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Splinter

It will get under your skin.

6.2(854)20081h 22m5

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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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$124.2K
Language
English
  • monster
  • creature
  • alien infection

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Toby Wilkins

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)R31 Oct 2008
  • United KingdomGB

    • Physical18DVD30 Mar 2009
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1623 Apr 2009
  • IrelandIE

    • Physical18DVD30 Mar 2009
  • KazakhstanKZ

    • Theatrical31 Jul 2009
  • South KoreaKR

    • Theatrical199 Jul 2015

Frequently asked questions

Splinter was released on 31 October 2008.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    10/19/2014

    7.5/10

    Ouch! Smart little horror this, what it lacks in story originality it more than makes up for elsewhere. Young lovers Seth (Paulo Costanzo) and Polly (Jill Wagner) find their attempts at a romantic camping trip usurped by their inadequacies in the great outdoors. But this soon becomes the very least of their problems, because they are car-jacked by escaped convict Dennis Farell (Shea Whigham) and his drug addict…

  • K

    Kamurai

    6/20/2021

    8/10

    Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend. While it may not sound like the most original concept, it definitely feels innovative. Using isolation to add atmosphere to the movie allows the movie to really focus the terror of infection, as opposed to zombie movies where it's usually about flooding the world with zombie infection. The movie has a great layered metaphor of Darwinism sliding from a mi…

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