The Green Slime Movie Review

Ah, they just don't make ‘em like this anymore! It's danger and romance and slime-monsters galore as a spaceship assigned to intercept an oncoming asteroid inadvertently brings aboard malevolent alien creatures that proceed to menace the whole crew. The one-eyed “Green Slime” are among the, uh, shortest monsters in cinema history. They look more grumpy than vicious, and have the annoying habit of multiplying when the astroboys plug ‘em with their space-guns. Watching this ultra-cheap, U.S./Japanese co-production is kind of like eating a big, greasy hamburger. It'll leave you satisfied, but come dawn you'll feel guilty as heck you didn't consume something more nutritious. Then again, who cares? What could be healthier, after all, than the guffaws inspired by this glorious piece of crap? You can rent that Miramax thing next time. The title song, like that of The Blob, is legendary among aficionados of this particular brand of madness. AKA: Gamma Sango Uchu Daisakusen; Battle Beyond the Stars; Death and the Green Slime.

1968 (G) 90m/C JP Robert Horton, Richard Jaeckel, Luciana Paluzzi, Bud Widom, Ted Gunther, Robert Dunham, Charles Sinclair, William Finger; D: Kinji Fukasaku; W: Tom Rowe; C: Yoshikazu Yamasawa. VHS, Beta MGM