Contagion

The 2010 movie titled "Contagion" (aka "Bio-Slime") caught my attention given its rather macabre cover. And being a life-long horror fan, of course I had to sit down to watch this movie from writer and director John Lechago, even if I had never even heard about the movie before.

But I have to say, don't get your hopes up for "Contagion", because this is a low budget movie in every sense of the term. And director John Lechago was paying too much focus and attention on pointless nudity and sex scenes in the movie, and that just brought the movie down to a very sleazy level for me. I don't mind nudity or sex scenes, but it was just too much here in this 2010 movie.

The acting performances in "Contagion" were amateurish. I am not saying that they were necessarily bad, but you're not in for award-winning performances of memorable levels here. Some of the acting performances were fair, while others were sluggish and rigid.

Visually then "Contagion" was okay. But again, it was weighed down by the pointless and excessive nudity and focus on sex scenes.

If you enjoy horror movies, then there are far better choices out there. I didn't finish this movie, because it was just too painful to sit and suffer through, and I have zero intentions of returning to watch the rest.

My rating of "Contagion" lands on a two out of ten stars.

I saw an exclusive showing of BIO SLIME at the Las Vegas IndieMeet. Of all the features, this one had viewers asking "How much was the budget on this?" It had some polish on it, especially in the effects area.

Storywise, BIO SLIME is as basic as a horror flick gets - all the characters are trapped in an apartment building with the creature waiting just outside. Some of the occupants are interesting. You have the starving artist, who is facing eviction. He lives next to a porn producer, who shoots movies in his apartment. This provides plenty of naked girls, as potential monster food! BIO SLIME feels like a Sy Fy Channel feature. The impressive monster effects are the real star of this movie. Worth a look, if you're into slimy horror flicks!

As a sucker for indie scifi and horror flicks, no matter how bad they might be made, it took me some effort to get hold of this obscure piece of cinema, but it was definitely worth. it doesn't mess around and gets straight down to business - resulting in the side of a car completely splattered with fresh blood.

before we can think about the circumstances, people start dying left and right, killed by an accidently released organism we never get to know a lot about. there is a porn shooting next door, some related t&a, and soon everyone's panicking, yelling and taking meth, and, of course, getting killed. another reviewer described "bio slime" as a mold from "species" and "the blob", a comparison that can be agreed with. thinking of the fate of one or two characters, i dare to add the story of "starcraft 2", resulting in a couple of scenes i guarantee you haven't seen before, or even alike. even these few minutes are worth the at times slow pace. it is impressive what you can do today in so-called low budget movies.

now for the huge turnoff that made me take 1 star away: the characters themselves. they are a bunch of extraordinarily flat, shallow randoms - some of the chicks actual porn stars -, none of them remotely likeable or sympathetic - and i couldn't help but hate "troy", pretty much the main hero, and his face. don't get me wrong, he wasn't ugly or repulsive, but something in his.. his looks made me constantly think "please die already!" which is a thought i don't have often when viewing horror movies. so yes, give it a try, pick up some friends, get wasted, and enjoy the ride! oh, and don't blame yourself if you crave for troy to get absorbed by the creature. i surely will not.

That's another 90 minutes I won't get back ... terrible script, terrible acting, terrible effects ...... avoid at all costs.

Lot's of gratuitous female nudity .. utter rubbish.

Started badly, got worse in the middle, and the less said about the end the better. Awful acting. Terrible writing. Laughable effects. Quite possibly the worst film I have ever seen... and I rewatched Battlefield Earth immediately after just to be sure!