In a research laboratory somewhere out in the desert, experiments are being conducted to transport matter from other dimensions. During one of these tests, a container is brought back, and, of course, someone decides to open it, releasing an alien creature that goes on to kill everyone and everything.

Having been made on a tight budget and uncertain whether the film would even be finished at one point, Fed Olen Ray’s Biohazard is a fun piece of ridiculousness that entertains from start to finish. It is hard to pick out just one thing that was cheesy or silly, as the entire film was pure camp. If one were to start with the basics, the script and the dialogue were not as good as they could have been, and yet, there are movies far worse than this that do not make a lick of sense. Here, the story is relatively straightforward, but as Ray finishes things up, he does so in an unsatisfactory manner, making one wonder if that was actually the end or if it just went black to change scenes. Suffice it to say, it was lacking in that regard more than any other. The end credits featured numerous outtakes, which were also fairly enjoyable. Not so much funny as they were interesting, and if there was one true crime, it was not showing enough of the charming Angelique Pettyjohn, perhaps the most talented person in the cast and a woman who appeared in shows with both Elvis and William Shatner.

Pettyjohn would play a psychic whose powers would somehow help to stabilize the transfer of objects between dimensions, making her critical to the process. Unbeknownst to the rest of the team, there is another alien aside from the little monster in the armour running around. Among the cast is Aldo Ray, a man who has appeared in so many roles that they are too numerous to name. Here, he does not put forth his best effort. Whether it was due to personal problems, perhaps having a few too many, or simply not being as impressed with the script given what ended up on screen, he does not seem all that out of place despite it. Also starring William Fair, David O’Hara, and Frank McDonald, among others, they do their best with the material, at least one would assume. However, the acting is one of the film’s worst aspects, and it definitely shows.

The horror of it all is the poor production, not necessarily the little alien guy running around and killing everyone. Surprisingly, the alien looks all right, but there is nothing that will scare anyone in this movie, much less evoke anything resembling horror. If anything, the proceedings will elicit a chuckle from the audience more than anything else. There is a bit of blood and gore, but it, along with everything else, could have been far better than it was. After all of that, though, Biohazard somehow remains a lot of fun. It is cheesy, tacky and corny, and every other word one can think of, yet it also retains a certain level of charm. There is a watchability in this film that, no matter how bad one thinks it is, seeing it again would not give pause to anyone. Terrible and fantastic. A true conundrum.

2.5 out of 5