Considering his monumental success with Marvel’s Guardians-of-the-Galaxy-2015-movie-posters/”>Guardians of the Galaxy and now his role orchestrating the newly revamped DC Universe, James Gunn is undoubtedly one of the biggest directors in the world.
Comics fans and film critics alike respect his auteur ways, but as with most creators’ journeys, Gunn’s initial Hollywood days were unassuming.
(We all have to start somewhere.) After a scriptwriting run as disparate as Tromeo and Juliet, the live-action Scooby-Doo, and (ironically) director Zack Snyder’s acclaimed Dawn of the Dead remake, Gunn first took up the directing mantel in 2006 with a low-budget horror film entitled Slither.
The darkly comedic pastiche earned positive responses from critics but failed to make back its $12 million budget.
Nevertheless, Slither’s wry humor, propensity for the grotesque, and prioritization of human relationships recalls Gunn’s future films like Guardians, Brightburn, The Suicide Squad, and television’s Peacemaker, just with more carnage.
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