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Wil Wheaton, Malcolm Danare, John Schneider

Nathan Hayes is a religious man trying to hold onto his farm and keep his family in line. A real estate developer is trying to buy most of the farm property in the area, including Mr. Hayes family far...( read more  read more... )m, in the hope that the Tennesse Valley Authority will choose the town for the site of a new dam and recreational area. The night of a terrible storm, an unidentified, glowing object crashes on the Hayes farm and with it comes a horrible curse for the Hayes family and the members of the community.

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Directed by: David Keith

Release Date: September 11, 1987

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  • LisaMJ
    September 1, 2008
    LisaMJ
    Really bad.
  • threefolddado
    July 7, 2008
    threefolddado
    Lots of slime and pus, it starts out okay, then rapidly deteriorates.
  • ahhh1989
    September 20, 2009
    ahhh1989
    Very ugly and sickening film based on the story by HP Lovecraft.
  • ElCochran90
    September 14, 2009
    ElCochran90
    This film is among the most retarded and disgusting horror films ever made. Not scary, not gory, not original nor smart... just disgusting.

    19/100
  • Johnlindsey289
    July 17, 2009
    Johnlindsey289
    A fair HP Lovecraft based Sci-fi horror thriller about a meteorite that falls in a family's backyard and creates havok as it mutates the crops, animals and themselves. Stars Wil Wheaton, John Schnedier and Claude Atkins at their best, it's slimy fun.
  • exureimundo
    June 18, 2009
    exureimundo
    Of all the Hollywood movies based on Lovecraft stories, this one is the most accurate adaption... and yet it wasn't even credited.
  • simsgoddess
    October 29, 2008
    simsgoddess
    As Lovecraft adaptions go, "The Curse" deserves some credit for being relatively faithful to the original story ("The Colour Out of Space".) Unfortunately, the movie itself just isn't very good, mostly due to bad acting, and a few terribly dislikeable characters.
  • xXxXHorrorFanxXxX
    September 15, 2008
    xXxXHorrorFanxXxX
    Wil Wheaton stars as a boy living on a farm in Tennessee in this adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Colour Out of Space." A fluid-filled meteorite lands in the pasture, creating a suspiciously square furrow from the impact (like a bulldozer had dug it). The meteorite is obviousl...( read more)y crazy outer space stuff, but the local doctor discounts it as harmless, even after the darn thing dwindles away by leaking its contents into the groundwater. The extraterrestrial contamination blights the crops and turns Wheaton's mother into a slime-dripping hag. Other members of the family are similarly afflicted, just at a slower pace. When the little girl starts getting sick, Wheaton saves her by sneaking into town to buy canned food and obtaining drinking water from the doctor's outdoor hose. The film ends after the two kids flee their transformed family and the old farmhouse collapses into the surrounding miasma.

    Special effects range from passing to downright terrible. The meteor's arrival sequence is a good example. The bracket assembly holding the model meteor is clearly visible. At first, I thought it must be a tree branch, it was so prominent. Also, for reasons unknown, the bracket system looks like it is constructed of square pieces, vice the round dowels or tubing that would normally be used. I wonder why the special effects technician did not use wire. Maybe the meteor model is larger than it looks?

    The real reason to see this film is to watch a young Wil Wheaton repeatedly slapped by his Bible-thumping stepfather. If that is not enough Wheaton abuse to pique your interest, he also gets royally smeared with manure. All of the people who said they could only be happy if Wesley Crusher was covered in excrement and beaten take note: your wish came true. oh yea wil wheaton looked hot in this movie and its about
    Nathan Hayes is a religious man trying to hold onto his farm and keep his family in line. A real estate developer is trying to buy most of the farm property in the area, including Mr. Hayes family farm, in the hope that the Tennesse Valley Authority will choose the town for the site of a new dam and recreational area. The night of a terrible storm, an unidentified, glowing object crashes on the Hayes farm and with it comes a horrible curse for the Hayes family and the members of the community.
    so a gd movie then its cheeesy but i still recommended it because its a gd movie to watch but then u get bored of it but this movie was pretty funny lol and i didnt like that little gurl shes annyoning shes creepy lookin and wil wheaton did great in here but this movie was preety gd
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    Nathan Hayes is a religious man trying to hold onto his farm and keep his family in line. A real estate developer is trying to buy most of the farm property in the area, including Mr. Hayes family farm, in the hope that the Tennesse Valley Authority will choose the town for the site of a new dam and recreational area. The night of a terrible storm, an unidentified, glowing object crashes on the Hayes farm and with it comes a horrible curse for the Hayes family and the members of the community
    Nathan Hayes: What's the matter?
    Zachary Hayes: It tastes funny.
    Nathan Hayes: What tastes funny?
    Zachary Hayes: The water.
    Nathan Hayes: It's the minerals in it. It's good for you.
    Alice Hayes: It makes the vegetables taste weird.

    Nathan Hayes: And the third angel sounded, And their fell a great star from heaven, Burning as it were, a torch, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and abound the fountains of waters, and many men died of the waters, Revelations of Saint John, chapter 8. Our fruit is full of Worms, All my animals are dying, devoured by this terrible curse. You Frances, You've turn all nasty and ugly, almost overnight. I can hardly recognize you. You know why Frances? Because God is punishing all of us... Your sins have soiled our home, and in still their Wrath.

    Frances Hayes: Where's Zachary?
    Nathan Hayes: He'll be around.
    Cyrus: He was stinking up the whole house.

    Nathan Hayes: How's the well coming?
    Mike: Well, I'm hoping to hook up sometime tomorrow.
  • hennyindrahalim
    November 14, 2007
    hennyindrahalim
    Scary movie. Especially when his mom sew her own hand..

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