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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

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James Gunn

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 

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Justin Oakey

11Mar12

An over-the-top, foul-mouthed splatter of a genre film. Great special effects, pitch black comedy, perfect cast - James Gunn delivers a pretty unique romp through science fiction and horror sequences that seem as familiar as they do unique. Overall its an ultra-bizarre film, but that doesn't mean it's not extraordinarily entertaining.

Ornela

31Jul11

made me laugh so hard

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gloryofistanbul

27Jul11

fun,gross and fun

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Don't Get Nasty Brother

25Jul11

Genial, especialmente porque no parece tener más aspiraciones que la de entretener cual circo barato. Y eso en ocasiones se agradece. De alguna forma el presupuesto y la presencia de algunas estrellas menores (Nathan Fillion y Elizabeth Banks) hacen que el enfoque a lo Troma de Gunn sea mucho más digerible. Me recordó a los Critters. Recomendable.

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    Nelson Núñez

    25Jul11

    Tengo pendiente ver esa. La que me vacilé hace poco fue Super y está salvaje. Un crítico estadounidense la calificó como "Kick-Ass por Paul Schrader" y, de pana, no exageró. Te la recomiendo.

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By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
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By Twitchfilm.net on July 16, 2010
A great monster movie is an increasing rarity. Horror movies, or at least what passes for horror film these days, are a dime a dozen. Bland movie re-hash-n’-slash is the Special of the Day in the greasy
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She packs a boxed lunch … Slither

By jaredmo​barak on April 3, 2010

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

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