The Curse

Name: The Curse
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Released: 1987-09-11
Duration: 1 h 32 min
Rating: 5.3
Cast: Wil Wheaton, Claude Akins, Malcolm Danare, Cooper Huckabee, John Schneider

It took seed...now it needs to feed

The Curse (1987)

Timing: 1:32 (92 min)

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Release date

1987-09-11

Country

Italy, United States

Production

Trans World Entertainment (TWE), Trans World Entertainment

Genre

Horror, Science Fiction

Budget

Revenue

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Director

David Keith

Actors

Wil Wheaton, Claude Akins, Malcolm Danare, Cooper Huckabee, John Schneider, Steve Carlisle, Kathleen Jordon Gregory, Hope North, Steve Davis, Amy Wheaton
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

H.P. Lovecraft

Producer

Ovidio G. Assonitis, Moshe Diamant

Operator

Roberto Forges Davanzati

Composer

Franco Micalizzi

Artist

Audition

Editing

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Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

The film is based on the story “The Colour Out of Space” by H.P. Lovecraft.
According to Wil Wheaton, he and his younger sister Amy Wheaton were treated terribly on set: the 13-year-old actor did not want to agree to the role, but his parents, who were promised a substantial fee, a trip to Italy, and a role for Amy by the producers, pressured him. The child actors worked 12 hours a day without breaks, director David Keith used drugs, and instead of makeup and special effects, everything was real: Wil's character, without the actor's knowledge, was pushed into real cow manure in one scene, and the cuts on Amy's body and face after the chicken attack were also not artificial – makeup artists applied them with a scalpel. Since then, the actor has hated everything related to 'The Curse'.