Scott LeBrun Low budget Canadian knock-off of superior major releases such as "The Exorcist" and "The Omen" is nonetheless fairly pleasing on a "so bad it's good" level. It begins in the 1930s, as a man (Peter MacNeill, "Crash", "A History of Violence") and his young daughter perish in a car accident. 40 years later, the girls' now grown-up brother George (Alan Scarfe, "Double Impact", 'Seven Days') moves into the old family home with his wife Vivian (Beverly Murray, "Street Smart", "The Carpenter") and their kid, Cathy (Randi Allen). Soon, the kid is behaving strangely, the wife is coming unglued, and various bizarre & macabre things are happening."Cathy's Curse" is NOT without entertainment value: it's slipshod - and hysterically scripted - enough to make it pretty amusing in spite of itself. The acting is pretty bad from just about everybody, but that doesn't mean that it isn't enjoyable. The pretty Murray is the worst offender; she seems incapable of delivering a good performance if her life depended on it. Young Allen is a hoot, especially as the story progresses and the movie gets more and more priceless.Special effects and gore are kept to a minimum, with French-born co-writer & director Eddy Matalon ("Breakout", "Sweet Killing") struggling in vain to give his movie some semblance of gravitas and atmosphere. But ultimately, "Cathy's Curse" is entertaining because of it being so laughable. It's hard to say whether this was intended; the actors, as underwhelming as they are; do largely play the material straight. Roy Witham ("Agency"), as old caretaker Paul, is amusing, as is Mary Morter ("The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane") as the medium. Best of all is when the dialogue suddenly turns vulgar, and the kid is hurling insults at her elders.A must if you're eager to delve into the cheesier side of Canuxploitation, but don't go in expecting anything resembling a good film.Filmed in Quebec.Five out of 10.

sol- 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.

tx898 I give this movie a ten because it's so bad. I really believe this was written by the old man, Paul, who probably was a teacher in a local drama department somewhere up there where it was filmed. Paul is so bad I love it when he coughs like he has pneumonia as he's walking outside in one of the scenes. The mother is absolutely awful and what a bitch! She couldn't act her way out of a paper bag. The dad is just was bad and he was suppose to a real actor. The medium woman is just awful but when she breaks out in some kinda of possessed state I just busted a gut laughing! Cathy is awful as well and there is nothing scary about her or this movie at all. I don't know what style house they lived in but there was something wrong with it too. Oh yeah it's very grainy poor quality filming. Hope you like it he-he!

Joe Gooch Cauchemares aka; Cathy's Curse is one of the most quotable 'so-bad-it's-brilliant' films ever made. Ignore the negative reviews, hunt down a copy, invite your friends round for a few beers and enjoy the hilarious genius that is; Cathy's Curse. Every scene is a classic in terms of quotability, lack of narrative sense and bizarre acting. You know the story; man who's father and sister were killed in a car crash caused by a rabbit, returns to his childhood home (where his father used to drink blood "as a kind of tonic"!!??) his wife soon starts going hysterical while his daughter, Cathy, becomes possessed by some malevolent spirit that is somehow linked to her dead aunts doll that Cathy finds in the attic and soon people start dying or going a bit weird(er). I can't think of a scene without it raising a smile; be it Agatha the psychic getting taken over by the evil spirit whilst visiting the Gimble household for a nice cup of coffee, speaking in a variety of voices, screaming and smashing a framed family photo, then calmly straightening her jacket, or Paul the caretaker being plied with whiskey by Cathy whilst having a good old laugh sat on the attic stairs, then, when confronted by a visiting Agatha, unleash on her a barrage of abuse such as; "Fat dried up old whore!" before running her out the house. This film is a favourite of mine that never fails to entertain, be it unintentionally. The only 'curse', as mentioned in previous reviews is the horrendous print that is used for the DVD. It's time a full uncut DVD with a documentary and commentary was released. It's what this classic film and its fans deserve.