The Green Slime

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Chris H @Chillville Dec 18 Another entry in B movie heaven. Green Slime from the psychedelic theme song entry you know you are in for the full can of cheese. Wiz that is. True B Sci-fi magic at work. A simple visit to collect samples from a passing comet leads to the attempted takeover by "aliens" of a large space station above earth. Ray gun fu - check, Aliens with tentacles - check Super fake special effects? You guessed it check check. Relax sit back enjoy this total B love fest. See more Jace T @CineChamber Sep 24 I have began a Mystery Science Theater 3000 journey, so I ended up watching The Green Slime movie, as that was the first film MST3K did an unreleased proof of concept episode around. I am sure watching it with them cracking jokes would have been more fun, but this film had plenty of moments that made me laugh just by the sheer oldness of it alone. There were some pretty great practical effects, but the green screen segments were horrible. That theme song though *chef's kiss* See more DanTheMan 2 01/07/2025 A perfectly schlocky B-grade attempt at an Italian sci-fi adventure, The Green Slime provides ample disreputable fun in all its honest attempts at making a film that should have been somewhat scary yet ultimately ends up as a beautifully cheesy time. There's no denying the film's goofy charm, especially when the monsters are stomping around, but the main problem is that it simply goes on too long and dedicates too much time to the wrong things. Not helping matters is that this feels like the usually reliable Kinji Fukasaku operating on complete autopilot although he does provide some pretty colourful entertainment, at least in a literal sense. Unusually for a US / Japanese co-production of this nature, there are no Japanese actors in speaking roles or even as identified extras, instead, we are gifted with Hollywood exports Robert Horton, Richard Jaeckel and even a villainous Bond Girl in the form of Luciana Paluzzi, all of whom are a painful joy to watch. Fukasaku allegedly intended this as an allegory of the Vietnam War. If by that he meant an uncoordinated mess possibly made under the influence of various narcotics, then I guess he succeeded. Any tension and drama the film might have disappears in the wake of the bizarre dance numbers, the wooden acting, the pathetic pint-sized monsters, the low-grade yet immensely charming effects work and, ironically, the best change a Western distributor ever made to a Japanese movie: the addition of that totally awesome theme song. Although the steaming pile of electrified goo that is The Green Slime never coalesces into anything resembling a good movie, it nevertheless demands attention for all the wrong reasons, reasons that are incredibly dumb but also incredibly fun. See more Michael V 10/04/2023 Hard not to love something so ridiculous! Thought it would have been perfect for MST3K, and found out it was their KTMA pilot episode! See more CodyZamboni Z @CodyZamboni 07/31/2023 Super cheesy fx, With a wacky 1960's vibe, But still watchable trash. See more 01/22/2021 If you are a geek for the old sci-fi/monster movies of the '50s & '60s as I am, I think you will pretty thoroughly enjoy this film. I actually just came upon this flick on tv 1 night & found myself thoroughly enjoying it. It has a pretty engaging premise for what it is. This film could actually make for a pretty good modern remake.👍 See more Read all reviews

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