"It's just a bee sting!"

Caught the 7:30 show of Slither with some people I know from Frankfort. And now, here's thoughts.

The movie seems to be a quasi-remake of Night of the Creeps (kudos to those of you who've seen that movie), combined with the "body horror" style made popular by the likes of David Cronenberg. Slither's an unabashed horror/dark comedy B-movie, and it seems like the filmmakers realized that the movie could be considered silly and ran with it.

Slither is downright gross too, in terms of the amount of blood and guts depicted. Really, the effects are gloriously ugly. I don't really want to give away all that many spoilers, but if you've been disturbed by the trailers and television commercials, it's much more gross than that. So those of you who are squemish or have weak stomachs would do well to avoid Slither.

But I'll gladly give Slither a solid three and a half stars for being a fun, entertaining throwback to the silly horror movies of the '80s. I enjoyed it, and if you like movies like this, you might enjoy it too.

Out for now.