Slither (1973)

Kinda film they could have only made in 70s. The absurd, wacky charm, aimless, carefree vibes, nothing important happens but its bizarreness is fun and there's some fun characters and gags. Pretty nice time.

Avirup

Aimless but not pointless is the best way to describe this film that stars James Caan, in one of his most subdued role during the 1970’s. It also stars Peter Boyle, Alex Rocco, Sally Kellerman and Louise Lasser.  The story of a car thief who gets out of jail, and…

Lorenzo

I can't imagine a cinematic landscape outside the early 1970's when a movie as listless and directionless as SLITHER gets made. I DVRd this one from TCM when Bill Hader had the com for a night of road movies just because I read "starring James Caan and Peter Boyle." The…

James Patrick

Can’t get enough of this genre lately. Going to be sad when one day, I’ve finally seen all of the movies like this there are to see. I also had to know more about those ominous black vans: two custom-painted 1971 RecTrans Discoverer 25Rs; motorhomes designed by Larry…

Kimothy

Slither is a breezy anti-thriller with some of the most consistently successful "offbeat" humor that I've ever seen. It's the least edgy genre subversion out there and feels like a feature-length episode of a fake Chris Elliott show on Letterman. The movie has understated…

The Pieper Review

james caan memorial viewing ends up kind of like Duel as a cartoon farce, giving great 70s character actors (kellerman, boyle, garfield) the chance to have fun while the perennial straight man caan wonders if he's getting paid enough to do this

dankwit

A movie where nothing matters, but it's a fun ride. It feels like a Thomas Pynchon novel. It's hard to say what it all meant, but I loved the characters and the comedy was perfect at moments. Sally Kellerman's best performance. I want to rewatch this again sometime soon.

evilbjork

Honey, I Shrunk the Watchlist 2026 - Round 7... 5 of 35 --> Watch the movie that was added first 👀👀🎬📽️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️👀👀 Clearly I got my movies confused. I barely remember adding Slither to my Watchlist shortly after joining Letterboxd. I think I thought it was more a…

Joel Hilke

Rather offbeat little crime comedy/thriller that has its charms and a few amusing moments in it. Wish Slither had more of a structure to it and made a little more sense by the end, but it's nice to see James Caan mucking around in a loose, often rather goofy vehicle like…

AndrewC