Slime is a short film by rising Belgium indie horror film director Rob Ceus. With "Bride Zombie", "Zombies from Sector 9", and now this, he is making it known that he has the skill, the passion, and the talent to make a well made and great horror film full of incredible looking practical effects and only relies on a small usage of computer visual effects. A lot of horror directors in Hollywood can learn a thing or two here, they should be following this approach, heavy use of old school practical effects and the CGI only used sparingly when it's impossible for any practical effects to be used. They would make way more memorable, fun, and horrific movies this way, because Slime is way more unforgettable, entertaining, and gruesome than anything to come out of Hollywood in a long, long time.
The plot of the film is short and simple, a meteor crash lands on Earth containing a glowing green liquid. A drunken man named Drogan, (played by Ceus himself), stumbles into the woods and spots the meteor hitting the ground. He goes to investigate, curious at the sight of the green shining meteor, he goes to touch it and ends up getting slime on his fingers which burns his skin. Returning home, he is horrified to discover that the slime is melting him into a puddle of green liquid.
If the plot sounds familiar in a way to Creepshow's segment "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill", that's because it is. The idea was originally given to Rob by his friend and fellow indie horror director Alex Wesley, famous in the underground Russian horror scene for making splatter films like "Zombie Infection" and "Demon Mind". Alex is a huge fan of Creepshow and especially the Jordy Verrill segment. Rob adapted Alex's idea and gave it his own style and twist, turning it into a cool homage to Creepshow, but also The Blob and body shock horror films in general.
The CGI effects for the meteor flying in the sky and crash landing work, it gives the movie a nice old sci-fi horror B-movie charm. The practical stuff is the big highlight of the movie, it's truly impressive that Rob has managed to create these kinds of high quality effects on such a modest budget. The blistering flesh looks real, the popping boils that ooze green liquid look gross, and the main big effect, the man melting into a skeleton and then into nothing is truly outstanding, it has that great Evil Dead feel to it, it's truly fantastic and makes Slime so re-watchable, it is inspiring to see how limitless creativity can be, even when working on a limited budget. It gives hope to upcoming filmmakers that nothing is impossible.
The acting and dialogue in the film gives the movie a nice balance of comedy to go with the horror. There is plenty of colourful language and a great self aware, tongue in cheek, humour that go hand in hand to give you many laughs as well as gasps.
Slime is truly a charming and fun little gem of a short film. And it shows that if Rob Ceus can create this level of quality with a short film on a small budget, imagine what he could do with a feature film on a higher budget.
I highly recommend seeing this film.
The plot of the film is short and simple, a meteor crash lands on Earth containing a glowing green liquid. A drunken man named Drogan, (played by Ceus himself), stumbles into the woods and spots the meteor hitting the ground. He goes to investigate, curious at the sight of the green shining meteor, he goes to touch it and ends up getting slime on his fingers which burns his skin. Returning home, he is horrified to discover that the slime is melting him into a puddle of green liquid.
If the plot sounds familiar in a way to Creepshow's segment "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill", that's because it is. The idea was originally given to Rob by his friend and fellow indie horror director Alex Wesley, famous in the underground Russian horror scene for making splatter films like "Zombie Infection" and "Demon Mind". Alex is a huge fan of Creepshow and especially the Jordy Verrill segment. Rob adapted Alex's idea and gave it his own style and twist, turning it into a cool homage to Creepshow, but also The Blob and body shock horror films in general.
The CGI effects for the meteor flying in the sky and crash landing work, it gives the movie a nice old sci-fi horror B-movie charm. The practical stuff is the big highlight of the movie, it's truly impressive that Rob has managed to create these kinds of high quality effects on such a modest budget. The blistering flesh looks real, the popping boils that ooze green liquid look gross, and the main big effect, the man melting into a skeleton and then into nothing is truly outstanding, it has that great Evil Dead feel to it, it's truly fantastic and makes Slime so re-watchable, it is inspiring to see how limitless creativity can be, even when working on a limited budget. It gives hope to upcoming filmmakers that nothing is impossible.
The acting and dialogue in the film gives the movie a nice balance of comedy to go with the horror. There is plenty of colourful language and a great self aware, tongue in cheek, humour that go hand in hand to give you many laughs as well as gasps.
Slime is truly a charming and fun little gem of a short film. And it shows that if Rob Ceus can create this level of quality with a short film on a small budget, imagine what he could do with a feature film on a higher budget.
I highly recommend seeing this film.