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Body Melt (1993)

Body Melt poster
Directed by
Philip Brophy
Genre
horror film, biopunk
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 22m
Rated
MA 15+
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 116 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A fitness supplement wreaks havoc on a suburban community by causing people to violently decompose. The film follows multiple characters as their bodies break down in increasingly extreme ways.

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What happens

Body Melt is a 1993 Australian independent body horror film directed by Philip Brophy and written by Brophy and Rod Bishop. Brophy and Bishop are ex-members of the art punk group → ↑ →. The pair also composed the film's soundtrack. The movie satirises suburban lifestyles and fitness fads. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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