Over the last couple months it has become abundantly clear to me that Hollywood cannot promote it's way out of a wet paper bag. Today's case: Slither. First off the actual slithering occupies only a small part of the movie; therefore, naming the movie Slither is a complete misrepresentation. Secondly, all the clips in the trailer were taken from a 10-15 minute block in the film; making it look suspiciously like
Squirm.Since the movie did not resemble squirm at all I will take a moment to explain. The story focuses on the events in a rural town where an alien lands riding a meteorite. The alien then proceeds to take over the body of one of the townfolk (Michael Rooker). The alien then proceeds to take over the other town folk using little baby aliens that look like a mix between a slug and an earthworm (hence Slither). It is up to the wise-cracking sheriff (Nathan Fillion) and his childhood crush (Elizabeth Banks) to save the day.
Now if you think that this plot sounds suspiciously like a b-movie, you're right. The plot is not complicated, there is not 'twist' ending, but Fillion's performance makes one quickly forget about any problems that they had with the story (or anything else, for that matter). In the end, Slither is a throwback to the campy b-movies of yore, without too much camp.
