Nomination Year: 2001

SYNOPSIS: A father (who happens to be an archeologist -- or perhaps a paleontologist) and his daughter head out to a remote site where a mysterious skeleton has supposedly been found.

They find the skeleton, but something strange attacks, and the evidence is destroyed.

Well, turns out there's a gargoyle infestation in some nearby caves. Does the daughter get kidnapped? Do we get to see gargoyles fly as if pulled along on wires? Does a gargoyle get hit by a car?

Of course.

Smithee Award Nominations

Most Ludicrous Premise
Must Be in the King Kong Translation... Yes, that's right. The carvings on medieval churches let us know that gargoyles (much like the elves from Elves) are the spawns of Satan. And every couple hundred (OK, 666) years they come back to earth in order to challenge mankind's supremacy in his dominion over the earth.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Worst Special Effect
Wire They Flying Away? Look! Up in the sky! It's The Gargoyle That Was Pulled Along On Wires! Oy.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

"Alas, Poor Yorick"

Old Geezer Gets Whacked Something heavy (i.e. a gargoyle) hits the roof of the shed containing the gargoyle skeleton while the geezer, the professor, and his daughter are inside. More roof battering, and a lamp is knocked over. The shed catches fire! One of the flaming support beams falls onto the geezer. The professor and his daughter can't move it, and have to flee before the whole flaming edifice collapses.

Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Stupidest-Looking Monster
Gargoyles...I Think They look ... goofy. Kind of like a cross between the gargoyles from the roof of a church and a guy in a greenish gorilla suit.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

"Whoops!"
There's Someone in the Back Seat! As the car bounces along, you can see the knee of the sound guy as he tried to lay flat along the back seat while holding the microphone aloft. You get a little peek at it as well.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Bill L. Norton

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Cornel Wilde	<Not Yet in Database>
Jennifer Salt	<Not Yet in Database>	A writer on the fX television series Nip/Tuck
Grayson Hall	<Not Yet in Database>
Bernie Casey	<Not Yet in Database>	Former pro footballer, he plays the stony-faced Big Black Guy in many films, often as a police detective

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