Jadie Stillwell Screen Slate Aug 24, 2026

Bolstered by superfine practical effects, the film revives a substantive squick that had begun to seep from the genre with Hollywood’s digital turn.

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Conor Bryce Film Ireland Magazine May 29, 2026

As the movie rolls into the last act, Troma veteran Gunn takes the brakes off and lets loose - propane tanks, flesh and explosions, oh my - in a climax tailor-made for rowdy midnight crowds.

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Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Apr 28, 2026 7/10

Despite the general lack of fresh ideas, the half-send-up and partially-earnest thriller still musters plenty of entertainment value.

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Trace Thurman Horror Queers Podcast Apr 13, 2026 4.5/5

A delight from start to finish. A disgusting, goopy delight, but a delight nonetheless.

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Joe Lipsett Horror Queers Podcast Apr 8, 2026 4/5

A delightfully gross horror comedy with broad appeal to non-horror fans, provided they can get past the ooey gooey nasty FX

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Leslie Felperin Guardian Apr 7, 2026 2/5

Its science fiction elements are thinly conceived, while the use of rubbery practical effects and lame jokes feel much closer to the work of the Troma brand where Gunn got his training wheels.

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Bryce Hanson Horror Movie Talk Sep 23, 2025 7/10

It was obviously a love letter to the horror genre, as it imitates about a dozen other horror classics such as The Thing, Society, The Blob, Rats: Night of Terror, and Star War The Phantom Menace.

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Joshua Polanski Boston Hassle Jul 14, 2024

Slither might be [James Gunn's] most blatant refusal of the action-movie trope[s].

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Christopher Smith Bangor Daily News (Maine) May 23, 2024 B

As with so many zombie movies, table manners have no place here -- why should they when fresh intestines are on the menu? Gluttony, however, does bloom in Slither, and what it builds to is one savage little garden.

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Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Aug 30, 2023 3.5/4

When so many horror directors end up ripping off the films they admire because they’re simply not creative, Gunn comes along and shows them all how to take inspiration, pay homage, and yet remain individual and entertaining.

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Kristy Strouse Wonderfully Weird and Horrifying Oct 28, 2022

Slither is inherently weird, and if that's your sort of thing, and you want a film that doesn't take itself too seriously, this is one hell of a time.

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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Nov 3, 2021 3/4

Never lets up, throwing blood, slime, and one-liners (some woeful, most of them witty) at viewers with feverish abandon.

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Allison Shoemaker Fox 10 Phoenix Aug 6, 2021

Slither is a visceral experience from the first, but as the creature grows, so does the film's daring.

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Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens Nov 16, 2019

Compelling, frightening, funny, heart pounding and even terrifying at times, slither, slink or slime your way to the theater for Slither.

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Sean Mulvihill FanboyNation.com Oct 31, 2018 5/5

Slither is one of the best cult movies of recent memory.

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Alan Jones Radio Times Oct 7, 2013 3/5

Amiably retro in its icky shock value, this love story with an alien twist is often so funny it's scary.

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Joshua Starnes ComingSoon.net Mar 30, 2011 7/10

Done with a knowing wink and a nod, Slither doesn't offer much in the way of scares, but makes up for it in laughs and decent banter and a number of well executed gross out moments.

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James O'Ehley Sci-Fi Movie Page May 21, 2010

An underappreciated gem that horror fans would appreciate.

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Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Apr 29, 2009

Zombies, aliens, comedy, gore, what more can you ask for?

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Tom Meek Boston Phoenix Apr 23, 2009 3/4

[A] pleasing B-level gore fest.

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