Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 03/31/06 Home Video 10/24/06 MPAA Rating Rated R for strong horror violence and gore, and language Running Time 1 hour 38 minutes Genre Horror, Sci-Fi Director/Writer James Gunn Writer Leora Barish, Henry Bean Cast Nathan Fillion, Gregg Henry, Michael Rooker, Elizabeth Banks, Rheagan Wallace, Tania Saulnier Studio Universal Pictures |
SLITHER
SYNOPSIS
Slither is an edgy blend of heart-stopping terror, wry
humor and surprising humanity from genre-bending
screenwriter James Gunn, whose Dawn of the Dead
became one of 2004's most surprising hits.
The sleepy town of Wheelsy could be any small town
in America – somewhat quaint and gentle, peopled
with friendly folks who mind their own business. But
just beneath the surface charm, something
unnamed and evil has arrived…and is growing. No
one seems to notice as telephone poles become
clogged with missing pet flyers, or when one of the
town's richest citizens, Grant Grant (Michael
Rooker), begins to act strangely. But when farmers'
livestock turn up horribly mutilated and a young
women goes missing, Sheriff Bill Pardy (Nathan
Fillion) and his team, aided by Grant's wife Starla
(Elizabeth Banks), uncover the dark force laying
siege to their town… and come face-to-face with an
older-than-time organism intent on absorbing and
devouring all life on Earth.
Slither is the feature film directing debut of
screenwriter James Gunn (the recent hit re-
envisioning of Dawn of the Dead) and stars Nathan
Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Gregg Henry and Michael
Rooker. It is also written by Gunn. Slither – a
Universal Pictures and Gold Circle Films
presentation of a Strike Entertainment Production –
is produced by Paul Brooks and Eric Newman.
--© Universal Pictures
Slither is an edgy blend of heart-stopping terror, wry
humor and surprising humanity from genre-bending
screenwriter James Gunn, whose Dawn of the Dead
became one of 2004's most surprising hits.
The sleepy town of Wheelsy could be any small town
in America – somewhat quaint and gentle, peopled
with friendly folks who mind their own business. But
just beneath the surface charm, something
unnamed and evil has arrived…and is growing. No
one seems to notice as telephone poles become
clogged with missing pet flyers, or when one of the
town's richest citizens, Grant Grant (Michael
Rooker), begins to act strangely. But when farmers'
livestock turn up horribly mutilated and a young
women goes missing, Sheriff Bill Pardy (Nathan
Fillion) and his team, aided by Grant's wife Starla
(Elizabeth Banks), uncover the dark force laying
siege to their town… and come face-to-face with an
older-than-time organism intent on absorbing and
devouring all life on Earth.
Slither is the feature film directing debut of
screenwriter James Gunn (the recent hit re-
envisioning of Dawn of the Dead) and stars Nathan
Fillion, Elizabeth Banks, Gregg Henry and Michael
Rooker. It is also written by Gunn. Slither – a
Universal Pictures and Gold Circle Films
presentation of a Strike Entertainment Production –
is produced by Paul Brooks and Eric Newman.
--© Universal Pictures
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