Didn’t think you guys were going to post anything about Slither. Can’t wait to catch this film today.

review Vern…thnx again… i sooooo wanna see this movie… the bathtub/slugs scene looks like the monkey’s testicles… and that’s a good thing…!!!

Dawn of the Dead remake rocked by the way

3rd and 4th… but you get A’s for effort…

……..check these babies out on this films official web-site. Although the one titled “Between the legs” is a tad misleeding…….

Yes, we’re all happy for you that you watch a lot of movies. So do the rest of us. Next time, discuss the movie you saw instead of patching it together from other references.

love the fact that Vern named “dracua 2000” as Nathan Fillion’s credit – then named Gregg Henry’s portrayal as a guy named “mal in Payback”… brilliant and subtle… what… just me…? oh well then…

Slither is the most well reviewed movie of the year!!!

merrick got told

Night of the Creeps was a pretty good movie in the comic/horror vein with some nice coed t’n’a thrown in.

I can’t handle horror movies that are based on reality. I mean sure the slugs are supposedly from outerspace, but we have slugs right here on earth. Although they may not grow to the size of the slugs in the movie, and they may not have that mutative property in their DNA, I still am quite aprehensive. Bottom line I’m on a strict budget around my house and I can’t just pop on down to the local grocery store to by a case of Morton salt everytime I find a snail in my shoe. Do you see what I’m gettin’at? All ranting aside the movie does look entertaining and maybe someday I’ll see it but right now I need to go finish that trench around my house cause from what I understand there’s a fish that has sprouted legs near here and I good sir’s will not share my bed with any sprinting trout!

I saw the advanced screening. It was very funny… and there are some terrific effects. Great casting too!

Was a funny Horror film in exactly the same vein.

Only 5 years ago.

Just to round out funny/gross alien references. Anyway count me in I likey.

Although I have always had a slug phobia since Wrath of Khan…

…are two of my favourite pick-me-up flicks. I really hope this joins that list.

it wasnt a horror movie–just some spider movie that didnt scare anyone. Judging from those clips I’ve seen, this movie does indeed look as cool as tremors

Is it to cover up the lower half, or upper half of the body? Just the face? Anywho, any chance of this one going to IMAX 3-D? I wanna see that mutated blob of a chick explode into tiny little bits that will fall right into my $18 bucket of popcorn.

Loved every minute of it. Kevin J. O’Connor needs more work.

Dude! Rusty Griswold kicking ass! You must fit it into your schedule at some point.

Hell yeah he does… Just not in shitty Sommers movies (and obviously Deep Rising is a shitty Sommers movie that somehow ISN’T shitty, so that one does AND doesn’t count). I forgot he was the Bukowski/ Kerouac guy in Peggy Sue Got Married…

Good lord, that looks deliciously bad.

Maybe he’s busy writing his Seagalology book.

girls always put out that creative fire in men. i am happy for you, vern, but please dump her so we can have more aggressively funny reviews.

about links or postscripts, keep that incestuous linkophilia scratch-my-back shit to blogs

Sorry fellas, I agree that it’s not one of my best. The screening started at 9 last night west coast time and I knew if I didn’t have the bitch up as soon as humanly possible, you fucks would get on me about reviewing a movie that’s already in theaters. If this constitutes a violation of my striving for excellence vow then I apologize, but it’s hurting me more than it’s hurting you. Anyway, about the “movie name dropping.” Yes, I know you guys have seen all these movies, that is why it’s easier to say “it’s like TREMORS” then to sit here and describe what the humor is like in exacting detail, only to have some wiseass down here say “this shit sounds like a ripoff of TREMORS.” If I hadn’t mention those movies up there, it is 100% guaranteed that at least 7 talkbackers would have listed them here, said the movie was derivative of them and insulted me for not mentioning it. Search your heart and you’ll know this is true because some of you woulda been the same guys writing those talkbacks. Why you gotta always fight somebody why can’t you try loving somebody. And aestheticity, you’re not fooling anybody, we all know you click on links. if not you got alot to learn about the internet. what you do is you click on links, that’s the internet. I will explain in more detail if you want.

what’s a ‘link’?

I think they might be pulling a “Today You Die” on you with the new Seagal movie. Normally, you would have gotten the screener tape for Mercenary for Justice by now, right? I guess that means we’ll have to wait until late April/early March for the review.

The way you describe this movie makes it sound similar to Tremors. Am I alone in this or is anyone else getting that vibe?

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I wanted to see Sharon Stone naked in Sliver. Nowdays I couldn’t care less to see her in BI2. Elizabeth Banks is cute though. I hope she has a bigger role to play in Spiderman3. Note: Reposted from Lost tb.

