Summary Slither was released for DVD Movies in USA and added to iOctavio.com on 2006-10-14. It is categorized as Horror. The plot follows the small town of Wheelsy near deer hunting season when a meteor falls in the woods carrying an alien worm egg. That night Starla Gran played by Elizabeth Grant refuses to have sex with her husband Grant Grant played by Michael Rooker so he goes to a bar to drink. He meets Brenda Gutierrez played by Brenda James the younger sister of his former girlfriend who has a crush on him and they go to the woods but he does not have sex with her. He sees a weird egg on the grass touches it and the egg releases a sparrow like alien parasite that dominates his brain. Over the next days Grant has an insatiable hunger for meat and his hostage body transforms as he builds a nest of slugs in his cellar. He infects Brenda and the slugs attack humans in Wheelsy possessing their bodies. Starla the local sheriff Bill Pardy played by Nathan Fillion and the survival Kylie Strutemyer played by Tania Saulnier try to find a way to stop Grant the leader of a new breed of starving zombies.
Highlights The movie blends horror with alien invasion and body horror. The small town setting of Wheelsy creates a claustrophobic atmosphere for the outbreak. Grant Grant undergoes a disturbing transformation into a slug nest building host controlled by an alien parasite. The slugs are the main threat as they attack and possess human bodies throughout the town. The protagonists Starla Bill Pardy and Kylie Strutemyer lead the resistance against the alien threat. The DVD release allows USA viewers to watch the film at home. The addition to iOctavio.com on 2006-10-14 marks its digital listing on that site.