The Pumaman  (1980)
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(Foreign Titles)
Nomination Year: 1998
SYNOPSIS: The ancient Aztec spirit of Puma is reincarnated in the form of a geeky white guy. I know his people got massacred by the Spanish and all, but you'd still think the ancient Aztec spirit of Puma could do better than this.
Greg Pearson
Smithee Award Nominations
Worst Special Effect
The Greatest Aztechian Hero
Uh, sort of. He's the Greatest Aztechian Hero! He grabs a baddie and makes him fall sideways.
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Deus Ex Machina
Got the Drop on Him! Drat!
Pumaman throws the bad guy away from the mind-control mask and turns it on him. Suddenly, the baddie drops through a convenient trap door.
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"Whoops!"
The Harvey Wallbanger
Pumaman throws a bad guy against a wall, which shakes a lot.
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Worst Picture
"Puma? No, Really -- Puma?!"
The World's Most Persistent Belt Salesman reveals Pumaman's powers to him. Pumaman is puzzled. So are we, especially when we see him try to fly.
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Directors
Director Claim to Fame
Alberto De Martino  
Cast
Actor Character Claim to Fame
Walter George Alton <Not Yet in Database>  
Donald Pleasence <Not Yet in Database> His bald pate shows up here and there in both Bad and Legitimate films and made-for-TV movies 
Sydne Rome <Not Yet in Database>  
Giovanni Cianfriglia <Not Yet in Database> You may wonder how his career could have topped Super Stooges vs. the Wonder Women ... wonder no more! Popping up in such strange places as the star of the Superargo franchise to bit parts in Ladyhawke and The Last Temptation of Christ to doing stunts for Jewel of the Nile
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