MacReady and makes several other nods to "The Thing". Sweet, and supremely clever as that name drop is, Earl's is not the only name Gunn drops in the film, as he also references Kurt Russell's R.J. In a clever bit of Easter-egging, Gunn paid loving homage to "Tremors" in "Slither." More eagle-eyed "Slither" fans would point out Gunn pays specific respects to Fred Ward's salty everyman Earl Bassett, doing so by naming the high school in his film's fictional town the Earl Bassett Community School. It seems their various acts of bravery were not lost on James Gunn. That film is Ron Underwood's legendary creature feature, "Tremors." And one of the central characters in that flick indeed earned a clever name drop in "Slither." the bathtub scene is almost a shot-for-shot homage to 1984's "A Nightmare on Elm Street"), and others not so much with the director dropping a seriously sly nod toward a classic film with an equally devoted cult following early in the "Slither" action. In telling that story, Gunn conjures a film boasting gory thrills, schlocky chills, and hearty laughs beyond even Troma's wildest dreams.įans of Gunn's alien invasion comedy turned body horror nightmare continue to hail it as one of the greatest b-movies ever made, with many noting "Slither" also boasts several nods towards films cut from a similar cloth. Set in a sleepy Southern town, "Slither" finds Nathan Fillion portraying a kindly sheriff desperate to protect his citizens from invasion by a parasitic, slug-like alien which inhabits human hosts before transforming them into ghastly creatures and/or incubators for its slithering minions. But the current A-list director actually broke into showbiz working on the grindhousey gorefests of Troma Studios, earning one of his first screen credits for scripting their 1996 romantic shocker "Tromeo and Juliet." Gunn would go on to make his directorial debut for a major studio a decade later, but it's impossible not to see the Troma stamp all over his campy 2006 fright-fest "Slither." These days, James Gunn is best known as a tentpole filmmaker who's brought a unique sensibility to blockbuster offerings from Marvel (the "Guardians of the Galaxy" franchise) and DC (the upcoming " The Suicide Squad").
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