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Anyone thinks this inspired 'Slither'? (nm)

posted 17 years ago by TalesfromTheCryptfan
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[–] tokiyotomare 17 years ago

I think I read somewhere that the Slither slugs were inspired by geoducks.

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[–] Killer_Wolf 17 years ago

Gunn also said he never saw Night of the Creeps.

[–] soulscour7 17 years ago

I don't see the connection. Night of the Creeps, yes. Slither didn't have tadpole monsters nor monsters eating humans. It also lacked a vegetarian party.

[–] richwicz 17 years ago

From Beyond and Society were definitely an influence on the makers of Slither.

[–] cool302 16 years ago

slither i though it was hiliarous but not really that scary though i though the gore was good but didn't find it that scary soulscour7!

[–] cool302 15 years ago

johnlindsey289 just saw it online, clever fun, hiliarous and pretty scary b movie, pretty gory but not as gory as night of the living dead 1968 film!

[–] Alien_Zombie 15 years ago

Nah, Slither was good and fun. But the Deadly Spawn is way better in my opinion (I'm just a nostalgic guy)

You can clearly detect some inspirations in Slither, but not from this film

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[–] wirrrn 15 years ago

SLITHER is more like an unofficial remake of NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (1986)

[–] filmbuff1974 15 years ago

It occurred to me that Stephen King must have been inspired by those creatures in this, when he wrote "Dream-catcher". Remember the movie? Slimy slugs with thirty percent sharp teeth.

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[–] Woodyanders 13 years ago

Yes, I do. In fact, producer Ted Bohus mentioned "Slither" in a Q&A session he did at a 35 mm screening I recently attended for this movie.

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[–] Xcalat3 12 years ago

Probably

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