Giant-snake action is supposed to be the movie’s bread and butter, but it only drops crumbs on the floor and leaves the audience squinting to see where they landed.

You immediately know you’re in for a wild ride through nostalgia and nightmares like only Casper Kelly can conjure.

"Slither” comes about as close as any contemporary genre film can to capturing the feel of a 1950s Saturday matinee monster movie.