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Sharks of the Corn  (2012)
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Steven Kang's Sharks of the Corn
Tagline(s):You're Gonna Get Stalked!
 You're Gonna Need a Bigger Hoe
Nomination Year: 2026
SYNOPSIS: 

Hoo-boy. Here we go.

In Druid Hills, Kentucky, people are mysteriously dying, killed by -- of all things -- SHARKS in the CORNFIELDS. Yep, you read correctly. They somehow "swim" through the stalks and get you...

Why? Well...*deep breath* a serial killer has been burying his victims in the cornfields in this special county because of its mystical confluence with, uh, Stonehenge, and that's been feeding the growth/birth of a shark-goddess that's due to emerge and devour the unfaithful. Which is the whole Earth, of course.

In an odd twist, the lady sheriff who was working the case turns traitor and agrees to join the Shark Cult and become the embodiment of the goddess... Joining the guy who killed her sister... because... um. Hey, look over there!

Bryan "Allen Smithee" Cassidy
Smithee Award Nominations
Smithee Award Winner! Most Ludicrous Premise
Sharks in the Cornfields!
Ancient burial ground? Humanoid Shark Goddess? Shark People? "This shit's ridiculous!"
Smithee Award Winner! Deus Ex Machina
Deus Sasquatchina
Our final two heroes are fighting the shark cult, and it looks like they're losing. But wait! BIGFOOT (yes, the real one) shows up and conks the lieutenant with a boulder, saving the day! The reporter lightly tosses a plastic spear and kills the goddess's other underling. The CIA agent blithely tosses a grenade in the goddess's crown and blows her head off. They congratulate each other and marvel about the appearance of Bigfoot.
"WHAT?!"
So This Is What Happens
He "pro-offers" the 13th pup? Did he mean "proffer?" Day Night Day. Great speech. Stonehenge and the moon are in alignment. The Becoming. Chichimatul. WTFFF???
"Let's Up The Rating To 'R'"
Corno Movie
One of the taglines from this film is "You're Gonna Need a Bigger Hoe." Well, we've got one here. Sally gets topless playing a sex game with her lover in the cornfield. Then the CGI Shark Puppet eats her. And not in the fun way.
Smithee Award Winner! Worst Acting
No Oscar for Mayor Weiner
As bad as the Constable was at acting, the bald Mayor Zanuck (Todd Martin) shows us why he outranks him. And I mean RANKs. Half the stuff he says is off-the-wall nonsense!
Mayoral Candidate for Worst Acting and Lunch
Another clip from Todd Martin. Could easily have been a Wanna Run! Remember: "Never go swimmin' with bow-legged women!"
Worst Picture
Little Billy Gets It
As soon as you see the kid playing Frisbee with Dad, you know what's gonna happen. But you probably weren't ready for the shark doing...things...to the kid's ass! Or the parents' horrific acting. Or the strawberry syrup thrown around. Or the bouncing head...
Jumping the Shark
Two different copters + Shark + Bad Movie = "SHAAAARRRRRK!"
Directors
Director Claim to Fame
Tim Ritter Soft-core sleaze merchant. Wrote and directed such gems as Zombarella's House of Whorrors and Earth Girls Are Sleazy
Cast
Actor Character Claim to Fame
Shannon Stockin Sheriff Scheider Kind of a minor scream-queen already, she's been called the "Horror Goddess of Gore." Was Sky in Zombarella's House of Whorrors; Irena in Catnado; Phyllis in Hi-Fear; and..."Jules Verne" (?) in Joel D. Wynkoop's the Craiglon Incident II Aftermath (??). Also wrote Natasha Nightly's Boudoir of Blood
Claude D. Miles Jonathan Gottleib The Lord Reverend Colonel Claude D. Miles, AKA "Ford Winstar" (seriously?) has over 100 IMDb.com credits...all Bad. His filmography reads like a Smithee smorgasbord: Darbie's Scream House; Scream Queens Weenie Roast; Bigfoot Exorcist; Cannibal Hookers; Kill, Granny Kill!; and my personal favorite: Nundead, in which he played Jesus Christ. Which is what one exclaims when seeing him act. 
Steve Guynn Teddy Bo Lucas Goes for parts in weird/supernatural/sci-fi flicks. Like the captain in Misadventures in Space; Dr. Newton in Bride of the Saucer Monster; Brandy in The Zombie Movie; and Mitch in Shark Exorcist 2: Unholy Waters
Casey Miracle Benchley Ollie McNeill in Zeppo: Sinners from beyond the Moon!; Horny Thug in Queen of the Cursed World; Todd in Faces; and James Reynolds in Blood on the Bleachers
Al Nicolosi Constable Kramer The worst actor I had seen...until he was out-Bad-Acted by Todd Martin in Sharks of the Corn, which he produced. Also produced Killing Spree which he (Bad) acted in as Mr. Jerkins. 
Todd Martin Mayor Zanuck Acted in only a few things, thank God, such as: Truth or Dares 4 and 5, It Lives in the Attic, Hi-Death, Hi-Fear, and Earth Girls Are Sleazy. Is also a screenwriter...with (as of this writing) no fewer than 8 things stuck in the pipeline. Go figure. 
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