I will admit it: When I was a child, The Green Slime scared the living beejeezus out of me. Actually, the promotional commercial for it on the CBS Late Night Movie scared me. I can't remember if I ever got to see the Green Slime part of the movie...I did have nightmares about that commercial for weeks afterwards.
Nowadays, I also have to admit that I feel like a complete idiot for being scared of this movie. The only real scary thing about this film is that they let Robert Horton AND Richard Jaeckel star in it. One I could've seen, but add both and you are just asking for trouble. Add to that the attempt to gel the whole thing as an "international" production, with American, English, Italian, and Japanese actors & actress (& production crews), and you've got a definite b-movie on your hands.
On the whole, The Green Slime is your average sci-fi spectacle. Unfortunately, it was released by M-G-M right after it released 2001: A Space Odyssey...and I think you can see the lack of any real comparison between the two. No insight here...just some rubbery monsters and some above-average Toho space effects.
Nowadays, I also have to admit that I feel like a complete idiot for being scared of this movie. The only real scary thing about this film is that they let Robert Horton AND Richard Jaeckel star in it. One I could've seen, but add both and you are just asking for trouble. Add to that the attempt to gel the whole thing as an "international" production, with American, English, Italian, and Japanese actors & actress (& production crews), and you've got a definite b-movie on your hands.
On the whole, The Green Slime is your average sci-fi spectacle. Unfortunately, it was released by M-G-M right after it released 2001: A Space Odyssey...and I think you can see the lack of any real comparison between the two. No insight here...just some rubbery monsters and some above-average Toho space effects.