Starring William Leslie, Dolores Faith, Pamela Curran, Richard Garland, Harold Lloyd Jr.
Directed by Hugo Grimaldi
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)
A fungus from the moon is accidentally brought aboard a space station, and as it spreads, the station's commander refuses to let the crew take the threat seriously.
An interesting, but very low budget film which recycles models and other equipment from Grimaldi's previous productions, it's well-assembled but lacks excitement and enough suspenseful scenes with the growing fungus. Garland's character's mental illness in the script gives the plot a unique angle, but it's not sufficiently explained whether he's having hallucinations or just doesn't want to risk losing his command. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the cast, and especially the music, which included some selections from The Phantom Planet and others that sounded like cues from the Universal horror library. Overall the film is okay, but may be most notable for being a possible influence on the more action-packed The Green Slime some years later.
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