Slime City (1988)

A student moves into a run-down building in New York City. His bizarre neighbors make a concoction in their apartment they call wine, but when he takes some of it, he turns into a deformed, murderous monster.

Director:

Greg Lamberson

Writer:

Greg Lamberson

Stars:

Robert C. Sabin, Mary Huner, T.J. Merrick

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert C. Sabin	...	Alex
Mary Huner	...	Lori / Nicole
T.J. Merrick	...	Jerry
Dennis Embry	...	Roman
Dick Biel	...	Det. Irish
Jane Doniger Reibel	...	Lizzy
Bunny Levine	...	Ruby
Marilyn Oran	...	Selina
T. Clay Dickinson	...	Derelict
Terry Spivey	...	Seaman
Eva Lee	...	Prostitute
Jamie Johnson	...	Tracy (as Jamie Zozzaro)
Allen Lewis Rickman	...	Horace (as Alan Rickman)
Ivy Rosovsky	...	Rene (as Ivy J. Rosovsky)
Gary Stein	...	Mr. Swan

Storyline

Slime City is the story of Alex, an art student just trying to get some. He rents an apartment from a seemingly sweet old Lizzie to try to sway his girlfriend Lori into 'sleeping' over. Roman and Nicole, the building's other two youth residents take more than a healthy interest in our boy. Nicole practically says 'Come up and plow me sometime' and Roman has him over for green pudding and haunted Crème de Methe. Roman explains the goo is Himalayan yogurt made by Lizzie and the wine is made by her dead alchemist father Zachary. Staggering back to his apartment, Alex runs into Nicole. Then they take off their pants and run into each other a few more times. Alex wakes up the next morning covered in slime or possibly melting. He decides to go out for tea and murders a hobo. Before the hobo's blood is dry, Alex is back to normal. Roman brings by some more goo and Alex hoovers it up. Afterwards, he meets Lori's parents and ruins dinner with the revelation that he no longer wants to move in ...

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Taglines:

A horror film with guts!

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 May 1988 (USA)

Also Known As:

Despedazator

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bare Bones Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by Slime City Massacre (2010)

User Reviews

Fun in a trashy way

I can't say I enjoyed Slime City too much, but it does have an element of trashy fun to it. The atmosphere is similar to Basket Case, only trashier and on a lower budget. There are some cool death scenes early on, but then the pace seems to plod for ages. There's a good erotic dance scene from one of the ladies which some may enjoy. The only reason I would recommend Slime City to anyone is for the scenes at the end, which are priceless. The girlfriend of the guy turning into slime hacks his head off, and the head splits apart and his brain tries to escape by slithering across the floor. Seeing that she is in front of him, the brain turns around to slither in the opposite direction. She then hacks him up.

If you can tolerate low budget trash this may be your sort of thing, just don't expect too much.