Synopsis
When their plans for a nature trip go awry, Polly and boyfriend Seth decide to check into a motel. On their way, they're carjacked and kidnapped by low-rent crooks Dennis and Lacey, who take the victims and their SUV to a nearby gas station. Along the way, they encounter an increasingly terrifying horde of parasites, and if any of them intend to survive, they'll have to outsmart the deadly organisms.
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Cast
- Jill WagnerPolly Watt
- Charles BakerBlake Sherman Jr.
- Rachel KerbsLacey Belisle
- Paulo CostanzoSeth Belzer
- Shea WhighamDennis Farell
- Laurel WhitsettSheriff Terri Frankel
Recommendations
- 83
Entertainment Weekly
A nifty horror movie that doesn't claim to be anything other than a zippy exercise in creature-feature entertainment. - 80
Variety
A spare, effective and genuinely frightening retro-nightmare. - 80
New York Magazine (Vulture)
The result, however clichéd, is spectacularly unnerving: hair-trigger horror. - 80
Village Voice
Buoyed by solid ensemble work, some yuckily effective special effects, and a script that subverts genre convention by having its characters do smart things instead of stupid ones (mostly), Splinter earns our respect while delivering 82 minutes of lean, mean fun. - 70
Wall Street Journal
It's short, taut, nicely shot, well-acted, astutely directed, specific where it might have been generic, original enough to be engrossing and derivative enough to be amusing. - 63
USA Today
Splinter is no exploitative blood bath or torture horror like the "Saw" movies. It's more of a thriller along the lines of "The Thing" or "Alien." The scares are equal parts psychological jolts and gore. This is classic Halloween fun, with plenty of thrills and chills, surprisingly believable performances, and healthy doses of humor. - 60
Los Angeles Times
A fan of flash-edited, orientation-challenged, hand-held camera mayhem, Wilkins unfortunately takes the wrong cue from his title and fragments the movie's attack scenes for maximum energy but minimal logical effect. - 58
The A.V. Club
There's potential for a lot more excitement in Splinter, but Wilkins seems content just to bring it across the finish line.
