Spawn of the Slithis (1978)

October Challenge Day 22:

I've been hitting the harder movies lately, so I thought I would bring things down a bit - have a little stupid fun again. So when I saw this poster I knew exactly what had to be done:

Spawn of the Slithis aka Slithis

I mean, just get a load of that font - how can you *not* watch this film. I want to frame this poster.

Don't want to frame the movie, however. It's gloriously trashy - by far the trashiest movie I've seen this month so far. That doesn't matter though, there's a time and a place for every movie type and today it was this specific trash. 

Here we have a mutated sea creature that's crawling out of the poisoned waters and eating (...or sucking, I was never quite clear...) the fine folks of Venice Beach, CA. Bumbling, wayward, and hilarious dialogue ensues.

Again this [rubs face] is not a good film - in fact it's even worse than I expected and I'm usually pretty good at navigating these things. At one point I mumbled to myself something about how boring this film turned out to be when a scene suddenly appeared - a man and a woman, after meeting at a party, are heading back to the man's boat so as to rock it, when things took an absolutely hilarious turn (just for a little bit). 

I'm talking laugh out loud, cringe binge, 1970's soft porn acting/build up - naturally this creature showed up and made everything even more awkward, weird, and downright hilarious. The whole sequence is surprisingly long and I think it really held the movie watching experience together. 

It's funny, folks. Funny in an absurdist way.

Overall, again, this is a terrible film but it's a really great one to have on in the background while you're getting your Halloween decorations hung up or costumes ready. Also a great one for bars that have movies silently playing in the background - this movie was built for these situations.

Pairs with day drinking or for cultivating a fun atmosphere, best watched side-eyed or with the occasional glances back to the TV. 

I watched this film on Amazon Prime or use the Find It! Watch It! links on Horror Habit's side bar to see where else you can find this ludicrous feature.