Thursday, 8 January 2026

The Green Slime (1968)




A fun-filled, amateurish, juvenile but colourful sci-fi horror mixing astronauts, space monsters, laser guns and he-man rivalry.


Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Screenplay by William Finger, Tom Rowe, Charles Sinclair
Story by Ivan Reiner
Produced by Walter Manley, Ivan Reineri
Cinematography: Yoshikazu Yamasawa
Edited by Osamu Tanaka
Music by Toshiaki Tsushima
Production companies: Toei Ram Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by Toei Company (Japan), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (United States)
Running time: 90 minutes



Cast


Robert Horton as Commander Jack Rankin
Richard Jaeckel as Commander Vince Elliott
Luciana Paluzzi as Dr. Lisa Benson
Bud Widom as General Jonathan B. Thompson
Ted Gunther as Dr. Hans Halversen
Robert Dunham as Captain Martin
David Yorston as Lieutenant Curtis
William Ross as Ferguson
Gary Randolf as Cordier
Japanese dub
Gorō Naya as Jack Rankin
Ichirō Murakoshi as Vince Elliott
Haruko Kitahama as Lisa Benson
Kōsei Tomita as Johnathon B. Thompson


Trailer


A giant asteroid heads toward Earth.
A group of astronauts from a space station on a mission to blow it up.
The mission succeeds.

BUT!!!!

A strange slimy green substance is unknowingly brought back by the astronauts.
The alien substance mutates into one-eyed tentacled monsters that feed off electricity.
The station is soon infested with these alien life forms.

How will this new threat be dealt with?
Can these alien monsters be stopped before they kill all the humans on the station and go on to threaten humanity on earth itself?


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