Slither

Slither (2006)
Universal Pictures

In this age of special effects and ghosts hunting every character on screen, Slither goes back to age-old theme of horrific creepiness -- aliens invading humans!

The story revolves around the small town of Wheelsy in America where everyone knows everybody. It is a quiet place where people are living peacefully. Until one night, an asteroid carrying slug-looking aliens fell into the forest. Grant Grant, one of the town's richest man, found it and was infected by it. Soon after, Grant experienced changes in his body. Soon enough, as well, pets and animals in town started disappearing and some were found gruesomely killed.

Starla, Grant's wife, took notice the changes happening to her husband including his appearance. When she found dead animals in their basement, she realized that her husband is not him same old self anymore. From that day on, the police department tracks Grant's whereabouts to stop his ways. But then, they were too late because Brenda, Grant's chosen carrier, has given birth to almost a thousand slug-looking aliens! These aliens eventually invaded everyone in the village and turned them into meat-eating creatures!

Slither doesn't rely much on special CGI effects the way most horror films these days do. Instead, it goes back to gooey prosthetics and creepy make-up. With our technology these days, it has done well in making the effects believable and not feel kind of a B-ish movie. But what is truly effective in this movie is how it is presented and made. Slither successfully combined the fun and the scares in one film which is really difficult to do without looking cheap and cheesy.

For horror freaks, Slither is one hellafa-film! Imagine aliens, slugs, blood, tentacles, and zombies combined with funny dialogues (plus good script, of cpurse!) and creepy, gory moments, you could never asked for more! This is not one cheap movie aimed to give you some cheap tricks out to get your hard-earned money. Slither, I assure you, won't fail to deliver the head-turning and stomach-churning scares that you'd love and hate to see!

Note: Because it is R-18, SM Cinemas are not showing this film. Catch it still in Robinson's cinemas and others.