The Slime People

Released Sep 18, 1963

1h 16m

Sci-Fi

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Waked by nuclear tests, earth-core humanoids dome Los Angeles to make it slimier.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Aug 27, 2005

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Daniel Eagan

Film Journal International

Rated: 1/5

Jun 25, 2004

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

The title ought to tell you what you need to know.

Rated: 1/5

Aug 21, 2003

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Bob Bloom

Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Just slither away from this grade Z offering.

Rated: 1/5

May 21, 2003

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nick s

Unfortunately no redeeming features in this low grade shlock. The acting was particularly hard to watch... like the staff of the local supermarket giving it a whirl. The storyline was the real horror story, and the chalkboard scratching exposition a total nightmare.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/20/24

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There's so much fog in this movie, Lucio Fulci got jealous. So much fog that the Elizabeth Dane wrecked. So much fog… You get it, right? A bunch of lizard people emerge from under Los Angeles and use their fog machine to invade the city because, well, we nuked them out of their homes. Luckily, Tom Gregory (Robert Hutton, who also directed the movie) joins with a group of survivors to battle the slimy reptiles, who can't deal with salt or their own spears. Susan Hart — who would one day marry American-International Pictures president James H. Nicholson and appear in their beach movies — is one of the humans battling the mucky scaly heels. This entire movie was filmed in the studios of KTLA but ran out of money after nine days. The slime creatures cost most of the money and none of the stuntmen or Hutton got paid. There was also the wild thought to use small people as giant voles who would lead the invasion, but when they watched the footage, it was too silly to use. Just think of that, as this movie is one of the goofiest films ever made. I wish I could watch that footage. Hutton would go on to write Persecution, which was one of Lana Turner's last films. It's just as goofy — maybe more — than this one.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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The filmmakers do pull off a neat trick by telling us the whole backstory through archival footage of newscasts discovered at a TV station. Of course the fog helps to obscure any shortcomings that might have cropped up, but by the end of the movie it's very, very thick, and being in black and white anyway, the thick gray haze quickly grows annoying, as you suspect that any action that is being hidden isn't worth straining to see. And elementary math skills reveal that they could afford three Slime People suits, because that's the most you ever see on screen at one time. This does tend to dilute the concept of the Slime People as a world-conquering horde.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Mystery Science Theater 3000 was right, this film really is a compost pile. It's one of the shitiest films i have ever seen yet, one of the most boring one too. The acting is horrible and there's a total lac of action and for most of the movie, you can't even see what's going on, there's too much artificial fog ! This movie really put me to sleep, even MST3K couldn't help. Boring piece of shit.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Slime people from underground attempted to take over the world by lowering the temperature and killing innocent humans, the survivors must band together to stop them. The slime people look like people with scabs. If you think the plot is bad, try the acting.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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anthony w

That was bad. I mean really bad.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Robert Hutton

Director

Robert Hutton

Tom Gregory

Les Tremayne

Norman Tolliver

Robert Burton

Prof. Galvin

Blair Robertson

Writer

Vance Skarstedt

Writer

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Synopsis

Waked by nuclear tests, earth-core humanoids dome Los Angeles to make it slimier.

Director: Robert Hutton
Screenwriter: Blair Robertson, Vance Skarstedt
Distributor: Rhino Entertainment Company [us], Westlake Entertainment Group, Sinister Cinema, Video Gems, Donald J. Hansen Enterprises
Production Co: Joseph F. Robertson Productions
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 18, 1963, Original
Runtime: 1h 16m
Sound Mix: Mono

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