Random Thoughts: SLITHER - you say disgusting like it's a bad thing?

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SLITHER - 8/10

Let's run down a list, shall we?

This movie has...

-aliens
-slithery leechy monsters
-zombies
-cannibals
-a fat, pinkish blob

(Really, why isn't your ass in the theatre after reading this?)

The monster hybrid of these aforementioned horror icons can also be bloated and deeply in love with Elizabeth Banks. Yes, I know what you're thinking. You're also bloated and deeply in love with Elizabeth Banks. She's Elizabeth Banks, after all. She looks like she could be Rachel McAdam's older sister or Parker Posey's younger sister. This is sexy. This is how she made Darren's 50 Most Beautiful People in Film list. Speaking of, Nathan Fillion - also a resident of my list - is in this movie as well. He is the new Bruce Campbell - very offbeat good looks and a strong genre resume. If you watch Gilmore Girls, you will recognize Mitchum Huntzburger (actually Gregg Henry) as the Mayor in the film. He gets some of the best lines and the first big laugh in the film.

But yeah, this movie has all that. And yet it doesn't do anything in theatres. No one is seeing it. They would rather see Stay Alive and When a Stranger Calls? These 13 year old horror fans that every movie nowadays is being marketed to need to die. I would like to see them die a gory, disgusting death in Slither 2. Granted, Slither (1) does take a good half an hour to get started, but once it does, you'll love every minute. I've heard some declare it "the new Evil Dead" which it could very well be. It's very similar to early Peter Jackson and Sam Raimi: hilarious, scary, disgusting, gory, quotable, low budget carnage candy. Oh, and it also has my favorite line from a film so far this year:

"That looks like something that fell off my dick during the war."

And my favorite sight gag: a small town woman singing "The Crying Game" at a kareoke bar.

Funny funny stuff.

Slither your ass into theatres. Now.

I also saw Ice Age 2: The Meltdown. Bleh. 4/10. Someone tell them the whole movie should have been Scrat.