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The Curse

1987 · 92 min

Horror, Science Fiction

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 family and other members of the community.

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Appeals to viewers who enjoy grim rural horror combining ecological contamination, oppressive family dynamics, and supernatural menace.

Tone
dread, eerie, bleak
Payoff
scares, unease
Pacing
steady
Intensity
intense
Structure
linear
Themes
contamination, family conflict, religious fanaticism, environmental exploitation, rural isolation
Setting
late twentieth century, isolated rural farmland and a threatened small community

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