Japan Synopsis
“The Green Slime are coming!”
A giant asteroid is heading toward Earth so some astronauts disembark from a nearby space station to blow it up. The mission is successful, and they return to the station unknowingly bringing back a gooey green substance that mutates into one-eyed tentacled monsters that feed off electricity. Soon the station is crawling with them, and people are being zapped left and right!
The 1967–1969 Japan Window
68 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Green Slime sits at position #67.
The 1960s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1960s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Green Slime premiered. 202 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,392 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (4th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.8 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Science Fiction productions specifically: #520 of 566 (top 92%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Australia, Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Ram Films Inc., Southern Cross Feature Film Company, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Runtime | 1h 30m |
| Release Date | December 19, 1968 |
| IMDb | tt0064393 |