Cathy's Curse

1977

Horror

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 7% · 3 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 7% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 4.5/10 10 1489 1.5K

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Plot summary

A young girl is possessed by the spirit of her dead aunt, who died in a car accident. Soon members of her family begin to mysteriously die off.

Director

Eddy Matalon Photo
Eddy Matalon

Top cast

Mary Morter Photo
Mary Morter as Medium
Dorothy Davis Photo
Dorothy Davis as Mary
Alan Scarfe Photo
Alan Scarfe as George Gimble
Peter MacNeill Photo
Peter MacNeill as Gimble en 1935
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834.06 MB
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23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
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1.51 GB
1920*1036
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
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3.67 GB
3840*2160
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23.976 fps
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by sol- 4 / 10

Possession

Possessed by the spirit of her aunt, who died in a childhood car accident, a young girl acquires supernatural powers in this strange Canadian variation on 'The Omen' and 'The Exorcist'. The film gets off to a mediocre start with a poorly edited, intertitle-heavy exposition segment that tells us the circumstances by which the aunt died even though it has little bearing on the plot. The film improves somewhat as it cuts to decades later with an expressive Randi Allen well cast as the young protagonist who gradually progresses from using foul language to becoming totally unhinged as the movie plods along. The doll that she finds (and which supposedly leads to the possession) is pretty creepy too; same goes for a painting upstairs with glowing eyes. Unfortunately none of the adult actors here are up to Allen's level. Beverly Murray is particularly over-the-top as her overbearing mother and the less said about the man who plays a constantly coughing drunk who she befriends the better. The biggest issue (or 'curse' if you like) with the film though is that it never really makes up its mind what it wants to be. There is no tangible motivation driving the possessed aunt and a lot of what Allen does comes off as weird for the sake of it. The film does benefit from a pulsating music score and refreshingly minimal (decent) special effects, but to what end here is uncertain.
Reviewed by benjaminryder-45940 5 / 10

So Bad It's Hysterical

I'm not sure what the goal was with Cathy's Curse. It's a mix up for The Exorcist, The Bad Seed, and about a million other evil kid movies. The wintery atmosphere is a nice touch and, for a bit, one could be fooled into thinking this might end up being some lost 70's classic. Nope.Cathy's Curse manages to get everything wrong from the hammy acting to the not-so-special effects to Cathy's "curses" that she hurls at people. "Cow" can't quite compare to some of the insults Regan threw at people in The Exorcist.Don't let me confuse you - Cathy's Curse also has a lot to recommend. It's rarely boring and with such a short run time, I could think of worse ways to kill some time.
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