This is a classic hokey sci-fi classic if you ask me. Maybe I'm a little fonder of it than most because I first saw it when I was a kid, but it still is hilariously entertaining. It starts out with a great psychedelic rock song entitled, Green Slime. Any movie that is called Green Slime and then actually uses a song of the same name in it has to be good. There's this space station hanging on wires out in space and Richard Jaeckel is on board, sweating along with a bunch of clean-cut guys in drab outfits. They ride around in the vehicles of the future - golf carts! There's some sort of research going on and these spores get into the ship and start turning into this green slime which then turns into these giant cucumber-shaped monsters with lots of eyes and tentacles. Remember that show Sigmund and the Sea Monsters? Well, if you do, think of a really pissed-off Daddy Sea Monster wildly flailing his floppy rubber arms around and you'll get the idea. Anyway, then everybody sweats some more and they bring in the golf carts. They try to contain the green slime monsters in the hallways by closing off sections of them like the ending sequence from Get Smart. A bunch of guys get slimed and there's lots of dramatic tension and sound effects of beeping and computer-type noises. I have since read that this was some sort of Japanese/American production, which doesn't surprise me. This green slime cucumber monsters looked like the guys that Ultraman fought every week. The explosions in space highlight all of the wires holding everything up. Now, let me pause for a moment to note that it may seem like I'm pointing out all of the bad points of the film, but those are what make it entertaining. I've seen my share of movies that were supposed to be "so bad, they're good," and they were just...bad. However, this one is so colorful, action-packed and cliche'-ridden, that it really is fun. Really.
Another memorable thing about this film was the sound made when a bunch of people were running. It was obviously dubbed in later and sounded like a couple of guys typing on a word-processor.
As with a lot of these movies, don't expect Out of Africa or Academy Award material here. If you except them for what they are and don't place your expectations too high, you'll end up being entertained. I'm not really sure if this is out on video, but I've seen it several times on local stations and often in TNT sci-fi festivals.
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