Slither is basically, a huge mash-up of horror movie references (not unlike Guardians of the Galaxy’s sci-fi references) in a fast-moving and fun horror / comedy. Written and directed by James Gunn (who also wrote and directed Guardians of the Galaxy, Slither is nonstop fun & thrills.
Nathan Fillion stars as a small town sheriff, faced with the landing of an aggressive space alien bent on taking over every human (similar to The Blob and other creature from outer space movies) and of course, Fillion’s trademark sarcastic humor is on full display. Gregg Henry gives a laugh out loud performance as the sleazy town mayor whom you should hate but due to the terrific one-liners and cowardly personality, can’t help but cheer on. And Elizabeth Banks (yes, the director of the awesome Pitch Perfect series) stars as the heroine. Michael Rooker (best known for his turn as Merle in The Walking Dead) plays the perfect monster.
There’s 1970’s love songs interspersed over gore to hilarious effect, ridiculous creature effects, zombies, and quite a few great one-liners but bottom line, this is just super entertaining.