Main Cast: Wil Wheaton, Claude Akins, Malcom Danare, Cooper Huckabee, John Schneider
Release Year: 1987
Country: US
Run Time: 92 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
This awful horror film, the directing debut of actor David Keith, is the second major adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's The Colour Out of Space, first brought to the screen in Daniel Haller's Die, Monster, Die. Wil Wheaton stars as Zack, eternal whipping-boy of a rural farm family headed by his religious fanatic stepfather Nathan (Claude Akins). A large meteor comes zipping through the clouds and crashes in the yard, where local scientist Carl Willis (John Schneider) cracks it open to leak slime into the water supply. Soon, tomatoes are squirting blood, the lettuce oozes pus, apples are full of worms and little Alice (Wheaton's real-life sister Amy) is pecked bloody by crazed chickens. Eventually, the bad water begins affecting other members of the family, until Willis shows up to save the day. Keith's direction is sluggish, the acting is horrid, and even the involvement of associate producer Lucio Fulci couldn't save the wretched effects-work. The cast doesn't even seem to be paying attention most of the time, as in the priceless moment when Zach's mother tells him, "Eat your eggs, Wil." The Curse is an utter abomination which somehow produced three unrelated sequels. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide
Amy Wheaton - Alice Hayes; Steve Carlisle - Charley Davidson; Kathleen Jordan Gregory - Frances Hayes; Hope North - Esther Forbes; Steve Davis - Mike; David Chaskin; David Keith
Credit
Lucio Fulci - Associate Producer, David Chaskin - Director, David Keith - Director, Claudio M. Cutry - Editor, Moshe Diamant - Executive Producer, Franco Micalizzi - Composer (Music Score), Frank Russell - Makeup, Frank Vanorio - Production Designer, Robert D. Forges - Cinematographer, Ovidio G. Assonitis - Producer, Moshe Diamant - Producer, Kevin Erham - Special Effects, Mark Moller - Special Effects, John Lawrence - Sound/Sound Designer, David Chaskin - Screenwriter, H.P. Lovecraft - Short Story Author
