Slotherhouse is a 2023 American comedy horror film starring Lisa Ambalavanar, Sydney Craven, Olivia Rouyre, Bianca Beckles-Rose, Tiff Stevenson and Stefan Kapičić. Directed by Matthew Goodhue, and written by Bradley Fowler and Cady Lanigan, the film was released on August 30, 2023.
Emily Young adopts a pet three-toed sloth named Alpha with the goal of using it to gain votes to become head of the Sigma Lambda Theta (SLTH) sorority. The pet is loved by all until it begins to kill the sorority girls one by one. The girls must escape the sloth before they die.
Additionally, the main puppeteers credited are: Gregory B. Ballora, Jackson Pike and Tony Carrillo.
Production
The concept for Slotherhouse originated when the film's co-writer, Bradley Fowler, tried to come up with the "dumbest idea" he could think of. Cady Lanigan described the concept as "like Mean Girls meets Happy Death Day with a touch of Gremlins".[2] Lanigan stated that the film was inspired by classic horror films and their use of practical effects.[3]
Stuart Heritage from The Guardian described it as a "masterpiece", praising its humor as "tremendously funny" and stating that it surpasses all expectations.[6] Christy Lemire from RogerEbert.com gave the film a score of three out of four,[7] while Sam Haysom from Mashable said that the film had "irritating dialogue" and "one-dimensional characters".[8] William Earl from Variety stated that, "This killer sloth creature feature isn't funny or scary enough to justify its thin premise".[9]
