Slime City Massacre

I loved slime city so I was really looking forward to Slime city massacre. The sequel is set in a post dirty bomb New York where the authorities have left the people of the city to fend for themselves. We follow a group of four survivors who stumble upon the 'Elixir' and 'Himalayan yogurt' from the first movie. Upon finding it they consume it and succumb to it's side effects which include horniness, melting and homicidal tendencies due to being possessed by ancient cult members souls. During all this we are treated to flashbacks of the cult where we get a better understanding of how and why it all started. If your a fan of the original or any of Lambersons other movies you'll be pleased to see a lot of familiar faces. The film itself is really well acted and the effects are great. The only effect I didn't like was the dirty bomb explosion at the beginning because it looked terrible. The slime looked great and all the gore effects were really well done considering the budget this film must have had. I was disappointed that the Slimehead versions of our main characters weren't used enough because they looked really cool. Each having their own neon coloured slime and facial prosthetics. They could have also been a little more murderous as the main character was in the original movie. I do have a few complaints though. Some of the editing was quite jarring, some scenes flowed awkwardly into others. Also a couple of the characters were a bit pointless. The mole people for example are shown twice once near the start and once at the end they just seemed to be little redundant. These few criticism are all I have of the movie as a whole. The ending was slimeily satisfying and was a great finale to a worthy sequel to slime city. The Slime has been appeased.

Desperate fugitives Cory (a solid and likable performance by Kalan Patrick Burke) and Alexa (an equally sturdy turn by pretty blonde Jennifer Behl) seek refuge from a totalitarian government in the bleak ruins of New York City seven years after a major bomb explosion. Cory and Alexa encounter fellow survivors Mason (well played by Lee Perkins) and Alice (an outstanding portrayal by the great Debbie Rochon). The quartet discover a hidden cache of booze and yogurt which has the unfortunate side effect of causing them to mutate into murderous slime-dripping subhuman freaks who are possessed by the spirits of the dead. Complications ensue when a band of mercenaries are sent in by ruthless real estate developer Ronald Crump (a funny cameo by Roy Frumkes) to clean up the neighborhood. Writer/director Gregory Lamberson does an excellent job of creating and sustaining a grim tone which becomes more increasingly bleak and unnerving as it unfolds; it's genuinely upsetting to see the four main characters devolve into pathetic pasty-faced addicts (Alice in particular gets the worst of it as she melts into a puddle of vile green goo in a bathtub). Moreover, Lamberson makes inspired use of the dirty'n'desolate urban locations, delivers gobs of grisly gore (gruesome highlights include a foot being bitten off, two beer bottles being crammed in a man's eye sockets, and a head getting split open with a meat cleaver), and tops everything off with a very wicked sense of pitch-black gallows humor. We even get a few gross sweaty sex scenes, a cool thrashy hard rock soundtrack, and disturbing flashbacks depicting crazed religious fanatic Zachary (a chillingly serene Robert C. Sabin) holding sway over his flock. Chris Santucci's slick cinematography gives the picture an impressively polished look. The spare shivery score by Mars of Dead House likewise does the shuddery trick. The thrilling last third really comes through with the splattery goods and concludes everything on a satisfying downbeat note. A good little indie flick.

I saw this film as part of the Bronx Film Festival and was truly blown away by its production value. The movie looks fantastic and has just the right mix of wit and horror to keep you engaged. There is no reason this should not be playing on big screens across the country. In a post-dirty bomb NYC, four squatters hide out in the remains of an old building and discover what happens when they consume some "yogurt." What happens...is not quite what you might expect. Each of the four leads are fantastic, and much of their interplay may remind audiences of Dawn of the Dead, though the atmosphere is much grittier and the danger seems more real. A cameo by Roy Frumkes as a Donald Trump spoof adds to the fun. The direction is also excellent, and I especially love the mise-en-scene in most of the flashback scenes. But where the movie goes above and beyond are the visual effects, which are some of the most creative I have EVER seen in a movie. Alice's fate in particular both made me squirm and left me in awe. I would certainly rank this film as superior to something such as Avatar or other recent Hollywood blockbusters because not once during Avatar did I ever wonder "How on Earth did they do that?" Here I wondered that quite a bit. The visual effects in this movie help carry a story that, despite being a thriller, has a lot of heart. And that's what the magic of cinema is all about. I should mention that I've never seen the original Slime City. I definitely hope to as soon as I get a chance, and will then check this film out again, as I'm sure I will gain an even better understanding of this story and its characters. Regardless, Slime City Massacre is a fun, creepy, amusing, and ultimately rewarding experience for any audience, whether they like horror or not.

As a sequel to "Slime City" this movie incorporates much of the same characteristic of its predecessor which was made 22 years earlier. In this particular film a "dirty bomb" has radiated a portion of New York City and the only people to be found there are mutants and refugees of one kind or another. As it so happens four of these people come across some secret bottles of elixir made by a secret cult in 1959 which changes them into zombie-like creatures with an urge to kill. Now, rather than reveal any more of this film I will just say that this was an extremely low-budget production which suffers from that very fact as the acting, script and special effects were all bad. However, the concept behind the movie was quite good and the movie had its moments. That said, even though I would never suggest that it was a good movie by any means-or even a mediocre one-I strongly suggest that a person watches the original film prior to this one if for no other reason than to gain some continuity. In any case, while this movie-much like its predecessor--was certainly "different" it was still pretty bad all the same and I have rated it accordingly. Below average.