From the I Have No Idea Why It Has Such A Bad Reputation file, the wonderful pulp science fiction adventure THE GREEN SLIME was an international co-production between America, Japan, and Italy. It manages to capture the distinct taste of all three nationalities at the same time, making for a surreal but quite enjoyable viewing experience. A massive body is headed on collision course with Earth, and man-of-action Robert Horton leads a team to plant explosive charges on the approaching satellite. (This part of the plot was basically remade by competing movies back in the 90's. One was the more somber and ultimately listless DEEP IMPACT. The more successful film was the gung-ho ARMAGEDDON, which drew the ire of critics for being too much in line with public tastes -which right there sums up the main problem with film critics.) While on the alien body, a living green slime is discovered. This substance is unknowingly carried back to space station Gamma 3, where it grows into a hideous army of electric monsters. In a sense, the film is a space-bound version of THE NAVY VS THE NIGHT MONSTERS. The title's pop immortality was assured by the extra-groovy theme song. A life-long favorite of mine.
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