bensonmum2 After successfully destroying an asteroid that was on a collision course with Earth, the team returns to space station Gamma III. They don't know it, but they brought a little something back with them from the asteroid. It's a very small sample of some sort of green slime. The slime reacts with the energy flowing through the base and, in no time at all, it's grown into a full size, one-eye, tentacled creature capable of killing with its electric touch. At first, the team on the base tries to shot and kill it. But they discover that with each wound, the creature loses a certain amount of green blood. This green blood is capable of rapid cell division and will turn into another creature. The main goal now is to defeat these creatures and make sure none reaches the Earth.Believe it or not, but The Green Slime has been on my "To See" list as long as I've had a "To See" list. I watched it last night and wasn't disappointed. I've read any number of reviews where people write about liking the movie because it's campy or cheesy or "so bad, it's good". I'll go along with campy and cheesy, but bad – no way. I enjoyed The Green Slime because I found it wildly entertaining. Here's a laundry list of things that worked for me while watching the film:1. The three main actors – If The Green Slime was going to work for me, I had to buy into the performances of the three main actors – Robert Horton, Richard Jaeckel, and the insanely gorgeous Luciana Paluzzi. All three made this movie special. All three contributed immensely to my overall enjoyment of the film.2. The special effects – I loved 'em! The miniatures were just so cool. From the space station to the UN building to the bombs on the asteroid – the miniatures worked on me. The creature design was also a hit with me. These wild, green-bumpy-skinned creatures with their electric arms flailing about might have been cheesy, but they were also effective. The first one we see, wriggling on the floor, was actually creepy. 3. The direction – Director Kinji Fukasaku hit all the right notes. This thing was a blast from start to finish. The pacing was spot on. There's drama and excitement around every corner. The action, particularly as space station gang is trying to corral the creatures, never stops. Very nice show.4. The love triangle – I'm as surprised as anyone, but the love triangle worked on me. Kudos has to go to Horton and Jaeckel for the chest-thumping performances and the way Paluzzi played both of them. And I loved the way it all played out in the end. The two that belonged together could finally be together. Usually I don't care about stuff like this, but I found it enjoyable here.I could go on and on. I haven't even touched on the cool 60s set design, the opening theme song, or the incredible lighting/cinematography. I keep saying this, but it all worked on me. Overall, The Green Slime is one of the most entertaining films I've seen in a long, long time. Given the joy it brought me, I feel good about the 9/10 rating I've given the film.

poe-48833 Like THE BLOB (the original), THE GREEN SLIME boasts a theme song (though the theme song for THE GREEN SLIME is nowhere NEAR as cool as the theme for THE BLOB), some earnest performances (especially Richard Jaeckel, who gives an uncharacteristically intense performance this time around), and some way out special effects. Like the Blob, the Green Slime is a gelatinous glob that lives and grows and wrecks havoc on everything (and everyONE) around it. The close quarters of the space station where THE GREEN SLIME runs rampant are appropriately claustrophobic and some of the deaths depicted in the movie were pretty graphic back in the day: I had the FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND in which THE GREEN SLIME was the cover story when I was a kid, and the shot of the "slimed" doctor actually made me nauseous... Not as Great as THE BLOB, THE GREEN SLIME is, nonetheless, an entertaining Blast From The Past.

