The Farm

Bible verses and abuse go hand-in-hand in Hollywood. Not that it's totally groundless; the good Baptists of the South would beat, lynch, kill, and go to church faithfully. It has come to the point that if you hear the Bible being quoted on screen in a scary movie then that person is to be hated and/or feared. The Bible thumping farmer in "The Curse" found himself on the receiving end of the curse. All of his bible reading and beating didn't save him. The curse was awfully similar to what happened in "The Crazies." The water was contaminated and with that came all kinds of maladies including psychopathy. "The Curse" wasn't as appealing as "The Crazies." It had an overall weakness to it--the acting, the story, the production were all toothless. Great if you want your daily dose of angry religion, but not good as a movie.

A pretty decent Sci-Fi flick for such an obvious mediocre budget. A struggling Tennessee farmer (Claude Akins) is hoping for a bumper crop to help him get out of debt. One of his sons played by Will Wheaton watches a meteorite land near the farm during a heavy storm. The crops and fruit begin to rapidly grow as if some part of a miracle; but the son believes there is something wrong with the veggies and well water that is making the family sick. The young boy and his sister refuse to eat or drink anything from the farm. It is their belief the strange meteorite has plagued the crops. The movie becomes tense and gory with some psychotic images hard to soon forget.

At first when I saw it at the movie store I thought it was gonna be lame and boring, but something told me to rent it. When I saw it I was suprised. It was an enjoyable film to watch. Now it's not the best horror movie ever made but it was good enough to buy and put in my movie collection. So if you want a good creepy movie, rent it, it's worth it!

IMDb rating almost kept me away from this jewel. That would be a big mistake. The first hour is a mystery drama with SF premise, and then in the last twenty minutes it grows into good horror. In my opinion, few scenes with lousy effects should have been skipped and without them movie would be more convincing, but even this way this is the best Lovecraft adaptation I saw so far and one of the best movies in its class, primarily because of excellent atmosphere it builds and succeeds to maintain on the level till the very end. This one definitely goes to my collection. 7/10 (8,5/10 within the genre)