Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘The Curse’

Written by Scott Edwards

It can be difficult to accept a new lifestyle, especially when you never saw it coming. While you may be able to adapt to the new situation, there is always something going off in the back of your mind that says that there is something just not right about it. Even if you are able to keep these voices down, they do make you question what you are doing and that can cause you to go a little crazy in the head. It is important to find someone to talk to about this, because if you don’t, you may find that you are going crazy and there is nothing to stop it.
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While cleaning up after the cows, young Zack get harassed by his step brother once again, but when his new father joins the situation, Zack is blamed for starting it. Getting cleaned up for breakfast; Zack admits that he is not happy with the new living situation that he, his mother and little sister find themselves in. Admitting that she is not happy as well, Frances knows that it is too late to move on now and her new husband Nathan has put a roof over their heads and that should be enough to stay without complaining too much. But Frances has a secret to happiness in the house that she is not sharing with anyone, yet, it is only a matter of time before she is discovered for the woman she really is.

Hearing a massive impact outside, Zack runs out to see a meteorite has landed in one of the fields and notes that it has a special kind of value to it, since it has a strange glow of sorts. Trying to keep the impact quiet to the rest of the community, Charles Davidson gets the only person in the town with a degree to come and take a look. As Alan tries to figure out what this strange thing could be, the town is visited by a man looking to find the right place to put a reservoir. With the perfect place appearing to be on the land of Nathan’s house, it is important for everyone involved to keep to themselves, but that is easier said than done.

With the strange meteor vanishing overnight, Alan comes to the conclusion that it was a just a waste drop from a plane, but still cannot be sure. While checking out the garden in the morning, Frances sees that the crop has come in and it looks great, yet there is something a little off about the smell and after opening up some of the vegetables, she sees that they are all spoiled on the inside. But that is not the only thing that is spoiled around the farm, as there is something in the water that does not taste right and young Zack is the first to get yelled at for calling it out. Watching as strange growths start to take over his mother’s face and seeing her attitude change before his very eyes, Zack does everything he can to keep his little sister Alice disease free from the water, but with his father not allowing any outside help, it may be a race against time to save his real family before the madness takes over.

From the start of the movie, you really get the feelings that Zack and his little sister are really not wanted in the house, which made for plenty of tension between Zack and Nathan throughout the movie. With Nathan being very religious, he would not allow his family or their problems to be exposed to the outside world, especially when Frances gets sick. Watching the transformation of Frances from loving mother into a rage filled beast was really the best part of the story overall. With a meteorite, a religious step father, a pain in the ass step brother, something strange in the water, spoiled crops and the need to kill, this movie plays well on a couple different fronts, but first and foremost, it reminds us that when something alien gets into your water, you should probably not drink it. Stay Scared.

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