Shockwave  (1977)
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(Foreign Titles)
Nomination Year: 1992
SYNOPSIS: A group of young people are shipwrecked on an island. There, they encounter a mad scientist and a bunch of cool-but-unruly solar-powered underwater Nazi zombies.
Greg Pearson
Smithee Award Nominations
"Alas, Poor Yorick"
An Urchin Problem
One of the fat, obnoxious sailors that tagged along with the heroes has left the group and is wandering alone in the woods. He hears a noise. Sensing danger, he nervously picks up the pace. More noises. He's wading into a shallow pool now. A noise behind him. He turns, and, walking backward the whole time, he catches a glimpse of one of the Nazi zombies in the woods. What he doesn't see is the mass of sea urchins he's backing into. Just about in the middle of the bunch, he steps on his first urchin. (Owww!) He goes down, falling onto more. (Ow! Ow!) He flails back and forth, pinning his face on a new urchin each time. (Ow! Ow! Ow!) Mercifully, he drowns.

The zombies never laid a finger on him. You can just imagine them standing nearby, watching and shaking their heads.
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Deus Ex Machina
If You Can't Be Cool, It's Not Worth Living
A woman is grabbed by one of the Nazi zombies. Oh, no -- she's doomed! In her flailing, though, she knocks off the zombie's ever-present sun-goggles, which they all wear. The zombie drops her, stumbles around for a bit, then collapses, dead.
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Stupidest-Looking Monster
Disobedient Solar-Powered Underwater Nazi Goggle-Zombies
The zombies all look like thin, white-skinned men with short-cropped blond hair. They're wearing identical dark uniforms. What sets them apart are two things. For one, they wear these thick, round, opaque goggles. Secondly, their chief mode of locomotion is to walk around on the ocean bottom, and to look rather silly while doing it.
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Directors
Director Claim to Fame
Ken Wiederhorn  
Cast
Actor Character Claim to Fame
Clarence Thomas <Not Yet in Database> No. NOT the Supreme Court Justice 
Brooke Adams <Not Yet in Database>  
Luke Halpin <Not Yet in Database>  
John Carradine <Not Yet in Database> A great Shakespearean actor, his deep voice is instantly recognizable, as is his presence in many, many mediocre horror films toward the end of his career. Did everything from The Ten Commandments to Dracula. Lent his voice to the Great Owl in The Secret of N.I.M.H.. Father of actor/kung fu guy David. 
Jack Davidson <Not Yet in Database>  
Peter Cushing <Not Yet in Database> One of the kings of B-Movie horror, with too many credits even to mention. Often cast as "wise" characters: doctors, scientists, detectives, etc. Played Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Frankenstein, Van Helsing, you name it. Played "Grand Moff Tarkin" in Star Wars
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