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.

Bezenby A great big steaming serving of fromage from Canada, Cathy's Curse is a truly bad film that manages to still be pretty entertaining due to terrible acting, horrible effects, choppy editing, lazy script, poor lighting, questionable costume design, dreary food, ill-conceived feng shui, bad attitude, foul breath, wrong crossword answers, and inability to replace toilet paper.It's one of those films where a child gets possessed and starts harassing other people while they all live in a haunted house. I think. You see, years before, Cathy's Aunt was killed in a car crash by her (Cathy's) grandad, and her (Cathy's) dad has now moved into her (Cathy's) grandad's house with her neurotic mother (Cathy's). Cathy's (Cathy's) mother will wind you up right from the start as she's kind of the irritable type who starts fights with her husband while doesn't he do much fighting at all.Cathy finds a doll upstairs in the attic and you next thing you next she's getting lippy with her parents, stabbing other kids in the eye and listening to Marlyin Manson. Her nanny takes a header out of a window and this quite rightly sends her mum round the bend. Her dad didn't seem too bothered mind.If you've seen the Omen, or the Exorcist, or Beyond the Door 2 you'll get a general idea of what this film is all about, only it's much, much worse. Why her dead ghost Aunt was so angry we'll never know, nor shall we discover why she killed the dog, who seems to have been hired for its ability to walk backwards.What you do get is particularly bad acting from the mum, the drunk guy, and the kid mixed with your usual haunted house effects (blood running from taps, doors closing, pictures shaking). I'm a sucker for such things, and as the film didn't bother trying to explain anything, it wasn't boring either.

Rainey Dawn Watchable. Not great but I found it watchable. In the beginning of the film I thought I was going to watch it in fast-forward just to see what happens but I ended up watching it in it's entirety. The film is not all that grand but something about it kept me watching - I don't know, but somehow I got interested in it.A possessed doll and a creepy photo in the attic that looks strangely like little Cathy are up in the attic of the old house that Cathy's father lived in when he was a boy. The family ended up moving back to that old house and strange things happen - like Cathy's possession.This one I acquired in the Creepy Classic film pack - it's not all that creepy (just a little bit at times) and it's an older film but not really a classic. It's just somewhat entertaining junk.4/10

Hitchcoc This is just a thrown together, anything goes horror movie. There is almost no groundwork set for the characters. There has been a horrible fiery car accident which kills a man and his young daughter. Then, later, her brother and his wife and daughter move into he old house. For whatever reason, the first daughter decides to inhabit the new girl and she becomes evil and dangerous. The mother is tortured for some reason, even though she is not a bad person. I suppose it's an attack on women, whom the original father didn't think much of. There are a series of attacks, using a doll, and hypnotic images, to do away with people who aren't liked. So it goes. Not much here, not to mention an incredibly awful print.