Dear god. this movie redefines painful. This Canadian "horror" film called "Cathy's Curse" was one of the most frustrating, hair yanking movies i've ever had the misfortune to watch. At least "Oasis of the Zombies" didn't hurt my brain. This movie however, did.
To start off, yes, this is another one of the 50 chilling classics movies. Number 29 and it seems that they're getting worse by the film. And this one is far from an exception.
But i guess i better tell you what it's about. OK, here it goes. Firstly, we start off in a very orange quality, where it looks like someone peed on the original negatives. an opening text is shown for all of 1 second and then is cut away so you don't have the time to read it. something about a father and a daughter, but the ends are also cut off by the horrible formatting to fullscreen. A father and a daughter are in a car, roll gently down a hill and the car explodes. i REALLY don't know why cars that roll down hills gently, explode for some reason in these films. i didn't know cars were that flammable. oh well, cut forward to years later, when the other family members move into the house and the guy's little daughter turns inexplicably evil. why? i'm not sure. that's not really explained. according to the DVD sleeve, she's possessed by the spirit of her dead aunt. um....OK let's go with that.
There are a lot of crappy effects like jump cuts, or dolls pulled along wires or glowing painting eyes. All horrible effects i could do myself. The girl isn't menacing, she's just REALLY irritating. like "devil times five" irritating. first an old lady dies while the girl's around, the mother goes crazy, and the dog gets killed all while the little girl is laughing maniacally and saying evil things and no one can put two and two together. This girl is one of the most unconvincing evil characters i've had the misfortune to come across. The only other person who's more unconvincing is her mom who sounds like if you fused a new jersey hair dresser with daisy duck. She tries to act...but fails.
Another thing i hate is how no one ever suspects the kids. like kids are all innocent and could never be evil. BULL. CRAP. i'm getting really sick of that. if kids are killing people, STOP LOOKING THE OTHER WAY and own these kids! being 10 is not a free pass to kill people. if they're killing people, you gotta own their face in a horror movie! geez.
Now, about 2/3 of the way through this movie my PS2 stopped playing the movie with a "disc read error" and i have never been happier at my Ps2. that means i don't have to watch this piece of garbage anymore and i have an excuse not to finish it. This is the first DVD on the list that i didn't finish, but i don't have the heart to try again on a different DVD player. I'd rather do something more constructive with my time. LIke count pennies. Please skip this movie. if it's on your 50 movie DVD set, SKIP IT and don't even bother. it's acid trippy, stupid, flat, and incredibly lame. "Cathy's Curse" gets 1 old lady falling out of a window, out of 10
To start off, yes, this is another one of the 50 chilling classics movies. Number 29 and it seems that they're getting worse by the film. And this one is far from an exception.
But i guess i better tell you what it's about. OK, here it goes. Firstly, we start off in a very orange quality, where it looks like someone peed on the original negatives. an opening text is shown for all of 1 second and then is cut away so you don't have the time to read it. something about a father and a daughter, but the ends are also cut off by the horrible formatting to fullscreen. A father and a daughter are in a car, roll gently down a hill and the car explodes. i REALLY don't know why cars that roll down hills gently, explode for some reason in these films. i didn't know cars were that flammable. oh well, cut forward to years later, when the other family members move into the house and the guy's little daughter turns inexplicably evil. why? i'm not sure. that's not really explained. according to the DVD sleeve, she's possessed by the spirit of her dead aunt. um....OK let's go with that.
There are a lot of crappy effects like jump cuts, or dolls pulled along wires or glowing painting eyes. All horrible effects i could do myself. The girl isn't menacing, she's just REALLY irritating. like "devil times five" irritating. first an old lady dies while the girl's around, the mother goes crazy, and the dog gets killed all while the little girl is laughing maniacally and saying evil things and no one can put two and two together. This girl is one of the most unconvincing evil characters i've had the misfortune to come across. The only other person who's more unconvincing is her mom who sounds like if you fused a new jersey hair dresser with daisy duck. She tries to act...but fails.
Another thing i hate is how no one ever suspects the kids. like kids are all innocent and could never be evil. BULL. CRAP. i'm getting really sick of that. if kids are killing people, STOP LOOKING THE OTHER WAY and own these kids! being 10 is not a free pass to kill people. if they're killing people, you gotta own their face in a horror movie! geez.
Now, about 2/3 of the way through this movie my PS2 stopped playing the movie with a "disc read error" and i have never been happier at my Ps2. that means i don't have to watch this piece of garbage anymore and i have an excuse not to finish it. This is the first DVD on the list that i didn't finish, but i don't have the heart to try again on a different DVD player. I'd rather do something more constructive with my time. LIke count pennies. Please skip this movie. if it's on your 50 movie DVD set, SKIP IT and don't even bother. it's acid trippy, stupid, flat, and incredibly lame. "Cathy's Curse" gets 1 old lady falling out of a window, out of 10