In the wake of a "dirty bomb" attack, a New York City neighborhood known as "Slime City" has been evacuated, except for the homeless ("displaced refugees"). Four squatters searching for food in the ruins of the Zachary Devon Soup Kitchen (Jennifer Bihl, Kealan Patrick Burke, Debbie Rochon, Lee Perkins) discover a supply of Zachary Devon's Home Brewed Elixir and Himalayan Yogurt. When they drink the elixir and eat the yogurt, they are transformed into hideous slime creatures driven to murder - an intermediate step as they are possessed by the spirits of Zachary Devon (Robert Sabin) and the members of his Coven of Flesh, who committed suicide years earlier. When a greedy developer (Roy Frumkes) sets his sites on Slime City, he hires a team of mercenaries (Nelron Hubbard, Tommy Sweeney, T.J. Merrick, Eric Mache, and Nicholas John Morgan Anderson) to wipe out the homeless population. It's a battle royal between the Slime Heads, the mercenaries, and bloodthirsty mutant cannibals! A loving tribute to the over the top splatter films of the 1980s, featuring Brooke Lewis, Mary Bogle, and Lloyd Kaufman. 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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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.
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