EDITOR’S NOTE: The Slime People was on Chiller Theater on Saturday, February 25, 1967 at 11:20 p.m.; Saturday, March 30, 1968 at 1:00 a.m.; Saturday, March 29, 1969 at 1:00 a.m. and Saturday, June 12, 1971 at 11:30 p.m.

There’s so much fog in this movie that Lucio Fulci got jealous.

There was so much fog that the Elizabeth Dane wrecked.

So much fog…

You get it, right?

A bunch of lizard people emerge from under Los Angeles and use their fog machine to invade the city because, well, we nuked them out of their homes. Luckily, Tom Gregory (Robert Hutton, who also directed the movie) joins a group of survivors to battle the slimy reptiles, who can’t handle salt or their own spears.

Susan Hart — who would one day marry American-International Pictures president James H. Nicholson and appear in their beach movies — is one of the humans battling the mucky scaly heels.

This entire movie was filmed in the studios of KTLA, but ran out of money after nine days. The slime creatures cost most of the money, and neither the stuntmen nor Hutton got paid. There was also the wild thought of using small people as giant voles to lead the invasion, but when they watched the footage, it seemed too silly to use. Just think of that, as this movie is one of the goofiest films ever made. I wish I could watch that footage.

Hutton would go on to write Persecution, which was one of Lana Turner’s last films. It’s just as goofy — maybe more — than this one.