How come you don’t get the cool ‘black post’ capability? The AICN gang are showing you no respect, you need to bring down the pain.

“Tremors” is one movie. I see about 12 or 15 titles in your review. I understand you rushed it, but we all can do the “it’s ___ meets ___” pitch when we try to describe a movie premise to someone. How was it shot? The script? The acting? Subtext? Was the popcorn fresh or stale? Who will get kicked off American Idol next? Why is the sky blue, mommy?

Screw these hobitches. They know not what they type. You’re cool. Plus, you live in Seattle and so do I, so that means we probably have the same grandmother or something, which makes you doubly cool.

hey Harry…Vern is the man.

you Harry…need to relax with the

childish perv antics and flat yet,

over-hyper reviews and so called

“cool” news.

please don’t kick me out though.

i enjoy some of this universe.

oh, could you guys give us new wallpaper for a while.

Kong is way past expired.

Not your best – but the stripes thing was top drawer. Saw Slither an hour ago. It reminded me of Tremors.

I think that phrase is going to be seen on every AICN talkback for the next ten years. As in “One fat stripe to Mr Eko for telling Charlie what a bitch he is” or “One fat stripe to Ambush Bug for TOTALLY sticking it to Bendis” Hopefully, at least, people will start using that and not “jump the shark” Also – does anyone know if slugs come out of peoples noses in this? Otherwise I’m not going.

Simple. It’s an experiment… IN TERROR!!

but as a certified master of outlaw review writing, I don’t agree with your criticisms. There are many legitimate criticisms you could do of my weak ass review, but you didn’t find em. I’m too old for that film school formulaic shit… “the acting was _____, the cinematography was ____, however the screenplay was ____ and the editing was crisp.” When you get older and more powerful in your skills and techniques you start writing about what part of the movie really hits you instead of going through a list of pre-designated qualities to look for. Not every movie needs a dissection of the performances. In this case it was the story, the approach to the effects, and yes I did mention the camera placement in one scene, because that’s where it struck me. If you yourself don’t give a shit (as I don’t about the subtext of the movie) you don’t write it. I will teach you more of my ancient wisdom but you’re gonna have to send me five bucks or something first to show that you are serious about learning. p.s. Deep Cover was pretty good. Laurence Fishburne’s performance was topnotch. The editing by whatsisdick was crisp and knowing. The lush cinematography by so and so practically jumps off the screen and then jumps back onto the screen and then sits down for a while and then jumps again. The typing of the screenplay was superbly accurate and followed standard formatting.

Now I’ve only seen tv spots for “Slither” but I can’t see how “night of the creeps” isn’t an influence. An asteroid like rock lands on earth with slug like creatures inside. The slugs or “creeps” enter into peoples mouths and turn them into the walking dead who terrorize a small town. Then Rusty Grizwald, the hot girl he has a crush on, his crippled best friend, and the loose cannon cop with nothing left to lose are the only ones who can save the town.

One of the best B horror movies ever made.

it kind of reminds me of tremors.

this does remind me of night of the creeps. a movie that was a fave of mine growing up. although if i’m right aren’t there two endings for creeps. the theatrical one and the one for the televised version. i don’t remember seeing the space ship at the end hovering over the cemetary in the theater.

Can anyone spell “Shivers”? I think Cronenberg should due. Does this film have an ugly guy eating a pickle as well?

I forgot, the horrible writing and lousy web design is part of the “low-tech charm” of AICN. My apologies – may all your reviews have more references than a Quentin Tarantino film festival. P.S. – “Deep Cover” was the last film that Fishburne was billed as “Larry”, not “Laurence”. ‘Cause it’s 187 on an undercover cop…

Look bud, I don’t want to be arguing with you, but you don’t tell a samurai that his swordsmanship could use some work. Send me a critic, I’ll write the motherfucker up a damn wall and he won’t be able to come back down again because he’s too scared. I’m just beyond your simple formula. You’ll understand this in about twenty-five years or when you send me the five bucks, whichever comes first. You make a good point about Fishburne though so as an honorable individual I must acknowledge that. p.s. Did Gene Shalit send you? that motherfucker’s been trying to start beef with me for a while

It was funny.I can’t say it was scary.But then again,I can’t remember the last time I was actually scared at a movie.The effects were very good and all of the actors and actresses were very good.I had a good time seeing this and,in my opinion,that’s what really counts when I go to a movie.

I get how it takes from Night of the Creeps… but slug in the tub has got Shivers all over it. Don’t tell me you haven’t seen it Vern. I don’t believe you. Peace.

