Slither

2006 • 1h 36m •

Horror Science Fiction Comedy

MOVIEVIBE Rating

★ 6.6/10

1,798 reviews

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A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.

"Horror has a new face."

Top Billed Cast

Nathan Fillion

Bill Pardy

Michael Rooker

Grant Grant

Elizabeth Banks

Starla Grant

Gregg Henry

Jack MacReady

Tania Saulnier

Kylie Strutemyer

Don Thompson

Wally

Brenda James

Brenda Gutierrez

Jennifer Copping

Margaret

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

R Repo Jack Verified TMDB Critic

2020-10-28

A comedy-horror riff on an alien-parasite invasion of a small rural town is fun, gross and completely engaging. James Gunn demonstrates his pre-GOG chops, getting the most of the great acting ensemble including Elizabeth Banks, Michael Rooker, and Nathan Fillon....

C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic

2026-05-06

OK, so some of the visual effects looked like they'd come straight from a 1970s edition of "Dr. Who", but once this gets up and running it's actually quite an entertaining bug-cum-zombie horror. When a meteorite lands outside a small American town, it's slug-like occupant manages to spore the local bigwig "Grant" (Michael Rooker) after he had sought some beer-induced woodland comfort after being spurned by his not-in-the-mood wife "Starla" (Elizabeth Banks) and things turned altogether stickier for him. Meantime, she's always had a bit of a crush on hunky local sheriff "Bill" (Nathan Fillion) ...