The Green Slime – the 1968 Japanese/USA production of rubber monsters in space – at the Guild Cinema Sunday, August 9 – 1:00 pm only
Directed by Kinji Fukasaku – 1968 – 95m – Japan / Italy / U.S. – in English & Japanese with English subtitles
A BUBONICON 57 & TROY STULL SPECIAL! ENJOY!
Yes, there will be a couple of door prizes!
After a perilous mission to a huge asteroid, a crew returns to its space station, unaware that a bit of ooze from the asteroid clings to a crewman’s uniform. The green goop grows – into murderous, tentacled monsters. And as station members fight to live, gunk from the monsters’ wounds turns into more monsters! That’s the story. Now enjoy as our heroes fight to preserve Earth and, unintentionally, our own senses of humor with a movie that Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times called “one of the funniest made-in-Japan sci-fi monster movies ever.” Kinji Fukasaku, whose later work was championed by Quentin Tarantino, directs. The world would be a far more bleak and joyless place without marvels like The Green Slime!
This 1968 film is the inspiration for the name of Bubonicon’s annual awards ceremony that recognizes wretchedness each year!
“Perfectly low budget and delightfully over acted. This is what B horror movies is all about.” – Gerry Shamray, Your Movies (cleveland.com)
“Provides plenty of entertainment value for those seeking disreputable fun.” – Matt Brunson, Film Frenzy
The Guild Cinema is located at 3405 Central Ave NE in the Nob Hill area.
Website: GuildCinema.com