The Curse (1987 film)
1987 science-fiction horror film directed by David Keith / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Curse (also known internationally as The Farm) is a 1987 American science-fiction horror film directed by David Keith in his directorial debut, and based on the short story "The Colour Out of Space" by H. P. Lovecraft. It tells about a meteorite that crashes into a farming community in Tennessee, which begins to infect the land and its residents. The film stars Wil Wheaton, Claude Akins, Cooper Huckabee, Malcolm Danare, John Schneider, and Amy Wheaton.
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Directed by | David Keith |
Written by | David Chaskin |
Based on | "The Colour Out of Space" by H. P. Lovecraft |
Produced by | Ovidio G. Assonitis |
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Cinematography | Roberto Forges Davanzati |
Edited by | Claudio M. Cutry |
Music by | Franco Micalizzi |
Production company | Brouwersgracht Investments[1] |
Distributed by | Trans World Entertainment |
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Running time | 90 minutes[1] |
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Language | English |
Budget | $4 million[1] |
Box office | $1.9 million[3] |
An international co-production film between The United States and Italy, production began in September 1986, in Tellico Plains, Tennessee and Rome. It premiered on September 11, 1987, and was a box-office bomb, grossing $1.9 million against its budget of $4 million. The film would be the first entry into the Curse tetralogy, a series of four films that were retitled for the home video market as a franchise. The retitled sequels includes Curse II: The Bite, Curse III: Blood Sacrifice and Curse IV: The Ultimate Sacrifice.