When a meteorite lands near his family farm during a storm in Tennessee, the son of a struggling farmer believes it's connected to strange plague-like events afflicting the crops, the farm a... Read allWhen a meteorite lands near his family farm during a storm in Tennessee, the son of a struggling farmer believes it's connected to strange plague-like events afflicting the crops, the farm animals and even the family themselves.When a meteorite lands near his family farm during a storm in Tennessee, the son of a struggling farmer believes it's connected to strange plague-like events afflicting the crops, the farm animals and even the family themselves.
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- TriviaWil Wheaton wrote a blog post on 8/15/22 about how he and his sister, Amy, were horribly exploited and abused in the production of The Curse.
- GoofsWhen the meteorite hits the ground the metal arm connected to it can be seen on the left.
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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.
- Alternate versionsThe MGM DVD features additional footage and an alternate ending previously missing from other versions.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: Nightbeast (2012)
- SoundtracksOn Daddy's Farm
By Deborah H. Barkat
Courtesy of Barkst - Mac Kechnie
Terror movie with thrills , chills , scary events , strong violence and traditional but effective special effects . Concerning an outer entity , a huge, glowing meteorite falls on a farm and contaminates the grubby area , turning people and animals into slime-oozing mutants .Here stands out the colorful images and the gory and loathing FX with plenty of blood and grimy that deliver the goods enough . This is based on Lovecraft story titled ¨Color Out of Space¨, this notorious writer has been adapted in several films such as Dagon , The Dunwich Horror ,The Call of Cthulhu , Re-animator , Re-sonator , The Beyond , Valdemar Legacy I , Valdemar Legacy II , and many others . Stars Wil Wheaton as the good little boy who attempts to save his sister at whatever cost , Claude Akins as the fanatic religious as well as upsettling daddy and Malcolm Damre as the extremely nasty brother. The remaining ensemble cast includes , Steve Carlise , Cooper Huckabee and John Schneider , all of them giving decent acting . It was again adapted in 2019 as ¨Color out of space¨by Richard Stanley with fine performances from Nicolas Cage providing a really histrionic , gestual and almost farcical acting , Joely Richardson, Brendan Meyer and Julian Illiard.
The motion picture was professionally directed by David Keith. This filmmaker has made a few movies , in fact this "The Curse" 2019 resulted to be his first film, and his subsequent outing was ¨Adventures of Tennesse Buck¨. He's a good actor , in his starters , Keith had a supporting role in The Rose (1979) starring Bette Midler ; later on , he had a supporting role in Brubaker (1980), and co-starred with Richard Gere in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982). He played a local thug in The Great Santini (1979), starred in The Lords of Discipline (1983) and held a prominent supporting role opposite Matthew McConaughey in U-571 (2000). After that , he played opposite Drew Barrymore in the science fiction horror film Firestarter (1984) , among others . Rating : 6/10 . Acceptable and passable movie horror movie . The pic will appeal to H. P. Lovecraft enthusiasts.
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- Gross US & Canada
- $1,930,001
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,169,922
- Sep 13, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $1,930,001
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1