[Demdike@Cult Labs]

The Curse (1987)

Wesley Crusher grew up on a farm with his mum, sister, stepfather and stepbrother. Not sure where the farm was exactly but i'm guessing it must have been in Hazard County as Bo Duke turns up at the end to save the day.

Anyway that's digressing. A meteor lands on Wesley's farm and soon begins infecting the local livestock and, unfortunately for Wesley, his mum as well, so much so that she gets a giant boil on her cheek that no one seems to notice for half the film.

After an hour of farm chat and animal feeding, Wesley's mum starts to go mad and turns into an extra from Bava's Demons. Sensibly, stepdad just shuts her in the attic as that's what anyone would do as the world outside begins to mutate. Eventually Wesley flips when chickens peck his sister. Before long the house starts to crumble to the ground due to the meteor's influence until one of them Duke boys saves the day.

Not long after, Wesley, who clearly now believes in little green men from outer space signed up for Starfleet academy, met his new mum Beverley and the rest is history.

The Curse is pretty standard fayre. This sort of thing was done far better and more cohesively in the Creepshow segment The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill. So little happens once the meteor lands until the last 20 mins that a 25 min story would also have worked better here.

Watchable yet instantly forgettable.