Before Sharknado 3... before Sharknado 2... hell, even before the concept of Sharknado was once considered as a fight between Jaws and The Tazmanian Devil, Ian Zierling was in this bizarre TV-Movie which was a failed pilot that never really caught on.

Basically the plot deals with Ian as Darrin Danver (no, seriously), who is (surprise, surprise) NOT a surfer, nor does he deal with sharks... well, okay, perhaps CORPORATE sharks, but they don't fly round in a vortex attacking people (sorry about that Bill and Kevin).

Instead, in the wake of 90s 'evil mind-controlling corporation' films, this is a story where Darrin and his wife move out to Silicon Valley, where he obtains a new job designing software for this firm. CTC wants him to help develop a game called Radical Rat Trap, a sequel to their upcoming game Amazing Mouse Maze. Unaware that the company plans on using Amazing Mouse Maze to control the minds of others to purchase the sequel... and possibly take over the world (where'd they get this idea from, Pinky and The Brain?).

Anyway, Darrin's wife and their pot-smoking friend figure this out when they find strange software hidden in the former employee's house, and the fact later, Ian notices some employees offing themselves without rhyme or reason, and then has an affair with the company secretary (man, don't you hate when that happens?). Thought they attempt to foil the plan, it's not without complications, and Ian has to save his wife from committing suicide, while his friend ends up getting his mind burned out.

This would be a definite one for RiffTrax to riff because for the most part the film doesn't make a lot of sense to it, and Mike would love it for it has things people doing that no one in a normal situation (if you want to call mind-controlling people 'normal'). As I said before, this was a TV Movie which started as a failed pilot to a series, where the friend ends up not dying but acquiring psychic powers as well as Darrin, and he and his wife have to stop him. But I guess the execs thought the whole thing was a bit far-fetched and scrapped the series before it could start.

So overall, here's why RiffTrax should take a stab at this one:

1) Ian Zierling - Well, DUH, the man's in those Sharknado flicks, why wouldn't you want to riff this film with him in it?

2) The eerie coincidences which occur in this film: the fact that his wife happens to deal with psychology and the mind, and discovers something up when one of her subjects turns out to be one of the corporation's mind-control victims. Then the fact the former employee hides the incriminating software in the house Darrin and his wife move into and discover it not just through Amazing Mouse Maze, but an S & M simulation game his wife discovers, while Darrin appears to be more clueless than Darrin Stephens... both of them..

3) Andrew Stevens - Basically known for several action and drama films, he plays the heavy as much as Robby Benson did in 'City Limits,' which is funny, because you don't see much of him in this flick except to see him wear ominous shades and give out obscure orders for the most part. Seriously, the henchmen here do more activity than the main villain itself.

Overall this would be a cool film for RiffTrax to do either VOD, or perhaps as a future Kickstarter Live selection as an unofficial Ian Zierling 'prequel' to the Sharknado trilogy.

Here's a YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jxes2Svv6o