Slime City

(Gregory Lamberson ;1989)

(Camp Video)

Thirty years ago a powerful alchemist named Zachary ordered all of his disciples to commit suicide with him in the basement of his tenement. Zachary’s wife remained with the living in order to procure host bodies for the reincarnation of the souls of the self-slain.

As the landlord of this run-down building she supplies the tenants with Zachary’s potent “Himalayan yogurt” and home grown grain which are quite irreversibly addictive. The hapless consumers cannot quench their thirst for the powerful hallucinatory effect which seems to turn them into oozing slime-drenched creatures bent on violence. By the time it becomes apparent to the victims that these are by no means hallucinations, the transmigration of souls is almost complete.

The tale centers around Alex, an aspiring art student who rents a flat in the forsaken building and is being groomed as the host for Zachary himself. His desperate struggle to remain sane as he discovers Satan’s secrets becomes the crux of the cult’s survival and continued dominance in their demented corner of the world.

An interesting bizarre bit of film. Plenty of gore but no nudity to be found. The production is cheap but effective with some decent special effects work and the story, however convoluted, is entertaining enough to stave off boredom. And as the title promises, plenty of slime for you slime fetishists. Worth a rental.

Overall Score: 6.5

(Rating scale is out of 10, with 1 being the worst and 10 the best)