A man’s new apartment doesn’t exactly do him any favors in this horror film from the great Greg Lamberson. 

Alex is a college student who has been looking for his own apartment in New York City. When he finally finds one, both he and his girlfriend Lori are excited. While Alex is hoping that now he has his own place, perhaps he can be intimate with Lori. However, Lori is not quite comfortable yet and this tends to get under Alex’s skin. When Alex meets his neighbors Roman and Nicole, Roman gives Alex a mint pudding made by fellow neighbor Lizzie as well as a wine that he will soon regret taking.

The next morning, Alex awakens and finds himself slowly melting. When he is confronted by a homeless man, Alex kills the man and finds himself back to normal. As he finds himself melting each day and killing just to revert back to normal, Alex soon learns the horrifying truth. His neighbors are part of a cult in which Nicole’s dad, Zachary, is part of the elixir that will enable him to take over his body in time. Will Alex be able to stop the chaos or will he have to rely on Lori to help?

This would be the film that launched the career of Gregory Lamberson, hailed as one of the great cult classic directors today. His debut film brings to mind films of the era like The Stuff and Street Trash. The story of a man’s chance at freedom leads to some dire consequences is pretty gruesome and at times insane. It will remind viewers of some of the recently re-released shot-on-video terrors from the gang over at Visual Vengeance and fits right in with the times. 

Robert C. Sabin is great in the lead of Alex. He defines a typical 80’s college student in films. One who wants to get intimate with his girlfriend. However, when his girlfriend refutes him, he seeks solace only to learn that there is a major price to pay. Mary Huner actually plays two roles in the film. One is that of Lori, Alex’s girlfriend and the other is a more sensuous character in Nicole. One can tell right away Nicole is a “lady of the night” and of course we learn she is that in more ways as one as she is part of a cult where she worships her “daddy” Zachary. 

The special effects are well, what one would expect for an 80’s B-movie and quite frankly, you will most likely find them laughable, which in this day of age, is a very good thing. Seeing Alex in his melty form is quite insane to watch because one would think we would see some skeleton of sorts, The yogurt he ends up eating is like The Stuff and when he wakes up, he looks like a human-yogurt hybrid (cue the ewww!) but if that’s not crazy enough, the final act is definitely mind blowing…both figuratively and literally! Lamberson would return to the insanity with his 2010 sequel Slime City Massacre.

Slime City is definitely an amazing 80’s B-movie gem. This is the film that would launch the filmmaking force that is Greg Lamberson with some pretty gnarly FX and one insane finale!

WFG RATING: B+

Camp Motion Pictures present a Bare Bones production. Director: Gregory Lamberson. Producer: Peter Clark, Marc J. Makowski, and Gregory Lamberson. Writer: Gregory Lamberson. Cinematography: Peter Clark. Editing: Gregory Lamberson and Briton Petrucelly.

Cast: Robert C. Sabin, Mary Huner, T.J. Merrick, Dennis Embry, Dick Biel, Jane Doniger Reibel, Bunny Levine, Marilyn Oran, T. Clay Dickinson.