disown by richard c. sarafian and this disaster stink up japanese theater before come to the state and go immediately to video and where it be not see again until the turner network need something other than infomercial to fill their 3am 6am time slot and find this tape at the bottom of their bin . the smithee name be suppose to be use when the studio hack the movie so badly that the director no longer want his name attach to it . but i be afraid that sarafian can not blame the studio entirely on this one . the actor and mostly recent graduate of overact 101 and deliver one cornball line after another . the plot be convolute . the special effect be unimpressive . the part that aren not laughable be just plain boring . the script or the book must have be good why else would palance and matheson and boyle and or heston agree to appear in this dud . but something go horribly wrong from the page to the screen . summary represent avoid . not even bad enough to be so bad it good .