Philip Brophy – Body Melt (1993)

“The first phase is hallucinogenic… the second phase is glandular… and the third phase is… BODY MELT.”

Synopsis:
from original 1993 press-kit

Injected With an experimental drug, the research chemist Ryan (Robert Simper) leaves a mysterious rural health farm and drives to the outer-city suburb of Hornesville, As Ryan’s body starts to deteriorate and his driving becomes more erratic, a cruising police car starts to chase him. Charging towards a group of houses in Pebbles Court, Homesville, Ryan leaves a cryptic message on his dictaphone: “The first phase is hallucinogenic … The second phase is glandular… The third phase is …”

Before he can finish the sentence, Ryan crashes into a parked car and dies. The cops and various residents approach the wreck, but do not see the bizarre tentacles that crawl out of the dead man’s neck.

Senior detective Sam Phillips (Gerard Kennedy) and his rookie partner Johnno (Andrew Daddo) start investigating the death. Was the dead man attempting to contact one of the residents In Pebbles Court? And why?

Strange things begin to happen to the residents. Paul Mathews (William McInnes) drinks an innocent-looking vitamin powder and starts hallucinating. A ghostly apparition comes for his ribs.

Two young Italian boys Sal and Gino (Nick Polites, Maurie Annese) drive into the outback and are captured by a feral, mutant family and their patriarch Pud (Vince Gill).

The pregnant Cheryl Rand (Lisa McCune) loses her placenta. It hides in the house and then attacks her husband Brian (Brett Climo). The Noble family go to a health farm for “a holiday we’ll never forget”.

The cops begin to piece the puzzle together, making connections between the bizarre events in Hornesville and the so-called health farm run by the insidious Dr. Carrera (Ian Smith) and his assistant Shann (Regina Gaigalas).

But can they stop Carrera ‘s crazy scheme? Or will everything Just keep melting

+Commentary by writer/director/composer Philip Brophy, writer/producer Rod Bishop and producer Daniel Scharf
+Commentary by composer Philip Brophy (focus on sound design and film score)

2.57GB | 1h 22m | 1022×576 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/5A93AEB019F85BF/Body.Melt.1993.576p.BluRay.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

Language:English
Subtitles:English