The Green Slime (1968) on Netflix
An asteroid is headed for Earth, so Commander Jack Rankin takes command of space station Gamma 3 to destroy it. On the asteroid, a green substance clings to a crew member's suit.
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- Netflix1.8/5
- IMDb4.9/104,344 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes23%
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Plot summary
The space program learns that an asteroid called Flora will soon strike Earth, and the impact would end life on the planet. Commander Jack Rankin is summoned back and given command of space station Gamma 3, ordered to destroy Flora; if he fails, he is told not to return. On Gamma 3 he meets Commander Vince Elliott, a former comrade he has a history with, and Dr. Lisa Benson, once close to Rankin and now engaged to Elliott. Rankin leads a shuttle down to the asteroid to plant bombs, and the crew notices an amoeba-like organism fastening to their vehicles and draining their energy. Dr. Hans Halvorsen tries to carry a sample of the green substance back in a sealed container, but Rankin throws it to the ground; it shatters, and some of the slime sticks to Halvorsen's suit.
Cast
- Bud Widomas General Jonathan B. Thompson
- Ted Guntheras Dr. Hans Halvorsen
- David Yorstonas Lt. Curtis
- Gary Randolfas Cordier
- Jack Morriseyas Lt. Morris, Rocket Pilot
- Eugene Vinceas Technician
- Don Planteas Technician
- Linda Hardistyas Nurse
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Green Slime (1968)
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- Excerpts from The Green Slime were used for the 1988 pilot of Mystery Science Theater 3000 on Minneapolis station KTMA, a pilot that featured host and series creator Joel Hodgson and Crow T. Robot but not Tom Servo.
- A Green Slime Award is handed out each year at Bubonicon for that year's worst in science fiction, a tradition started by writer Roy Tackett in 1976.
- Toshiaki Tsushima wrote the original score, but Charles Fox re-scored much of the film for its United States release, including the title song.
