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Page 2 | /Film — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:17:53 +0000

[...] James Gunn has posted a gallery of test posters for his horror film Slither. It’s always fun to see the concepts they didn’t use. It seems like I always find atleast one that I liked more than the final release, but with Slither, I actually really dugg the poster which showed the creatures approaching the bathtub more than the unused concepts. [...]

By: walt

walt — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:38:34 +0000

I’m a big fan of (E)… and (C), to a lesser extent – they kinda remind me of the poster for A Company of Wolves.

By: moviemenace

moviemenace — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:43:57 +0000

I would say Universal made the best choice. I saw the poster in a theater lobby before I even caught a trailer and it instantly drew my eye. I love when poster designs use negative space. Posters seem cluttered too often. The black borders and the white background; the poster really impressed me.

I was pretty bummed out when I saw they changed the DVD cover art. It didn’t keep me from buying it though.

By: sooo_yeah

sooo_yeah — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:35:41 +0000

I personally liked (H). and (M) only becuae it kinda creeps me out a bit. I’m going to apologise right now, and say that I haven’t seen it yet ( I’ve been scolded by my friends) I keep forgetting,but I will tell you that the trailers for it creeped me the hell out. maybe now I’ll finally remember.

By: whistles

whistles — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:26:06 +0000

I actually really love the poster eventually used, it was so bright… and the DVD cover was awesome too.

By: ThatGermanGuy

ThatGermanGuy — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:05:37 +0000

Yeah, I guess they wanted a spooky forest or something for the background. As if a group of some slimy monster worms that is about to climb into a bathtub wouldn’t be scary enough. And in case you wonder: The tagline above the title says “They are inside of us.”

By: James Gunn

James Gunn — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:53:53 +0000

Wow, thanks, GermanGuy – is that bathtub in the middle of a field?!

By: ThatGermanGuy

ThatGermanGuy — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:09:56 +0000

BTW, the German Poster/DVD Cover looks like this:

[img]http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/662/51ryk8ahf9lss500.jpg[/img]

By: Heidi Johnson

Heidi Johnson — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:09:54 +0000

Congratulations, Lulu! I’m green with envy! :) I thought “M” kicked ass–I love the “bitch is hardcore” vibe. But don’t get me wrong, the tub pic with slugs climbing up the side is awesome and still my fave.