The plot is nothing Oscar worthy, but is revolves around two guys and his girlfriend. They move into a New York City apartment where they meet their weird Satanic Neighbors give them this green goo-like pudding shit (and he actually eats it!) that turns him into a slimy, zombie-like creature. After which he goes around town bandaged like Darkman and claims victims to quench his thirst. One scene in fact reminds me a lot of the motel scene in The Burning.
One of the bright spots of this movie are the special make-up effects. Everything from the prosthetics, animatronics and make up look pretty professional at times and not something you’d see in a larger budget movie. It’s too bad that some of the effects weren’t shown more and not cut away from so quickly, but then again maybe that’s why they looked so good.
One of the movies low points is the acting, but really with movies of this caliber it’s exactly what we expect and have grown to love. The leading man (Robert Sabin) gave a solid performance as well as the leading lady (Mary Huner). Otherwise the rest of the cast seemed like a bunch of friends and extras. Mainly the portly “friend” that looked much like Shelly (Larry Zerner) from Friday The 13th: Part III.
One of the finest features of the Retro Shock-O-Rama DVD are the extras.
Slime City was a favorite of mine since I was in Middle School and was
very pleased with the DVD. We get commentary by the leading man Robert Sabin and director Greg Lambertson, which was a great ride through making the film and making low budget films in general. Pretty much everything from the cameras, the editing and locations to the making of the special effects were discussed.
We also get a nifty mini documentary on the making of the film which includes behind the scenes bits on the animatronics and special effects. As far as I am concerned the DVD is worth the price for this for all fans of the movie. Last, and most certainly not least we have a bonus movie (Naked Fear) by director Greg Lambertson with audio commentary.
In short, Slime City is a fun, gore-soaked trek into 1980’s (well, pretty much 1990’s) low budget cinema. The movie is well put together, well edited, well directed and cleaned up/remastered and feels like a modern movie. For some reason the green pudding shit reminded me a lt of Troll 2, however I think this film is much better– and not in a “so bad it’s good” way.
The bonus movie “Naked Fear” isn’t as entertaining as “Slime City” but it is as equally well put together.