Body Melt

Body Melt
Body Melt DVD Cover
Directed by	Philip Brophy
Written by	Philip Brophy (story) Rod Bishop
Starring	Gerard Kennedy Andrew Daddo
Release date(s)	December 15, 1993
Running time	81 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English

Body Melt (1993) is a satirical Australian horror film directed by Philip Brophy and written by Brophy and Rod Bishop (both ex-→ ↑ →), influenced by "splatstick" Peter Jackson films like Bad Taste and Braindead.

Plot

The movie is about the residents of the small town of Pebbles Court who are the unknowing test subjects for a new variety of "Vimuville" dietary supplement pills that arrive for free in their mailboxes. The pills are designed to produce the ultimate healthy human, but have unexpected side effects including hallucinations and mutations. Despite the attempts made to warn the townsfolk from a previous test subject, who is now undergoing rapid cellular decay, he arrives too late, and crashes his car and is killed by tentacles growing out of his throat. The pills are consumed by the residents, and produce liquefying flesh, elongated tongues, exploding stomachs, exploding penises, imploding heads, monstrous births, tentacles growing out of the face, living mucus, sentient placentas, and other gruesome mutations. Ultimately more and more of the residents of the Pebbles Court mutate or die horrific deaths, until almost every character has been dispatched.

Critical reception

• Video review wrote "With over 150 ways to melt your body, it's one of the most innovative and versatile horror films ever. Guaranteed to make you squirm."
• Samhain wrote "Unique and individual. A wicked and gruesome satire on the clean-living lifestyle of modern Australia as seen across the globe in various TV soaps."
• Screen International described the film "As satirical as it is sick-making. A cult hit."
• Star Burst wrote "Packs more mucous, phlegm, puke, snot, slime & spit than you'd ever think possible."
• Time Out wrote "Despite its emetic preoccupation with exploding stomach's & bodily fluids there is also a liberal injection of black humour."
• Fangoria wrote "A slime-soaked all-out shocker!"
• Face described the film as "A dumb/smart satire on health faclslm. The kind of movie they just don't make anymore."

See also

• Cinema of Australia

External links

• Body Melt at the Internet Movie Database
• Body Melt at AllRovi
• Body Melt at the National Film and Sound Archive
• Movie Review w/ Screenshots and Clip