wayno-6 "Hell hath no fury, like a guy in a Rubber Suit!" Not as good as the "Godzilla" movies, but the dialogue and music are absolutely hilarious.The Box should say made by K-R-A-F-T on it. It's definitely a brain clogging experience.There is some flirting going on -- especially with pick up lines like:"Oh and Wayne, let me know if you decide to pursue this...I sense your interest..and I feel the same way..."MMM kay.....I didn't need to know that! All in all, it's NOT as good as a "Godzilla" movie, but it'll still split your sides! One more quote? Oh sure: "What I gotta do is take a leak. You crap your pants again? No I farted. You crapped your pants again." Man with dialogue like that, you just can't miss!Wayno

beyblader0072001 Every review I've read on this page regarding this movie has been nothing short of outright "bad-mouthing"!!!!!!! if this movie sucked so bad, riddle me this: WHY IS THE CREATOR OF THIS FLICK MAKING SURE THAT EXISTING COPIES CAN NEITHER BE FOUND OR SOLD?! Answer: it didn't suck all that badly. I still have nightmares whenever I remember this movie. For some it might've been a bad "B" movie.....but it's shock value was a "10+" with all it's twist & turns. It did well as a remake for "The Creature From The Black Lagoon"....what gave it the shock value I believed it deserved, was the blood & gore. It wasn't off the scale like the movies today....but it still scared the hell out of you when the SLITHIS monster popped outta nowhere!!!! Give credit where it's due, folks----it was an OK movie for it's time. Truthfully.....I'd be tempted to do a remake of this movie & keep its original title....but with the passing of Stan Winston of late, it might be a bit dicey...but not impossible. THIS MOVIE RATES A "10" WITH ME.....AND I COULD GIVE A DAMN WHO THINKS OTHERWISE!

Woodyanders I must confess that I've got a special fondness for clunkily sincere el cheapo retro 50's contemporary horror creature features centering on the bloody exploits of a mean, nasty, butt-ugly humanoid beast that's quite obviously this poor putz in a none-too-convincing rubber suit. Among my all-time favorites in this particular sub-genre are the shamefully overlooked underwater "ALIEN" prototype "Destination Inner Space," the so-crummy-it's-killer cheesebag classic "Track of the Moonbeast," the snazzy subterranean "ALIEN" rip-off "Scared to Death," the irresistibly abysmal Filipino clinker "Demon of Paradise," and this sweet late 70's honey.We all know the endearingly clichéd plot for this one: the Imperial Electric Plant on the East Coast of California has been secretly dumping radioactive sludge in the ocean; said toxic bilge creates a lumpy, hulking, lumbering, seriously unsightly mud-caked slimy mutant with a ghastly complexion and a murderous anti-social disposition that first snacks on cats and dogs before going on to butcher hapless folks around Venice and Marina Del Ray by slashing faces to a grisly pulp, tearing off limbs, cutting into soft flesh with its lethal clawed hands, and eventually attacking a young couple making out on a houseboat. Of course, the cops prove to be totally ineffectual, so it's up to several true blue everyman types -- a goody goody two shoes high school science teacher, a take-charge macho fisherman, and a few heroic teenagers -- to track down and kill the foul fiend before things get too out of hand.This charmingly chintzy and clumsy winner possesses all the usual low-budget grindhouse movie vices, namely murky cinematography, a cornball score, a standard-issue straight-down-the-line predictable story, an "it ain't over yet!" open-ended sequel set-up conclusion, and laughably amateurish acting (unsung fright film hambone Hy Pyke gets the top bad thesping dishonors with his grotesquely overdrawn eye-rolling comic cameo as a histrionic police chief). Paradoxically enough, it's the film's very glaring weaknesses that are part and parcel to its engagingly fumble-fingered allure, for writer/producer/ director Stephan Traxler invests every last lovably cruddy frame with a winningly wobbly floundering enthusiasm and sense of wholehearted commitment which in turn makes "Slithis" loads of righteously inept goofball fun. Traxler scores bonus points for throwing in handy helpings of gore, a dash of nudity, lotsa crackling vitality, and, best of all, even some stinging social commentary with a sub-plot concerning the public's indifference to Slithis picking off luckless vulnerable and defenseless homeless people -- these on-target biting observations predate the similarly themed (and equally underrated) C.H.U.D. by a good six years!

tbyrne4 "We catch that mean mother!" What a piece of 70s tripe this movie is. Bad on many different levels. Not totally inept. It actually could've been a fairly decent little movie, but the biggest problem is just how BORING it is. Why are these movies so BORING! I start to watch them and after a half hour my eyes start drooping. I can't help it. I think it would have helped if they had shown Slithis in the light more often. We keep seeing him in the dark and apparently they couldn't afford LIGHTS on this movie so he basically just looks like a big shadow. But then, on the flip side, when we do get a good look at him, the Slithis costume looks pretty lame, so I guess you just can't win.It also might have helped to actually have a few more scenes of Slithis killing people or doing things. Or just a few more scenes of Slithis in general. The characters are flat out dull, so that doesn't help. It's a bad sign when you start thinking "wait a minute, isn't this a monster movie?!" because you can't remember the last time the monster was On screen!!!!!The movie isn't totally without interest. But I wouldn't go out of my way to see it. And I'm certainly not going to sit through the freakin thing again (I don't think I'd be able to without falling asleep)POINTS OF INTEREST:the hero who has a girlfriend named "Jeff" the first five minutes of the movie (why exactly are they in slow-motion?) Dr. John's jaw-dropping scientific explanation of what Slithis is (even the actors look bored). the turtle race peopled by throngs of shouting fans (definitely my idea of killer Friday night entertainment). Also note the girl who kisses her turtle after it wins. Yuck. the guy who takes his date back to his boat where he has a shrine to himself complete with photograph and candles (also, why in the world does this scene go on for fifteen minutes? I thought I was in a different movie)The funky "Slithis cam" apparently achieved by taping a balloon over the camera. the police chief who looks like Ron Jeremy and acts like Peter Lorre after 100 cups of coffee.