Junji Ito
Palopoli then goes on to directly compare "Slither" to the aforementioned "Creeps" as well as the 1975 film "Shivers". Gunn has stated that both Cronenberg's "Shivers" and his 1979 film "The Brood" were the two biggest influences on the story in "Slither", along with the 2000 manga "Uzumaki" by Junji Ito.