The Slime People

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Summary: Cannot watch a DVD title with no dialog track!
Review: I was sooooo excited to see that Rhino Video was finally releasing this schlock 1962 B&W C-grade Sci-Fi/Horror gem, having worn out 2 VHS video copies of it. I grew up with this title, and it's still FABULOUS-as bottom-shelf as it gets. However, when I received my copy, it had no audible dialog track for the actors! I contacted Rhino for a replacement, having told them about the problem. After sending back the original copy at my own expense, I received a replacement approx. 1 mo. later. It too contained no dialog track. The sound track for the ambient sound (background/sound effects/musical score) is there, and the picture/transfer print is nice, but without dialog, it is thoroughly unwatchable. All in all, the most unsatisfying experience I have had with ANY DVD product ever. I don't know if I just happened to score the "mother lode" with 2 defective copies out of thousands, or what. I do know that I tried all available audio setting combinations available on my DVD player, and none would make the dialog track audible. I compared other DVD's to it on every setting imaginable, and they all worked flawlessly. I would say that the quality control of Rhino products is deplorable, and that their customer service dept's. cheif aim is to get you off of their backs. I give up. I'll get another VHS copy.
-Steven & Ateusa Cappello-Oregon

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Summary: an amusing, entertaining B-movie
Review: Most of the elements of a really good (or bad, depending on how you look at it) B-movie are in place here. The acting is bad, but in a funny, campy sort of way. The monsters look kind of cool yet, at the same time, hilarious. The irrational actions of both humans and monsters are also a great source of amusement in this film. The movie begins right in the middle of the crisis, wherein the slime monsters have invaded L.A. and built a wall around the city, but as the scientist and his two daughters are explaining this horrible apocalyptic situation, they are acting as though they are going to a tea party. An episode of hysteria breaks out at one point as a man the group hardly knows is killed by a monster, yet when the scientist's daughter is dragged away by the monsters, no one shows any emotion at all. Her boyfriend, who is at fault for the occurence, acts about as upset as if he had just spilled a glass of water. Maybe not even that upset. Some of the monster death scenes are so silly that I had to rewind the tape several times to watch them over and over again. These are just a few of the things I found funny about this movie. Cheesy B-movie fans really need to see this one. It's a very good bad movie!

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Summary: Passable DVD of grade-Z chiller
Review: This is another of those sentimental favorite Saturday-afternoon cheesy monster flicks, though I have to admit it's probably rough sledding for the mainstream movie crowd. While not the monumental mess that bad film junkies hope for, there's still plenty of horrible acting and bizarre dialogue and plotting, and the Slime People themselves are pretty cool looking (even if you can see their pants underneath the suits). Fans of Zappa-style "cheepnis" won't be disappointed. On the downside, it's a bit talky at times, and the younger crowd raised on Bottin and Baker and CGI may find it boring.
Rhino's DVD is plenty sharp and the source print is very clean with only some very light, sporadic speckling visible. The beginning and end of the movie exhibit very-good-to-excellent tonal values and detail, although the middle third or so looks quite dark. It appears that it was filmed this way (there's lots of fog everywhere and apparently these scenes were shot day-for-night, if badly). Other scenes interspersed with the dark sections look just fine. My Video Gems VHS pre-record appears quite a bit brighter, though it's also too contrasty, very soft, and lacking in detail; generally far inferior except for the brightness issue. Rhino's transfer appears to more accurately capture the values of the source material, though this leaves some scenes almost unwatchably dark. Fans of this movie will probably bear with it, others may find it rough going. No trailer, just chapter stops like other Rhino/Acme releases. All in all not bad for the money, but not spectacular either.

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Summary: Bad sound
Review: This is definitely one of those so bad it's good movies. I've got quite a few other DVDs that would fall into the same category and love 'em all. HOWEVER,,,, on this one the sound was so bad that it pretty much ruined the movie for me. One channel had mostly hissing coming from it. I'm wondering if it might be just a bad copy,,,but I kinda doubt it.

Rating:
Summary: Bad sound
Review: This is definitely one of those so bad it's good movies. I've got quite a few other DVDs that would fall into the same category and love 'em all. HOWEVER,,,, on this one the sound was so bad that it pretty much ruined the movie for me. One channel had mostly hissing coming from it. I'm wondering if it might be just a bad copy,,,but I kinda doubt it.

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Summary: More like a comedy than a horror movie
Review: This movie is a real bad one. The story is not bad, but the actors are soooo terrible. The dialogues are cheasy...What else is there to say ? Well, some slimy monsters try to conquer earth and killing everone who is in sight and a group of people trying to defense our world. If you want to see a comedy, I think "The slime people" will certainly make you laugh !

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Summary: One of my top ten movies
Review: This was a good movie. Most of these reviews say that its so bad its good. That by definition is a good movie. The problem is that a lot of these people either don't remember the late 50's and early 60's or they have forgot the times. I was a young kid when this came out. The first time I saw one of the slime people come out of the sewer I was pretty nervous. The hero is heroic, the girls are pretty (for their time), the professor was a genius about everything and the marine was what people saw a marine as in those days. Special effects are hoaky by todays standards. Of course there isn't a thousand people getting killed every five minutes either.Since it first came out on beta I bought a copy. I have had a copy ever since. I just ordered the DVD. I hope the sound works. If it doesn't I'll buy a new tape and convert it. This is a must have movie.