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Anybody notice how slither ripped this movie off?


The recent "unique original cult hit" Slither basically has the exact same premise villian and plot.

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Yeah dude, they're totally different.
One of them is purposely comedic, and has a bunch of slugs, and the other has a jello monster that can take any form.
I like both, but they're way different.

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i didn't notice much simularities

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Sherif as a "save the day" guy.
Creature, that can posses many bodies/create beings of his own, but have one collective hive-mind.
Main character (well, sort of) is a woman.
Low budget.
A hint for sequel in the very end of the movie.
Small town as a target of an unknown grim force.
Etc.

Though, plenty of horrors have same birthmarks. So, no crime here, i guess.

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eh...some similarities. not a LOT

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Slither did not ripped this movie off. It ripped off Night of the Creeps.

Slither still kicks ass.

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LOL, Night of the Creeps. Now THAT was a fun horror movie. Didn't take itself too seriously and delivered. Slither is a bit of an amalgam of NOTC and Phantoms but still provided much enjoyment.

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Sherif as a "save the day" guy.
Creature, that can posses many bodies/create beings of his own, but have one collective hive-mind.
Main character (well, sort of) is a woman.
Low budget.
A hint for sequel in the very end of the movie.
Small town as a target of an unknown grim force.
Etc.
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That is also the plot lines for:

-Invasion of the body snatchers
-Pod people
-Infected

So it's not a new concept there are a bunch of movies like that, what horror/thriller movies don't have a hint of a sequal?

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I recently caught both of these movies on Cable, and yeah they are very similar

anyone else that says different is incorrect.

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Some similar themes, perhaps, but these movies are very different. Different in tone and plot.



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Slither was a lot better than this movie...

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So? If it's like that, then over 10,000 movies made in 20th century have simliarities to Slither and this movie.

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