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After destroying a giant asteroid heading towards Earth, a group of scientists unknowingly bring back a strange green substance that soon mutates into a monster.After destroying a giant asteroid heading towards Earth, a group of scientists unknowingly bring back a strange green substance that soon mutates into a monster.After destroying a giant asteroid heading towards Earth, a group of scientists unknowingly bring back a strange green substance that soon mutates into a monster.
Bud Widom
- General Jonathan B. Thompson
- (as Bud Widham)
Richard Hylland
- Michaels
- (as Richard Highland)
Karl Bengs
- Rocket Pilot
- (as Carl Bengs)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe green slime creatures were played by Japanese children in bulky monster suits.
- GoofsAlthough the asteroid Flora appears not to have an atmosphere, both billowing rocket smoke and liquid water are present, indicating air pressure. However, smoke shouldn't billow as shown in the movie when the rockets are used in the airless vacuum space.
- Quotes
[examining a charred corpse from which smoke is still rising]
Lisa Benson: He's dead.
- Alternate versionsAlthough "The Green Slime" was released in the U.S. as a 90 minute version, director Kinji Fukasaku and his editor prepared a much more tightly edited 77 minute version (called "Gamma III: Big Military Space Operation") for release in Japan. This "Japanese" version eliminates the Robert Horton/Richard Jaeckel/Luciana Paluzzi relationship triangle, and is much more "militaristic" in tone. Several scenes are edited differently, additional alternate music cues are used (which are less "sci-fi" sounding than the "Amercian" version), and the rock and roll theme song is omitted entirely (replaced by a military march theme). The ending before the credit roll has additional scenes inserted with Paluzzi and Jaeckel, which change the tone of the ending from optimistic to downbeat.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Green Slime (1988)
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You have to love a sci-fi movie that:
1) Is a Japanese-produced product featuring a mostly-Anglo cast (saves on dubbing cost).
2) Has equivalent special effects of any given "Godzilla" movie.
3) Has Italian bombshells named "Sheila Benson".
4) Gives you slime creatures that look like Sigmund the Sea Monster.
5) Has a mad doctor (isn't that a pre-requisite for these movies? Thought so.).
6) Has one of the all-time coolest title songs I have ever heard in my entire natural life.
If you watch "The Green Slime", just think: if Jaeckel had brought the rest of his "Dirty Dozen" cronies along with him, the Green Slime would never have stood a chance.
Oh well....
Seven stars. By the way, does anyone know where to get this movie's soundtrack? I have GOT to get that song....
1) Is a Japanese-produced product featuring a mostly-Anglo cast (saves on dubbing cost).
2) Has equivalent special effects of any given "Godzilla" movie.
3) Has Italian bombshells named "Sheila Benson".
4) Gives you slime creatures that look like Sigmund the Sea Monster.
5) Has a mad doctor (isn't that a pre-requisite for these movies? Thought so.).
6) Has one of the all-time coolest title songs I have ever heard in my entire natural life.
If you watch "The Green Slime", just think: if Jaeckel had brought the rest of his "Dirty Dozen" cronies along with him, the Green Slime would never have stood a chance.
Oh well....
Seven stars. By the way, does anyone know where to get this movie's soundtrack? I have GOT to get that song....
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- Countries of origin
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- Also known as
- Battle Beyond the Stars
- Filming locations
- Toei Tokyo Studios, Tokyo, Japan(Studio)
- Production companies
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- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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