The read
Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do. Most of the 104 1960s science fiction movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
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!
Ratings
IMDb4.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes23%
Audiences rate it 26 points higher than critics do.
104 audience votes
Key crew
- Kinji FukasakuDirector
- Tom RoweWriter
- Charles SinclairWriter
- Charles FoxOriginal Music Composer
- Toshiaki TsushimaOriginal Music Composer
- Katsuhiko TaguchiDirector
- Bill FingerWriter
Cast
- Robert HortonCommander Jack Rankin
- Luciana PaluzziDr. Lisa Benson
- Richard JaeckelCommander Vince Elliott
- Bud WidomGeneral Jonathan B. Thompson
- Ted GuntherDr. Hans Halvorsen
- David YorstonLt. Curtis
- Robert DunhamCapt. Martin
- Gary RandolfCordier
- Jack MorriseyLt. Morris, Rocket Pilot
- Eugene VinceTechnician
- Don PlanteTechnician
- Linda HardistyNurse
