An asteroid is on a collusion course for Earth. They only have 10 hours before it hits. Wouldn't they see it LONG before that? They send Jack Rankin (Robert Horton) to space station Gamma 3 (where's 1 and 2?) to get a crew to blow it out of the sky. Gamma 3 is run by ex friend Vince (Richard Jaeckel). Also there is his (sigh) ex-girlfriend Lisa (Luciana Paluzzi) who's set to marry Vince! Gotta give them credit for getting every cliché in the book rammed into this movie. They do blow the asteroid to pieces...but this green slime gets on the space station. It feeds on energy and can multiply QUICKLY. Soon the whole space station is battling for their lives.
Sounds fun and it is...but in a campy way. First off there's a title song (!!!) which is actually not bad. Then there's the wooden acting by the entire cast (no shock there). There's the truly astonishing special effects--obvious miniatures stand in for most of the buildings and you gotta love the clearly visible wires that show the astronauts "floating" through space! As for the monsters...oh dear. They are easily the stupidest things I've ever seen. I literally broke out laughing when you first see one! They are cone-shaped with one red eye (???) and tentacles that go waving. Seeing them lumber around is pretty funny.
I saw a full frame version on TCM (despite the fact that it's an MGM film) so some scenes came off looking strange but I loved this. It moves quickly, there's almost nonstop action and the "special" effects and silly monsters keep you laughing! Also I swear that the actors were dubbed--but Horton and Jaeckel were American! A truly fascinating film.
Sounds fun and it is...but in a campy way. First off there's a title song (!!!) which is actually not bad. Then there's the wooden acting by the entire cast (no shock there). There's the truly astonishing special effects--obvious miniatures stand in for most of the buildings and you gotta love the clearly visible wires that show the astronauts "floating" through space! As for the monsters...oh dear. They are easily the stupidest things I've ever seen. I literally broke out laughing when you first see one! They are cone-shaped with one red eye (???) and tentacles that go waving. Seeing them lumber around is pretty funny.
I saw a full frame version on TCM (despite the fact that it's an MGM film) so some scenes came off looking strange but I loved this. It moves quickly, there's almost nonstop action and the "special" effects and silly monsters keep you laughing! Also I swear that the actors were dubbed--but Horton and Jaeckel were American! A truly fascinating film.