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Phobe  (1995)
Phobe: The Xenophobic Experiments
Tagline(s):Created, Used, Disgarded, Destroyed. Now they are back ...
Nomination Year: 2021
SYNOPSIS: 

An Ex Military specialist is called in one last time to recover deadly military experiment (PHOBE)who has escaped. Tracking the PHOBE to a small planet called Earth, Dapp must stop the Phobe and destroy the egg within 72 hours.

According to the IMDb, even though the budget is listed as $5000, the actual working budget of the movie was $250 dollars Canadian. The $5000 estimate comes from if the gear that was used to make the movie had to be rented. All the camera and lighting gear, including the editing suite's, were donated by the community channel that footed the bill for this turkey.

IMDb.com
Smithee Award Nominations
Most Ludicrous Premise
The Story of Phobe
Our mulletted hero Dapp explains the plot. Aaaaand it's idiotic.
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Smithee Award Winner! Worst Special Effect
Launch the Crappy FX
Stupid CGI launch of a fighter craft. Even the computer has a Canadian accent. And then there's the "wormhole."
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Stupidest-Looking Monster
Stupidest-Looking Phobe
The final battle at the steel plant. The phobe reveals its actual face! And it's dumb! He gets Ghostbustered into a trap.
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Worst Science
Defertilization Module
Riiiiight. The Phobe Egg can't be destroyed except by the "defertilization module."
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Smithee Award Winner! Worst Acting
I've Developed a Phobe-ia of This Guy's Acting
Dapp and the Commander (Richard Ewtuchovich) talk about the Phobes. It's clear the latter does not know his lines, and neither knows what "emoting" means.
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Worst Picture
Doublecross and Friendly Phobe Ending
The feds doublecross our heroes and she's forced to release the Phobe...who becomes friendly? Cheesy FX. Stupid Monsters. A hair on the film. Did I mention bad, bad, cheesy FX?
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Directors
Director Claim to Fame
Erica Benedikty  
Cast
Actor Character Claim to Fame
John Rubick Sgt. Gregory Dapp  
Tina Dumoulin Jennifer  
Lyon Tenbroeck Rob  
Richard Ewtuchovich Commander Only credit. This droog with the unpronouncable last name couldn't act his way out of a Tim Horton's donut sack. 
Merv Wrighton The Phobe  
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