Slither

Overview:  Some of this is going to sound like my review of “Invasion”, but I swear on my crohns, and all my merit badges from scouts that it’s almost completely different.  A wormy alien falls from the sky in the form of a meteor, and once it possesses the body of an incredibly built man, it gives birth to millions of tiny worm critters who infect the town residents one by one.  Once the worms get inside the people, they turn into genuine made-in-china zombies.  Sounds like “Invasion” right? 

The Good:  Just like the Poke’ Mon fad, I went through a zombie obsessed phase for about a year, and that time Pikachu was not at my side… stupid rat.  This was a very different and original approach to the zombie theme, and it actually INCREASED my faith that there are still original zombie movies out there.  What I liked is how the filmmakers were able to combine “Evolution”, “Invasion”, and “Zombieland” into one beautiful offspring of a movie; just like if Brad Pitt and George Clooney had a baby.  Nathan Fillion makes me happy no matter what he’s in, but in this movie he sparkled like Edward’s chest.  Not that any of the scenes need saving, but whenever the movie started to slow down a bit, Nathan would come in with some sound or comment that would always make me laugh; kudos to you Nate.  Elizabeth Banks was also very good, even though her accent made me want to punch her a couple of times, that punch would be followed with “I could never hurt you… now read me a bedtime story”. 

The Bad:  I don’t know what it was, but there were times during this flick that it felt like a straight to DVD movie.  The Production values were good, the graphics were awesome, and the actors were very famous, so I think the only reason it felt so ‘straight-to-DVD’ is because it’s another zombie-comedy (and those are very common).  One last thing is the movie can get pretty gross, after all it is a B-movie, and whenever a Horror film claims the “B-Movie” status they can do pretty much whatever they want.  So fairly be warned, this movie might not suit certain people.

The Ugly:  I had a lot of fun with this.  It’s an original zombie story, which is a breath of fresh air, since every zombie movie is identical to “Dawn of the Dead”.  Go have fun with this movie, and remember we hate aliens.

3 out of 5