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starring: Craig Fairbrass, Toni Barry, William Marsh, Jennifer Calvert, Robert Firthdirected by: Bob Keen
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304449370
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, EP, NTSC
ISBN: 6304449372
Label: Vidmark / Trimark
Manufacturer: Vidmark / Trimark
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Vidmark / Trimark
Release Date: May 27, 1997
Running Time: 97 minutes
Sales Rank: 39442
Studio: Vidmark / Trimark
Theatrical Release Date: 1995
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Rating:  - Phenomenal! One Of The Most Underappreciated Movies Ever
Arguably the best Horror/Science Fiction hybrid ever made. The survivors of a sinking ship find refuge on an abandoned oil rig that appears to have been used for alot more than drilling, with all manner of esoteric scientific equipment on board. A fine premise to start with, but it's where "Proteus" goes from there that takes this well beyond anything I ever expected. Apparantly a relatively low-budget film, but it certainly doesn't look like it - tremendous production and craftsmanship on every ... Read More
Rating: - The Blob Meets Deep Sea Drilling
While searching for some new horror and monster movies I came across an interesting little thriller called Proteus. Reading the back I became suspicious that the movie was based on an old book I had read and the opening credits confirmed it. Proteus is based on the book SLIMER by Harry Adam Knight.
A band of drug smugglers are fleeing the authorities when their boat sinks. Eventually their life raft drifts to an offshore drilling rig. One of them manages to climb aboard and send down the ... Read More
Rating: - Cheapo flick.
A group of drug smugglers are stranded on a deserted oil-rig where they come across the results of unpleasant genetic experiments which have gone out of control.
Though hardly a classic (the monster is too comic to be frightening, the acting and script are pretty feeble and Doug Bradley is wasted in a minor and undemanding role), it provides a decent evening's entertainment.
Rating: - Excellent sci-fi horror story !!!
Bob Keen- the wizard of special effects,now famous for his HELLRAISER (the series: parts 1,2,3 & 4)special effect masterpieces and KILLER TONGUE is the mastermind behind this great movie about dope smmuglers who get stranded on an oil rig (after having a freak boat accident)and discover why that oil rig is abandoned and why they are doomed.As to the plot ,it is as excellent as the special effects.If you love gore,shark-like mutant monsters,good scares and violent deaths this movie is for you.If ... Read More
Rating:  - First Carnosaur, now this. H.A.Knight must be annoyed.
This is the adaptation of a Harry Adam Knight novel called 'Slimer'. The book is a superbly tense and gripping tale. That's why I found the film no more than yet another disgustingly wasted licence.
The plot involves a group of shipwrecked people who come across a seemingly deserted oil-rig. They soon meet up with a scientist and find the rig was once used as a genetic research base and that their most unpleasant creation is stll around.
Only very loosely tied to the plot of the ... Read More
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