Slither

The lady friend picked Slither last night for our ongoing October Horror-thon and that was perfectly fine with me. This movie is absolutely one of the top choices for a future cult film from the past ten years. James Gunn, who got his start writing for Troma and broke into the mainstream writing the Scooby Doo movie and Dawn of the Dead remake, made his directorial debut with this one from a script he wrote. He is probably more well known now for writing and directing Guardians of the Galaxy for Marvel nowadays but he is definitely a horror nerd at heart.
The movie is a play on the Night of the Creeps style space slug infected zombie and while some dismiss it as a pure rip off I see it as way more of an homage. There are tons of references to classic horror films and directors that will keep fans interested and the cast is awesome. Michael Rooker slowly turns into a giant squid monster commanding an army of zombies and Nathan Fillion is the affable police cheif in over his head.
If you dig horror comedies along the lines of Return of the Living Dead, Tremors, or Evil Dead 2 you'll probably have fun with this one. It stands as a perfect stepping stone between Gunn's earlier career in low budget gross out movies and his current superstar status as a director of audience pleasing fare like Guardians. - TG