From my favorite movies..

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

This adaptation of Lovecraft's The Colour Out of Space proves that adapting most of Lovecraft's work is just not feasible unless really done with utmost care.The horror in Lovecraft's story is completely contained within his writing style and as such cannot be easily translated to film.Especially when the film is so pedestrian and routine as this one, and leaves out significant elements of the story, or changes them, and/or updates it to a modern time period for the sake of budget. Just take one look at the "meteor" (like a weather balloon) and the "impact crater" (badly designed bulldozer scrape) and you'll see the budget restrictions.Practically everyone who has read this story and is a Lovecraft fan has imagined it as a film. The proper way to do it would be as what the HPLHS Films did for The Whisperer in Darkness, which would be B&W and set in the same time period as the story.And the use of B&W photography would be of prime significance since the actual "colour" from space is supposed to be a new type of color never before seen by human eyes.

****SPOILERS**** Smelly movie that has to do with this septic tank, or so were told, dropped from a passing plane over the Nathan Ranch that smells up the entire property as well as rots away Farmer Nathan Crane's, Claude Akins, fall apple harvest. Unfortunately not filmed in the 1950's and early 60's versions of Smellavision and Aromarama the film lacks the true impact, in the audience smelling it, and realism that could well had and make in a cult classic as long as it's oder lingered on. Instead we get this really awful and smelly film where everything gets contaminated and turns to, for a better word, horse and cow manure.As for Farmer Nathen he does little to elevate the problem by blaming the smell as a curse for the sins that he and his family committed over the years. If he would have acted sooner this entire mess could have been cleaned up by the Tennessee Environmental Agency that attempted, unsuccessfully, to put a lid on it. Meanwhile as the smell started to engulf the entire Nathen residence it was handsome and concerned, for the public at large, environmental agent Willis, John Schneider, who took matters into his own hands to keep the smell from spreading.*****SPOILERS***** Not that convincing of an ending with Agent Willis risking his life as well reputation in being clean cut by saving the two remaining members of the Crane family Zack and Frances, Wil Wheaton & Kathleen Jordon Gregory, for a fate far worse the death as the Nathen Ranch disintegrated into a giant cesspool. But what he got or didn't get for all his efforts is, in nobody believing him, a new set of clothes to replace those that he lost, by the awful stench not being able to be laundered out of them, saving them.

An overly obsessed religious man (Claude Atkins) is trying to provide for his family by holding onto his farm, and make sure his family obeys his orders. An unknown object flies out of nowhere in their yard during a hectic storm, and things start changing for the worse. This is pretty trashy stuff on virtually no budget what so ever. Actor David Keith takes a break from the acting world to direct this one. How did he do? Not so good… I've seen a lot worse, believe me, but that doesn't mean this is a good horror film. It's incredibly cheap looking with many unlikable characters. The so called "Father" is a sanctimonious idiot who refuses to succumb to any type of reasoning. The brother is a fat pig, and the Mother is unsympathetically weak and naive. It's the real life sister and brother combo (who ironically play brother and sister in the movie as well) of Will & Amy Wheaton that manage to be likable. The gore is mostly consisted of lame gooey effects, and is more laughable than anything else. We do get a rather gruesome scene of a chicken pecking away at a girl. That's really about it. Will Wheaton shows off the talent that he brought to the table in Stand By Me, and manages to overcome such a crappy script. He wasn't great, but considering he had nothing to work with? I commend him. Claude Atkins's character is written as a religious nut who is pretentious, but I thought he was completely moronic. What type of idiot is adamant on drinking water, even if it's been heavily tampered?? He was just written so idiotically that I couldn't wait to see his character perish. Final Thoughts: It never bored me, but it's an incredibly stupid movie. The poorly written characters and the fact that it took everything seriously really does this one in. This could have been a great cheese fest, but it went the serious route. I can't recommend this one to you guys, unfortunately 3.5/10

A struggling farmer believes God has blessed him when his crops begin to grow substantially after a large meteor lands in his field, dissolving into his soil and water supply after the local doc, Forbes(Cooper Huckabee), pokes a hole in it. The infected water(it's molecular structure altered by the introduced alien substance from the glowing meteor) causes people and livestock to act irrationally, soon turning violent. Hysteria, dementia, violent mood swings, and skin mutations all result from the infected water.The fruit is worthless internally despite looking ripe and healthy externally. The local realtor and city councilman, Charlie Davidson(Steve Carlisle) woos a TVA water employee, Willis(John Schneider)hoping to get a contract for building a dam in their community.Poor Zack(Wil Wheaton) has to rough it on his own once his mother, Francis(Kathleen Jordon Gregory) becomes "under the weather" and his sister(Amy, Wil's sis) is assaulted by manic chickens, as Nathan(Akins) and his antagonistic jerk son, Cyrus(Malcolm Danare), both even worse after being infected, torment him through insults and harsh treatment..you see he's not their blood(..his mother married Nathan, it seems, because they needed support he could give) which means they feel little pity or affection towards him. Nathan is a hard, strict, bible-quoting fanatic who doesn't want anyone "butting in" to matters he considers private, even if disease and death spread because of the infected water, or what's evident before him, the fact that his family are afflicted with a plague.Tolerating Claude Akins for the duration of this film proves to be difficult because he's such a loud and repugnant creature you just want to see suffer in the worst possible way for the problems he causes. And, Wheaton is certainly easy to sympathize with because he's caught between a rock and hard place, little wiggle room to remove himself as madness evolves all around him. Of course, those involved in attempting to cover up something which could prove harmful regarding future prosperity will get their just desserts. Some really spine-tingling make-up effects showing what the mutations and disease cause to humans(and particularly the fruit and cattle)such as opening wounds bursting forth maggots, slimy puss, and beetles! The climax, as the house literally begins imploding while sinking into the earth, is a bit too much. The hideous nature for which causes mother Francis to deform into a ghastly monstrosity is really potent stuff. I'm sure Akins and Danare's fate will be met with applause. I do consider The Curse a success in regards to how it can effectively make your skin crawl, but other than that, I find this rather foul in all respects. It seems to suffer post-production problems, in script particularly, as characters vanish, while others make such preposterous choices which could cause irreversible results(..not to mention a ridiculous ending which leads us to believe that nothing was done in regards to the crisis of the film, written off as no threat or danger to the communities surrounding the farm whose soil and water could cause a national outbreak).This is part of a series of films unrelated to each other.