Not trying to give ya a hard time Vern. Peace.

and any green-soaked caterpillar torturing bastard who disagrees should learn to just love on occasion. Am I the only one who got the reference? I’ve been reading Verns work for a long time and it’s damn impressive how he can be surprisingly sly and clever without falling into the trap of sounding like a smart-ass. He has a talent that sadly wasn’t realized when it should have and is only now emerging. I think most people who read his work just dont understand what he is about. Check out his site, read his evolution as a writer and it becomes obvious (he started out as a nobody on usenet fer cryin out load!) He should have been doing this his whole life rather than discovering the talent he always had so late. Vern is smarter than most of the people here think and it’s tragic his abilities went unrealized for so long.

Call me a plant or personal friend promoting him but I’ve never met him nor had any meaningful contact (unless one would count an email response as such) and have jack shit interest in his bizarro politics. He’s a nut job regarding politics in my opinion. I love his reviews though.

To be honest I don’t even remember what Shivers was about. I remember Rabid was about somebody being rabid but Shivers could be anything. It probaly has something to do with people who get really cold, I don’t know. I’ll have to watch it again. And thanks for the kind words E. Buzz, I especially respect that you could think I’m “a nut job regarding politics” and still say such nice things about my writing, that really means alot to me.

What a fucking great flick. And I think, while not outrightly scary, had some good jump/tension filled moments. I think it’s a lot easier to take Shaun seriously than say Evil Dead.

the name of that song in the closing credits?

Same last name as Kurt Russells character in The Thing.

I was half-kidding by following up my praise with an exagerrated comment like calling Vern a nut. I disagree with him in some ways but he is still a talented writer who is surprisingly good at what he does.

It’s all good Vern. But if you are even the slightest bit serious about not remembering Shivers, then by all mean revisit it. The more the film swims in my head, the more I want to drag friends over to my house and show them how great a nearly forgotten gem it is. And keeping in mind that it came out before both Dawn of the Dead and Alien totally earns it due respect in the face of the now dated slug effects. Peace.

The wifey and I saw Slither on Saturday (early afternoon, nobody around!) – lot of fun, great cast(Gregg Henry and Michael Rooker are great!), good script (some outstanding bits [Holds up beanie squid, “what’s this?” “Oh I thought we could use that as a police sketch”]). The horror elements are played pretty straight up, even a few extended moments of “scare” without any comedy change-up (the house/bathroom scene). Slimey, parasitic things that get inside you is always a good story (always gives me the heebies) – obviously some things in common with ‘Night of the Creeps’ and ‘Shivers’ but enough interesting new take on the material to distinguish itself (*spoiler-ish* -> nice quick visual exposition on the origin, history of the “squid”). So few recent horror movies have been very scary, but at least this one, while it probably won’t cause any lost sleep, at least was very +entertaining+

DT

You are the man. But, dude, you’ve never seen NIGHT OF THE CREEPS? CREEPS is one of my all-time horror/comedy favorites. It’s right up there with RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, HOUSE, EVIL DEAD 2 and RE-ANIMATOR/FROM BEYOND (I lump all the Stuart Gordon Lovecraft 80s flicks together). If you like any of these other titles, do yourself a favor and track yourself down a copy of NIGHT OF THE CREEPS. You won’t be disapointed. It’s like John Hughes

got a twisted hair up his ass. Sure. It’s dated. But that’s because it’s an 80s flick. The dialogue is corny. The effects are weak. Everybody overracts. But, hey, that’s what makes 80s films so great. I haven’t seen SLITHER yet, but if it’s have as effective as CREEPS, I can’t wait. I really hope it’s more like CREEPS or SOCIETY and less like EIGHT-LEGGED FREAKS and CREEPSHOW. Both those last two films I like. But I can do without the pulpy, comic book aspect. I’d prefer the 80s cheese all the way.

Forgot about DEAD ALIVE and BAD TASTE. But I think that’s because neither really made over here to the states until the 90s. I mostly aiming for 80s horror/comedy stuff. You could go back to the 70s and find stuff like AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON and ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES (although that’s probably too silly to be called a horror flick / it’s still a monster flick) or come into the 90s and beyond with stuff like CABIN FEVER and NIGHT OF THE DEMONS.

You keep focusing on the template-plug-and-chug review that you *wish* Vern had written, and you ignore the unique review that Vern actually *did* write. The way you critiqued Vern’s review is the mistaken, annoying way that a beginner movie reviewer would review a movie. In short, you can’t just talk it, man! You have to live it! You need to send Vern his five dollars. You’d better send ten.

comedy… You left out Closet Monster. Classic. Peace.

This TB is about to drop dead but to return to my above post they give Kevin Smith ‘Black post’ capabilities. Just saying and all… ;-)