered nominations in the categories of Relationship From Hell, Dude You Don't Wanna Mess With, and Looks That Kill. Additionally, the horror magazine Rue Morgue named Slither the "Best Feature Film of the Year". Among the critics who did not like the film, Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper gave Slither a "two thumbs down" rating on their television show, with Richard Roeper saying he was "all zombied out" after reviewing a wave of zombie-themed movies from the year before. Guest critic Michael Phillips named Slither his DVD pick of the week on the television show Ebert & Roeper. Slither was listed as one of the "Top 25 DVDs of the Year" by Peter Travers in Rolling Stone magazine.
Grant infects the lonely and neglected Brenda with hundreds of his "offspring." He secrets her in an isolated barn where she in turn becomes massively obese as baby alien slugs grow inside her. Sheriff Bill Pardy leads a small group of officers on a hunt for Grant only to be lured into a trap where Brenda explodes releasing hundreds of the alien slugs. Most of Pardy's group become infected, zombie-like creatures. Strangely, the infected begin to want Starla and talk to her as if they are Grant.
Before long, the rest of the town become infected by the Long One's parasites and change into zombies controlled via a hive mind connection with 'Grant', who plans to infect the rest of the world until he is 'all that is' as shown during a failed bonding attempt with Kylie (Saulnier). Its consciousness, however, is tampered with by the real Grant's memories and his love for his wife, Starla. Sheriff Bill Pardy, Starla, Kylie, and Mayor MacReady (Henry) try to escape detection and to kill the Long One. The townspeople attack their vehicle, capturing Starla in the process. The survivors track Starla, only to discover the infected are melding into one giant creature. They must risk their lives to stop the infestation from spreading any further.
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Slither was released on regular DVD and on HD DVD/DVD hybrid disc on October 24, 2006. The HD version is presented in 1.85:1 widescreen encoded at 1080p and Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 surround. In addition to the film, the DVD contains two making-of documentaries, one being solely dedicated to the visual effects. The DVD also contains deleted and extended scenes, a blooper reel, visual effects progressions, a set tour with Nathan Fillion, and audio commentary by James Gunn and Nathan Fillion. Also included are featurettes outlining how to make edible blood, and Lloyd Kaufman's documentary discussing his day on set, and the shooting of his one line (which was eventually cut from the film). Finally, there is an added bonus entitled "Who Is Bill Pardy?" which is a joke feature made by Gunn with the sole purpose of roasting Nathan Fillion, and was shown at the film's wrap party.
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