So what mad cap movie am I going to review? Well with Guardians of the Galaxy coming out I decide to go back and check out James Gunn's wickedly funny splatstick horr/com Slither.
Gunn is a lover of horror cinema having cut his teeth working for Torma Entertainment and scripting the Dawn of the Dead but he only really got out on his own when he took the helm of his first directorial debut in 2006 with Slither.
Set in a sleepy rural community Wheelsey a meteortie carrying a dangerous parasite infects local dickhead Grant Grant (played with wicked glee buy Michael Rooker). It then transforms him into a savage alien being who in turn infects the local town hussy and breed vile slug like parasites which turn the town folk into zombies.
The only thing that stands between the small town and total invasion is police chief Bill Pardy ( Played buy the always excellent Nathan Fillion) What ensues is Gore, laughs and more fucking gore. I'm not shitting you this movie is fucked up and makes not excuse's for it. Gunn made a movie for himself and fans like him. This flick is a throw back to movies like The Fly,The Thing and Night of the Creeps.
And if your not getting sick from the gore then itll be from laughter. Gregg Henry's Mayor MacReady is the fucking bomb...some of the lines he comes out with....The lime disease debate he and Pardy get into is pants pissing funny and with other oddballs characters coming out with lines like "Looks like somthing that fell off my dick during the war!" you know this is a funny fucking flick.
While not up there with Evil Dead or Re-animator is still fucking close. So if your a horror fan and wanna to know what to expect from Gunn Guardians check this flick out.
Check it out if you liked/Avoid if you hated: Evil Dead2, The Thing and the Fly.
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