Slither(2006)

Universal Pictures

R
Rated R for strong horror violence and gore, and language
1h 36m

Release Date: Mar 31, 2006

87%
63%
B-
6.5

A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.

Release Details

Original Release | Mar 31, 2006 | Wide

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Box Office Results

2026-09-11T11:33:54.726Z

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$3,880,270
Total US & Canada:
$7,802,450
Total International
$5,032,486
Total Worldwide:
$12,834,936

Current Showtimes

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Director & Top Cast

James Gunn
Director

Nathan Fillion
Bill Pardy

Elizabeth Banks
Starla Grant

Michael Rooker
Grant Grant

Don Thompson
Wally

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Dolby Digital,DTS,SDDS

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: Canada, United States

Language: English

Summaries

Plot Summary

A meteorite brings a malevolent, sentient extraterrestrial parasite to Earth. The parasite enters the town of Wheelsy, South Carolina, where it infects wealthy resident Grant by taking over his body and absorbing his mind. With the alien in control of him, Grant begins to transform into a grotesque, tentacled monstrosity. He also abducts and infects a local woman, Brenda, to serve as a breeder for his alien larvae. His wife Starla learns that he hasn't been to the doctor's in over a year and she becomes suspicious over the changes in his appearance and behavior, leading to Grant attacking her. When the police arrive to rescue Starla, Grant flees.During their search for Grant, a posse led by police chief Bill Pardy discovers Brenda, whose body has become inhumanly bloated from the larvae growing inside her. The slug-like larvae burst from her body and infest everyone in town except Starla, Bill, Mayor Jack MacReady, and teenager Kylie Strutemyer (Starla, Bill and Jack realised that they could escape infection by covering their mouths and Kylie was able to pull the larvae out of her mouth before it could get too deeply inside). Those infected by the larvae become part of a hive mind controlled by Grant, who intends to consume all lifeforms until only his consciousness remains. However, Grant also retains his love for his wife and seeks to be reunited with her. Thanks to Kylie having glimpsed the hive mind before she was able to pull out her own larvae, the survivors deduce that killing Grant will eliminate the rest of the aliens before they are attacked by the infected townspeople. Bill and Kylie escape, but Starla and Jack are captured.Armed with a grenade to kill the monster, Bill and Kylie head to Grant's home, where the infected are being absorbed by the increasingly mutated Grant. Jack and others are turned into breeders for more larvae, while Grant keeps Starla uninfected in the hope of regaining her love. After waking up, Starla arms herself with a sharp brush and goes downstairs to find Grant. She tricks him into believing she still loves him and stabs him with the brush. Grant becomes angry and throws her across the room. Bill and Kylie enter the house after shooting several alien townfolk, and euthanize an infected Jack after he begs for death. Bill tries to use the grenade, but Grant knocks it into the pool, then subdues Kylie with a couch and attempts to infect Bill with his tentacles. While one of the tentacles stabs Bill in the stomach, Bill attaches the other tentacle to a propane tank. Starla shoots Grant who, filled with flammable gas, explodes, killing the rest of the aliens and saving Bill. With everyone else in Wheelsy dead, the three survivors head off to seek help.In a post-credits scene, a cat approaches Grant's remains and becomes infected by the alien parasite.

Storyline

From the depths of the endless space, a flaming meteorite crashes into the dark woods of the sleepy town of Wheelsy, South Carolina. As the scorched rock reveals its silent content--a baneful parasitic organism--a subtle alien invasion commences, and the war's unlucky first victim is the town's local businessman, Grant. Little by little, as an internal change transforms Grant into an utterly hideous monstrosity, his wife, Starla, starts to feel that something's been eating at him the last few days. Now, before the unstoppable extraterrestrial attack, no one is safe, and to make matters worse, Grant's transformation is far from over yet. Who can stop the slithering army from outer space? — Nick Riganas Near the deer hunting season in the small town of Wheelsy, a meteor falls in the woods with an egg of alien worm. Along the night, the local Starla Grant refuses to have sex with her husband Grant Grant and the upset man goes to a bar to have some drinks. He sees the weird egg on the grass, and when he touches it, the egg releases an alien parasite that dominates Grant's brain. Along the next days, Grant has an insatiable hunger for meat, and his hostage body is transforming. Starla and the local sheriff Bill Pardy try to find a way to stop Grant, the leader of a new breed. — Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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