Nomination Year: 1997

SYNOPSIS: The Master, a shadowy, nigh-omnipotent being, is the leader of the Galaxy. He sends a team of space-rangers to investigate an enigmatic pyramid which has appeared on a distant planet. Once there, the team finds itself trapped. Inside the pyramid, each crew member has to face his/her worst fear made manifest, and all but three perish: the team leader (Edward Albert), the cook (Ray Walston), and the gadget-master (Robert Englund). At the center of the pyramid, it is revealed that the cook is in actuality the Master in disguise. The entire mission was a test created to groom the Master's successor -- and it worked. The team leader kills the Master and takes on his powers and persona.

Smithee Award Nominations

Most Ludicrous Premise

All Will Be Revealed...If You Make It to the End of the Movie I had to watch this film about six times before I could glean the above synopsis from it. And I'm still not sure about all the details. Pretty much all of it was revealed after a long, convoluted rest-of-the-movie. This clip, the final scene, was hardly anything other than minutes and minutes of exposition: the very hallmark of a confusing film. It's Roger Corman. Need I say more? Kids, don't try this at home.

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"Alas, Poor Yorick"

Crystal Guy Gets Iced One of the crew is a mean-looking weapons-master who specializes in a shuriken-like crystal blade. He triggers a trap which causes his own arm to turn against him and try to kill him. He tries to stop it with his other arm, but it's no use: he's too strong. In a last, desperate move, he uses his weapon to cut off his own arm. *Whew* that was close. But still no good. The severed arm picks up the dropped crystal and throws it through his chest. The authorities later ruled this a suicide, since he died by his own hand.

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Worst Picture

All Will Be Revealed...If You Make It to the End of the Movie I had to watch this film about six times before I could glean the above synopsis from it. And I'm still not sure about all the details. Pretty much all of it was revealed after a long, convoluted rest-of-the-movie. This clip, the final scene, was hardly anything other than minutes and minutes of exposition: the very hallmark of a confusing film. It's Roger Corman. Need I say more? Kids, don't try this at home.

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Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Bruce D. Clark
Peter Manoogian	AD or 2nd unit director on such Smithee "classics" as Fear City, Metalstorm: the Destruction of Jared Syn, Parasite, and Galaxy of Terror.

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Edward Albert	<Not Yet in Database>	Son of Eddie Albert of Green Acres fame. Sadly, not as talented as dad.
Erin Moran	<Not Yet in Database>	"Joanie" from Happy Days
Ray Walston	<Not Yet in Database>	"Uncle Martin" from My Favorite Martian
Robert Englund	<Not Yet in Database>	"Freddie Kreuger"
Sid Haig	<Not Yet in Database>	Bald, bearded and/or mustachioed, he played the heavy on many a TV show and in many a film. Dragos on "Jason of Star Command" and Texas on "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."

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