zardoz-13 "Tora, Tora, Tora" director Kinji Fukasaku's "The Green Slime" isn't as atrocious a sci-fi-horror chiller as I had been led to believe. Of course, my chief complaints are the campy special effects, particularly the inflatable-looking space station held aloft by two wires, its rickety doors, and ultimately the worst, the monsters that strut around the station with a pair of twirling tentacles spewing electrical sparks. Predictably, these half-pint monsters are green, scale-ridden, and equipped with one large eye like a cyclops. Now that I think about it, they resemble Minions with tentacles swirling above their heads, and those sputtering, live-wire electric cables can whip a man to death and electrocute them. These goofy critters reproduce with licentiousness of rabbits, and they feed ravenously on power. As villainous creatures, they look hilarious. Reportedly, Japanese school children wore these costumes. On the other hand, their arsenal of electric energy makes them impressive as does their excessive numbers. Unlike most idiotic monsters that try to kill the heroes, these monsters can kill, do kill, and come close to taking out the star. Before the humans outsmart these creatures, they exercise an irrefutable advantage over mankind. Boiled down to basics, the first third of "The Green Slime" concerns an "Armageddon" encounter with an enormous asteroid on a collision course with Earth. Commander Jack Rankin (Robert Horton of "Apache War Smoke") is dispatched to take command of a team to destroy the asteroid. They land on the asteroid and set explosive charges, and then leave. One of their landing party has picked up a wad of green slime on his uniform. They blast the asteroid to smithereens and eliminate it as a threat to Earth. Once they are back aboard space station Gamma III, the landing party shed their uniforms to have them decontaminated. During the routine decontamination process, the green slime swells to life. When the system overloads, the technician checks on it and fear sets in when he sees the monster. A general quarters alarm sounds, and Rankin and Space Station Commander Vince Elliott (Richard Jaeckel of "The Dirty Dozen") rush to the spot. Chief science officer Dr. Hans Halvorsen (Ted Gunther of "The Cop Hater"), briefs Rankin and Elliot about the abilities of these green things. First, they feed on energy and gravitate toward power sources. Second, they reproduce in great numbers. Third, shooting a laser at them will kill them, but it will also result in spores flying forth to grow. Fourth, these critters scorch their victims, covering them with burn wounds, if they don't kill them. Fifth, they constitute a veritable army that is extremely lethal. Commander Rankin, Space Station Commander Elliot, and chief medical supervisor Dr. Lisa Benson (Luciana Paluzzi of "Thunderball") must contend with their formidable but funny monsters. During the second third of "The Green Slime," they reduce power as much as they can and try to lure the monsters into a storage room and away from the injured personnel so they can be evacuated to safety. Eventually, by the last third of "The Green Slime," Rankin realizes that there is no escape from these creatures. They are reproduced to the extent that they cover the exterior of the space station. Rankin informs his superiors that based on the alien's lethal attributes that have no alternative than to abandon the space station and blow it up. Naturally, Space Station Commander Elliot refuses to believe that they must sacrifice the station.Fukasaku sets up the story well enough and then the action wanes during the second thirty minutes before it generates momentum in the last half-hour. The cinematography changes drastically for the better during the last thirty minutes with Fukasaku adopting Dutch Tilt angle to heighten the suspense. Robert Hort0n acts like he took the shenanigans of these creatures seriously, and the rivalry between Rankin and Commander Elliot offers a breath of soap opera reality. As it turns out, Dr. Benson and Rankin have had a history, and Benson has been romantically engaged with Elliot. What Benson fails to admit to herself is that she still loves Rankin despite having announced her impending marriage to Elliot. Unfortunately, the valiant Elliot doesn't survive, while Rankin and Benson do. Despite the phony special effects, "The Green Slime" isn't the dreck that you've heard it was.

brock-121-640273 If you are looking for complex character development, scientific realism, or top-notch special effects, leave now (why on earth would you look for these things in a movie titled "The Green Slime" anyway?).If, however, you want a fun hour or so with some popcorn watching people shoot monsters with ray guns, you can do much worse than "The Green Slime".Some movies are just "so bad it's good"; stilted acting, amateurish writing, and bad sets make them funny in spite of themselves. This isn't one of those. This is a fun concept, with limited and dated effects, that is made enjoyable by some good actors and decent screen writing.Those reviewers who have likened this to Godzilla movies were dead-on: campy, fun, well-acted, and with no shortage of miniatures or rubber-suit monsters.Grab the kids, pop some popcorn, and enjoy this one on a Sunday afternoon. 8 out of 10 stars.