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| Body Melt | |
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| Directed by | Philip Brophy |
| Written by | Rod Bishop Philip Brophy |
| Produced by | Rod Bishop Daniel Scharf |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Ray Argall |
| Edited by | Bill Murphy |
| Music by | Philip Brophy |
| Distributed by |
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Release date |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Body Melt is a 1993 Australian independent science fiction black comedybody horror film directed byPhilip Brophy and written by Brophy and Rod Bishop. Brophy and Bishop are ex-members of theart punk group→ ↑ →. The pair also composed the film's soundtrack. The movie satirises suburban lifestyles and fitness fads.[1]
The residents of Pebbles Court in the suburb of Homesville inMelbourne are the unknowing test subjects for a new variety of 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, includinghallucinations andmutations.[2]
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, livingmucus, sentientplacentas, and other gruesome transmutations. Ultimately more and more of the residents of Pebbles Court mutate or die horrific deaths, until almost every character has been dispatched.
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The film was shot in October and November 1992.[3]
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| Award | Category | Subject | Result |
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| AACTA Award (1993 AFI Awards) | Best Editing | Bill Murphy | Nominated |
| Best Sound | Philip Brophy | Nominated | |
| Craig Carter | Nominated | ||
| Best Costume Design | Anna Borghesi | Nominated | |
| Saturn Award | Best Genre Video Release | Nominated | |
| Sitges Film Festival | Best Film | Philip Brophy | Nominated |
Body Melt was released onDVD with a new print by Umbrella Entertainment in August 2006. The DVD is compatible with all region codes and includes special features such as the original theatrical trailer, Umbrella Entertainment trailers, a behind the scenes featurette with cast and crew and a storyboard gallery.[9]
On 25 September 2018, the film was released on DVD andBlu-ray byVinegar Syndrome.[10]