A team of astronauts are called upon to destroy a particularly large asteroid that is on a collision course with Earth. While they are planting charges on the big rock, an ooey, gooey green substance is discovered, and it ends up attaching itself to the suit of one of the crewmen. When the suit and the substance are back aboard their space station, it evolves, creating a bipedal, red eyed, tentacled monster. And its oozing green blood merely helps to make the creature multiply. Our intrepid heroes who must stop the infestation include Jack Rankin (Robert Horton of 'Wagon Train') and Vince Elliott (Richard Jaeckel, "Grizzly").Whether or not the filmmakers actually had their tongues in their cheeks, the end result is that "The Green Slime" is magnificently cruddy sci-fi, a true camp classic. Some viewers may deride it for being overly silly and juvenile, but there's no denying its goofy charm, especially when the monsters are stomping around. The main problem is that it simply goes on too long, and interest level may wane for some in the audience. The special effects are hilariously awful, although the monsters are great fun, what with their tacky appearance. Overall, this American / Italian / Japanese production, directed by Japanese filmmaker Kinji Fukasaku ("Battle Royale"), provides pretty colorful entertainment, at least in a literal sense, and its widescreen photography also helps a great deal.Viewers may feel embarrassed for co-stars Horton and Jaeckel, but they give admirably straight faced performances in the face of such inanity. Luscious Italian babe Luciana Paluzzi ("Thunderball") is mostly good for eye candy, as are assorted other female bit players. You do have to love the way that so many of these female space travellers wear miniskirts.That priceless, rocking theme song ("The Greeeen Sliiime!!!") is over much too quickly; it's the kind of thing for which you want to rewind the movie.Provided that prospective viewers know what to expect, they can have quite a good time with this one.Five out of 10.

I watched this expecting to find a typical, late 60's low budget sci-fi movie of little interest. Instead, while I found some of that (especially the low budget angle) what I actually found was a fun, fairly exciting movie. The special effects included were pretty standard for this kind of movie, the sets were well designed and the alien creatures were silly-looking but nevertheless interesting.The story is set mostly on a futuristic space station. A huge asteroid is discovered that's on a collision course with earth, and a team led by Commander Rankin (Robert Horton) is assigned to blow it up. Rankin's assignment is the source of friction with Commander Elliott (Richard Jaeckel), who's normally in command of the station but is displaced by Rankin for the mission. The fact that these two are former best friends who obviously have some issues left over from having worked together in the past creates tension, and complicating that tension even further is the fact that Elliott's fiancé (Luciana Paluzzi) is also Rankin's ex- girlfriend. Yes, there's a bit of melodrama involved with this! On the asteroid the team discovers a strange green slime (as the title implies) and inadvertently carries some of it back to the station when they complete their mission. The slime turns out to be alien blood cells that feed off electricity and grow rapidly into these weird looking creatures that also produce electricity and can therefore electrocute those they come in contact with. The story basically revolves around the battle against these creatures, and whether the crew of the station will survive.All things considered, it's pretty well done. The performances are, I would say, a bit above standard for this kind of movie. Despite being set well into the future it's very much a product of its cultural times (as the theme music suggests) but it makes for an enjoyable hour and a half. (7/10)

Sci-fi movies don't age well. What was plausible only a few decades ago seems funny now (can you imagine the mass hysteria that was caused by a radio broadcast of "war of the worlds" today?). So if you want to watch this movie be sure to let go of your 21st century knowledge and view it like it's 1968. If you want to know about it's looks and feel just imagine the thunder birds with real people and... GREEN SLIME!It's a fun movie that shows what the 60's where about. The women are sexy and can do little more then scream and look helpless. The men are all robust and react without fear. People are confident in the future of space travel and believe it is only a matter of time before many manned space stations will be in earth's orbit. And unfortunately it also shows that the apartheid was not over yet as shown by the all-white crew.

I'm rating this one 8/10 when compared to other pre-1970 B- sci-fi films. Do not believe the current low rating. Only a boring or incomprehensible film deserves such a low rating and this movie is neither.The plot revolves around an expedition of astronauts that are sent on a mission to destroy an asteroid that is headed on a collision course with earth. Unfortunately the team brings back a minute piece of "green slime" with them from the asteroid to the space station where their mission is based. That green slime is capable of rapid growth and multiplication into human sized creatures when exposed to electricity and soon threatens the survival of all on board.Forget the plot, though, and check out the hilarity of what is going on in both the foreground and the background. From the theme song's lyrics ("Will you believe it when you're dead?") to the art design and sets that look like they were built in someone's backyard for an Ed Wood production you won't stop laughing.Some things that I found particularly amusing include the ground commander - "the old man" - who has an incredible sweating problem. Someone out of view even hands him a handkerchief at one point, but he doesn't seem to take the hint that he needs to handle this problem as he perspires buckets throughout the film. Then there are the uniforms. Some soldiers are dressed like police officers, others are dressed in orange jumpsuits that look like prison garb. When a general alarm sounds half the crew runs up and down the stairs in a somewhat meaningless fashion while the other half just loiters and leans on the railing.Then there is that celebration at the space station after the asteroid is destroyed. Check out those odd dance moves - I guarantee your next invite to a party will be your last if you imitate these steps in public. I'm sure neither Debbie Allen nor Hermes Pan was involved in the choreography. Also note that the male soldiers at the dance are all still in uniform but that the women are in low cut blouses and mini skirts and have somehow found access to some very fancy hairdos.Finally there is the trio central to the film - two commanders that were best friends but now do an awful lot of macho posturing since a girl has come between them - a beautiful lady M.D. who looks all of 23 yet is head doctor at a space station.I could go on and on but you get the idea. If you like MST3K style humor, if you like so bad it's wonderful you'll love Green Slime.