A mysterious meteor infected with a deadly alien plague brings chaos to a small hunting town in the feature-length directorial debut of screenwriter James Gunn (Scooby-Doo, Dawn of the Dead). Booted out of bed by his young, trophy-wife Starla (Elizabeth Banks), and in desperate need of some female companionship, wealthy Grant Grant (Michael Rooker) picks up bar local floozy Brenda (Brenda James) and heads into the woods for a hedonistic night of extramarital excitement. When a flaming meteor lights up the sky before crashing to the ground nearby, Grant’s curiosity gets the best of him and he sets out to find the space rock. Subsequently infected with a rampaging space virus, which he passes along to Brenda, Grant transforms into a horrific, cow-munching monster and begins terrorizing the town. As thousands of squirmy space slugs burrow into the brains of the unsuspecting Wheelsy denizens creating an ever-amassing horde of mindless space zombies, panic grips the small town and it’s up to Starla, Sheriff Bill Pardy (Nathan Fillion), and gung-ho mayor Jack MacReady (Gregg Henry) to put an end to the infection and save the planet. –IMDb
James Gunn was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He earned his B.A. in theatre at Saint Louis University and his M.F.A. in creative writing at Columbia University. Upon graduating, he wrote several screenplays for Troma Entertainment, first of which was Tromeo & Juliet (96). Soon after, he wrote numerous scripts for Hollywood, including Scooby-Doo (02) and Dawn of the Dead (04). His feature directing credits include Slither (06) and SUPER (10). –TIFF
I appreciate the B-movie homage, and James Gunn is certainly one of America's more...creative screenwriters. But the whole thing is just so damn gross (coming from someone who loves horror movies). There's a difference between scary and gross.
I think I might enjoy the comedy/horror genre more than the actual horror films they parody. James Gunn, (yes, the man who brought us what I can only imagine are fantastic scripts for Scooby Doo 1… read review