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Sunday, October 29, 2006Movie: Slither (2006) 2 Comments:
Slither did no business (as I believe the phrase goes) and so didn't even get to the theatres in Europe -- well, not Germany or Austria where it was much anticipated by at least two people.
I got it on DVD last week and it's a whole heap o' fun. It also reminded me in someways of Bubba Ho-Tep. It's feels like it a little bit of a throwback, it takes it's good time to get to the action so that the characters can be developed enough and it's witty and funny without being an out-and-out comedy. Which brings me to a question that was bothering over the weekend. Is Nathan Fillion quickly becoming the new Bruce Campbell or is there a big hit in his near future that will make him a bit more than that?
Boy howdy, as the kids back on the farm used to say! I missed Slither in the theater, and how I wish I hadn't. But on top of that, I missed it at the drive-in too! I took my nieces to see a double feature of Scary Movie 4 and Slither, but by the time the crap comedy was over, the youngest (11 years old) had convinced herself that Slither was going to be too scary, so we left. And she was right-- it would have been too scary for her. But for me, ah, sublime sublimity. One can only hope that a movie that's this much fun will find a long life on DVD as a cult classic. And that Elizabeth Banks-- [ Sound of Enthusiastic Purring ] If I turned into a giant mutant slug from another world, I'd wanna hang onto her too!
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