Splinter

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Splinter

R,

2008,

1h 22m,

Horror

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74%

39 Reviews

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49%

10,000+ Ratings

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39 Reviews

49%

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10,000+ Ratings

When their plans for a nature trip go awry, Polly Watt (Jill Wagner) and boyfriend Seth Belzer (Paulo Costanzo) decide to check into a motel. On their way, they're carjacked and kidnapped by low-rent crooks Dennis Farrell (Shea Whigham) and Lacey Belisle (Rachel Krebs), who take the victims and their SUV to a nearby gas station. Along the way, they encounter an increasingly terrifying horde of parasites, and if any of them intend to survive, they'll have to outsmart the deadly organisms.

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Critics Consensus

Never taking itself too seriously, Splinter scores as a fast-paced, fun thriller with more than enough scares.

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Elizabeth Weitzman

New York Daily News

Oct 31, 2008

3/5

[Director] Wilkins understands that what we don't see is often more unsettling than what we do. But he also throws in plenty of well-earned gore, making this an ideal option if you're looking for a few new Halloween scares.

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Kyle Smith

New York Post

Oct 31, 2008

2/4

There have been worse horror flicks, but although this one offers a few scares, it doesn't have a lot of imagination.

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Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

Oct 31, 2008

It's short, taut, nicely shot, well-acted, astutely directed, specific where it might have been generic, original enough to be engrossing and derivative enough to be amusing.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 12, 2025

4/5

Borrows just enough from Tremors to make for a successful storytelling formula without ever feeling like a complete imitator.

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Kat Hughes

THN

Mar 12, 2025

2/5

An interesting example of film-making at the lowest end of budgets, Splinter has some good ideas, just not the time, budget, nor construction to pull them all off.

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Trace Thurman

Bloody Disgusting

Mar 28, 2023

4/5

Wilkins makes up for his low budget with some truly impressive practical effects and stellar character work.

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Albus W

Dec 31, 2018

Give me a low budget thriller with no-name stars any day over the overblown, overhyped garbage that passes for hits these days. Builds suspense. Keeps it coming. Pacing good, scares adequate, dark creepy southern rural night locked in a gas station with a killer: check. Satisfying and cool.

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Leia S

Apr 14, 2018

Very, very underrated. Very, very scary. I recommend this to any horror fans out there!

Han S

Mar 20, 2018

D-. The only redeeming quality of this movie was the occasional good monster/splinter shot. The final monster was a joke, there were editing/plot mistakes, and the plot turned stupid to the point of major audience insult.

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Hagrid W

Nov 28, 2017

A somewhat imperfect, yet overall greatly executed horror flick about a particularly nasty parasite that kills and infects victims through splinters. Where this film succeeds is in both the exemplary emphasis on developing the characters, and in the absolutely phenomenal practical gore effects, as there is not even an OUNCE of CGI in this movie, which suits it amazingly well, especially considering it's slight similarity to "The Thing". 8.7/10

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Abraham S

Nov 28, 2017

Scary and thrilling...

Theodore S

Nov 8, 2017

one of the best low budget movies i have seen.

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Toby Wilkins

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Shea Whigham

Dennis

Paulo Costanzo

Seth

Jill Wagner

Polly

Rachel Krebs

Lacey

Laurel Whitsett

Sheriff Frankel

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Synopsis

When their plans for a nature trip go awry, Polly Watt (Jill Wagner) and boyfriend Seth Belzer (Paulo Costanzo) decide to check into a motel. On their way, they're carjacked and kidnapped by low-rent crooks Dennis Farrell (Shea Whigham) and Lacey Belisle (Rachel Krebs), who take the victims and their SUV to a nearby gas station. Along the way, they encounter an increasingly terrifying horde of parasites, and if any of them intend to survive, they'll have to outsmart the deadly organisms.

Director: Toby Wilkins
Producer: Kai Barry, Ted Kroeber
Screenwriter: Kai Barry, Ian Shorr
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: Kish Prods.
Rating: R (Language|Gore|Violence)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 31, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 19, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $12.9K
Runtime: 1h 22m

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