The Green Slime is probably the most unintentionally funny movie I’ve ever seen. Granted, I didn’t grow up on a steady diet of MST3K, so my opinion of this film might be a bit different if I had. That said, the great thing about The Green Slime is that you don’t need an extra peanut gallery to make this thing hilarious. Here’s the basic set-up: a UNSC (no connections to the Halo universe) space station orbiting earth detects an asteroid on a collision course with our home planet. A crew of astronauts is quickly scrambled to land on the asteroid, plant charges, get off and blow it up.

And no, this isn’t a precursor to Armageddon. In that film, the journey and mission on the asteroid is the whole point of the story. In this one, it’s merely the set-up for what’s to come. When the astronauts return triumphant to the station, there’s the obligatory celebration, complete with a groovy dance for all the guys and dolls in outer space. Little do they know that one of the crew from the asteroid team brought home a little goo on his suit. Just so happens that this slime feeds on energy and then somehow grows and turn into a creature that looks like a more menacing version of Brobee from Yo Gabba Gabba. Naturally things go from bad to worse, with each wound delivered to this creature actually allowing it to multiply. You see, every time the creature bleeds green slime, that slime has the potential to grow into a brand new entity.

Of course that’s exactly what happens and the situation on the space station gets pretty dire. Or at least, it would seem a lot more dire if it weren’t for all the hilariously bad acting and special effects. There are goofy scenes when it seems like the entire command center gathers around one computer screen and just stares intently. Or there’s the hysterical site of these one-eyed aliens with droopy arms slowly shuffling down the hallways while erstwhile nurses and female staff scream in terror.

In this end, The Green Slime falls firmly in the “so bad it’s good” category. Definitely recommended if you’re a fan of hilariously campy sci-fi.