Slither

Slither (1973)

  • 80% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 55% of users liked it
    (277 ratings)

In Slither, James Caan plays Dick Kanipsia, a recently paroled car thief whose plans to go straight are interrupted when his best pal Harry Moss (Richard B. Schull) is shot and killed. As he lies dying, Moss advises Kanipsia to seek out fellow crook Barry Fenaka (Peter Boyle), who knows where a huge… More

PG, 1 hr. 36 min.
Directed By
Howard Zieff
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Comedy
In Theaters
Mar 7, 1973 Wide
On DVD
Dec 11, 1991

Critic Reviews

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    A confoundingly funny pic.

  • Michael Szymanski, Sci-Fi Weekly

    This movie has a nostalgic retro feel to it, like the old Universal horror movies that we now find very funny. But alas, where are all the drive-in theaters to show it in?

  • Christopher Smith, Bangor Daily News (Maine)

    As with so many zombie movies, table manners have no place here--why should they when fresh intestines are on the menu? Gluttony, however, does bloom in Slither, and what it builds to is one savage little garden.

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