The Curse (The Farm) (1987)
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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… More 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, Rovi
- Directed By
- David Keith
- Genres
- Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror
- In Theaters
- Sep 11, 1987 Wide
- Studio
- Media Home Entertainment
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Cast
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Wil Wheaton
as Zachary Hayes
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Claude Akins
as Nathan Hayes
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Malcom Danare
as Cyrus
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Cooper Huckabee
as Dr. Alan Forbes
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John Schneider
as Carl Willis
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Amy Wheaton
as Alice Hayes
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Steve Carlisle
as Charley Davidson
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Kathleen Jordan Gregory
as Frances Hayes
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Hope North
as Esther Forbes
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Steve Davis
as Mike
- David Chaskin
- David Keith
- Malcolm Danare
