SLITHER Press Day

Wow. I love the banter and I am so seeing this movie when it comes out.

Good stuff, Devin, I can't wait to see this movie.

Yet another reason why I hate you, you get to talk up great character actors at honest to goodness premiere parties. Bastard.

Rooker digs musicals? So cool.

Utterly hyped for SLITHER. Great coverage, Devin.

And you're right, more Gregg Henry could only be a good thing. He does slick, smarmy bastards wonderfully well.

Well worth the read. They all have great chemistry from the looks of things.

The banter reminds me of the banter between Val Kilmer and Robert Downey Jr. in that Kiss Kiss Bang Bang interview.

That was a great roundtable. I'm psyched to see Slither, but will most likely have to wait for the DVD as it's chances of opening here are slim.

I'm happy to see CHUD agressively pushing these smaller films like Shaun of the Dead and Slither. If it weren't for CHUD my girlfriend and I would've missed Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and it was easily the most fun we had at the cinema last year.

Is Slither really a small film though? Isn't it getting wide?

My bad. By smaller in this instance I meant films that aren't getting a big international release and I wouldn't have heard from and gotten interested in if it weren't for the push on CHUD. You won't see Michael Rooker on Oprah jumping on couches. I doubt you'll even see any of the cast on Conan.

I hate it when actors like each other.

That is the sort of interview I love reading on this site. Great banter always makes for a more fun read, good stuff.

Great interview. Seeing the film here in office in less than an hour. Seems like it's gonna be solitary fun cause the rest of the audience (90% female) is already promising to walk out if something moderately gooey shows up onscreen.

Too bad for them I guess, but that's the kind of professionalism we tend to get in here. Oh, and don't get me started on some film we re-dubbed here as "Zombies Party".

The more Rooker, the better.

I'm not saying anything, but you probably got some Elizabeth Banks foot fetishists excited. Not me, just people I know.

The more I read about this movie, the more I wish I hadn't worked on the day that Devin offered up LA screening passes for this sucker. Great interview, and I'm pumped. Can't wait until next Friday.

I'm a bit surprised that Gunn didn't namedrop Night Of The Creeps (which I haven't seen,) considering almost everyone else has in reference to Slither.

That was a great read. Thanks, Devin.
My only hurdle to seeing this on the big screen is figuring out how to trick the wife into going. Perhaps I play up the romance angle, hmmm? Whatever, she's never going to forgive me luring her to Texas Chainsaw Massacre by telling her it was a taut psychological thriller anyways.

Seen it. Loved it. The toll: 9 people in the room at the beginning. 3 at the end: the new intern chick (who liked it a bit); the short, Jon Polito-lookalike guy who uses screenings to get some siesta no matter how loud is the movie; and me.

What's been said in the interview is -surprisingly- right. It somehow is one of these monster-in-love stories -yeah, feel free to use it to bring the missus in... but then get ready to be chin-kicked- but apart from The Fly or Bride of Frankenstein, the references go way beyond that. Hmmm, to namedrop a bit you get memories of The Thing, The Blob, Jaws, Gremlins, Tremors, Donnie Darko (uh, yeah, kind of), Night of the Living Dead & other zombie movies, and even a nice cue of the Predator Theme when Fillion & his gang arm themselves.

Other details -yeah, I better leave it to Devin's review- is how this all looked to me like a Troma movie with a 20 Mil. Budget (there's even the obligatory reference on a TV screen) and how the fuck Elizabeth Banks isn't already a huge star. Really, sometimes it was like watching a cheesy scary movie starring Julia Roberts or Reese Witherspoon. Fillion, Rooker & Henry were awesome all three -love the look on Fillion's face upon an episode with a hand grenade- and yes, infinitely quotable all three (add to the cool team Tania Saulnier, who shouldn't go forgotten). Some more highlights include a death by shotgun and something that happens right after the line "You can go peacefully or you can go hard". Oh, and there's an attack on a family that I swear to god felt like a Spielberg setpiece, so kudos to Gunn on that.

All in all, yes, a small film in scope but huge in reward. And if somebody is still wondering the final CGI slugs are way better than what the trailers showed, only that it's the makeup and mechanical FX who make it an even better flick (just check on the final creature - now that's some fucked up shit indeed).

Deep Rising, you just got a brother.

It's even funnier after you watch the movie. I just noticed it's full of actual quotes from it. Bitch is hardcore.

I couldn't get through the article. They kept talking about "that part where we..." Too much insider info for someone who hasn't seen the film yet.

Yeah, this is a roundtable that I intend to read again after seeing the film. It has plenty of merit beforehand, though. Thanks for that, Devin.