The Green Slime (film)

The Green Slime
Year	1968
Directed by	Kinji Fukasaku
Produced by	Ivan Reiner Walter Manley
Written by	Charles Sinclair Bill Finger Tom Rowe
Music by	Toshiaki Tsushima
Studio	Lun Film Ram Films, Inc. MGM
Cast	Robert Horton Luciana Paluzzi Richard Jaeckel Robert Dunham
Run time	90 minutes
Riffed in	Experiment #K00

For the episode, see MST3K K00 - The Green Slime.

The Green Slime is a 1968 science-fiction movie directed by Kinji Fukasaku.

Plot

When a giant asteroid is detected heading toward Earth, a crew of astronauts disembark from a nearby space station to destroy it. The mission is successful, but the astronauts unknowingly bring a slimy green substance onto the space station that mutates into one-eyed tentacled monsters that feed off electricity.

The creatures reproduce quickly and the crew must stop them before they can spread to Earth.

Cast

• Robert Horton as Commander Jack Rankin
• Luciana Paluzzi as Dr. Lisa Benson
• Richard Jaeckel as Commander Vince Elliott
• Robert Dunham as Captain Martin
• Ted Gunther as Dr. Hans Halvorsen
• Bud Widom as General Johnathan B. Thompson
• David Yorston as Lt. Curtis
• Burr Middleton as uncredited voice
• Kathy Horan as Nurse

Notes

• Bill Finger, one of the three credited screenwriters on the film, helped develop artist Bob Kane's Batman (and is credited by some as the character's co-creator).
• Was nominated in The Golden Turkey Awards series for Most Laughable Concept for an Outer Space Invader. It "lost" to The Creeping Terror.

MST3K Connections

• Writer Bill Finger was also writer for Track of the Moon Beast and co-creator of the source material used in The Batwoman.
• Writer Charles Sinclair was also writer for Track of the Moon Beast.
• Luciana Paluzzi also portrayed Iole's maid in Hercules.
• Robert Dunham also portrayed Emperor Antonio and did motorcycle stunt riding in Godzilla vs. Megalon.
• Enver Altenbay (technician) also portrayed a policeman and a factory guard in Mighty Jack.
• Producer Walter Manley was also producer for the U.S. versions of Prince of Space and Invasion of the Neptune Men.
• Associate producer and assistant director William Ross (who also portrayed Ferguson) also handled the English dub for The "Legend of Dinosaurs" and Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster.
• Composer Toshiaki Tsushima was also composer for Time of the Apes.
• Music cue composer John Scott was also music cue composer for Progress Island U.S.A. and composer for The Million Eyes of Sumuru.

Critical Response

• Leonard Maltin wrote: "One-and-a-half stars. Not as much fun as it sounds. "