Tagline(s):	So horrifyingly close to the truth, it will blow your mind!
	It was a gift from the red planet... Uncle Sam had the ultimate solution...

Nomination Year: 2009

SYNOPSIS: Slow + Tedious = This.

While it was being transported to a safe location, an alien virus transmitted via touch has gotten loose at a backwater train station (thanks to a greedy and clumsy old coot who wanted a peek at the train's "secret cargo" to see if it were worth stealin'). Now five people are quarantined in the stationhouse, and if they fall asleep, their heads will explode (no, literally!).

Whoops, make that four people. I mean three. Well, you get the idea.

Smithee Award Nominations

"Wanna Run That By Me Again?"
Slow News Day Extra! Read all about it! Low-Flying Pigeon Swoops Down and Shits All Over Railroad Cargo!

Acting Appropriately Stupid
First Name Jack, Last Name Ass Jack breaks quarantine for no good reason, then tells the gun-toting guy that he "ain't got the guts" to shoot him. Bang.

Crummiest Ending

The Ending Ticks Me Off! A helicopter drops pills containing an antidote. Jack takes one, and it turns out to be cyanide (I guess that's a kind of antidote). This leaves Dr. Sorenson as the only one left alive. He rages a bit, then... The sun breaks through the blinds. It's the next morning. He's not dead! He wasn't infected! He's alive! At this point, the government sniper in the hazmat suit shoots him dead. The frame freezes, and we hear a clock ticking. It ticks all through the end credits, and long after the screen has faded to black.

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Bill Rebane	Directed Monster A-Go-Go, Rana: The Legend of Shadow Lake, and The Capture of Bigfoot, among other stinkers. Directed and composed the music for The Giant Spider Invasion, which he then exploited in his other films.

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Ralph Meeker	Charlie	Acclaimed Western and police drama he- man (like Sgt. Steve Dekker on "Not for Hire"), until...films like this.
Stafford Morgan	Dr. Sorensen	Had smaller roles in big-budget sequels (Another 48 Hours, Die Hard II).
John F. Goff	Jack Tiller	Prolific actor in B-Movies and sci- fi/horror flicks.
Carol Irene Newell	<Not Yet in Database>
George Flower	Hank	Nicknamed "Buck." From bums to bartenders, guards to background patients, he's a contender for appearing in more Smithee films than anyone else, ever... Also wrote The Bikini Carwash Company.
Paul Bentzen	Dr. Farrell
John Alderman	Dr. Rogers	From IMDb.com: "John Alderman was a talented, prolific, and ubiquitous actor in numerous low-budget exploitation features..." Indeed. From a part on "Gunsmoke" in '58 to Steven in Takin' It All Off in '87.
Harry Youstos	Alvin

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