The Green Slime

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DanTheMan 2 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. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/07/25 Full Review Michael V Hard not to love something so ridiculous! Thought it would have been perfect for MST3K, and found out it was their KTMA pilot episode! Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 10/04/23 Full Review CodyZamboni Z Super cheesy fx, With a wacky 1960's vibe, But still watchable trash. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 09/08/24 Full Review Dean W Got it on Blue ray I thought would be just the worst but on watching it was surprised that it isn't that bad On par with late sixties Godzilla entries The creatures are not that silly they are electrical and the fight scenes are not the best but the effects are just about right for the time period an interesting movie if you put your frame of mind to it They bring a benign creature on board it ends up killing crew members and they have to blow up the ship to destroy it Sound a bit like Alien ??? Add hr Giger and you have Alien Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/15/23 Full Review Audience Member 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.👍 Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review dave s Considering the technology available when The Green Slime was made and what was presumably a tight budget, the special effects in the movie are actually pretty decent. The compliments stop there, however. This is an epically bad movie. Ignoring the numerous errors in basic science, the film fails at virtually every level. The dialogue is stiff, the performances are wooden, the monsters are absurdly silly looking, the shots are horribly composed and usually cluttered with unnecessary extras who just stand around looking over the shoulders of the leads, the psychedelic music over the credits is totally out of place, entire scenes could be cut without worsening an already bad product…need I go on? No. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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