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Presented by RMIT School of Media & Communication

Melbourne Overlooked Film Festival 2021

Opening Night

When
Thu 10 Jun
Where
The Theatre

Despite its emetic preoccupations – exploding stomachs, elongating tongues, etc – this mordant debut feature is in fact less a splatterfest than a consumerist satire.

– Time Out

This event has been cancelled in line with the Victorian government’s public health announcement. For further information please visit MOFF’s website.

An RMIT student-led initiative unearthing underground, underappreciated and unconventional cinema. The Festival opens with an exclusive screening of cult classic sci-fi horror Body Melt (1993) followed by an intimate panel with director Philip Brophy.

Starring iconic Aussie actors Ian Smith (best known as Harold Bishop from Neighbours) and Gerard Kennedy (Glitch, 2015), this schlocky ozploitation gem follows the residents of peaceful Pebbles Court who are being unknowingly used as test experiments for a new supplement pill that causes rapid body decomposition, ghastly mutations and painful death.

Tickets on sale 3 June.

Presented by RMIT School of Media and Communication.

 

Released:

1993
Length:

81 minutes
Country:

Australia
Director:

Philip Brophy
Genres:

Horror, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Language:

English
Rating:

MA 15+
Courtesy:

21st Century Pictures

Cast
Gerard Jennedy

Andrew Daddo

Ian Smith

Crew
Producers: Rod Bishop, Lars Michalak, Daniel Scharf

Cinematography: Ray Argall

Editing: Bill Murphy

Music: Phillip Brophy

Art Direction: Peta Lawson

Production Design: Maria Kozic

Costume Design: Anna Borghesi