theatrical spoilerscurtains be a typically canadian thriller . have this be a u make film and the script and the production would have be completely different . the first thing that would have be different if it be a u production be that every woman in the movie would have be under the age of 25. a it be now in curtain and the cast include samantha eggar and linda thornson and two capable actress who weren not young thing back in 1983. also and have this be a u production and it would have be sex up ( or cheese up and to be more precise ) and the look and feel of the movie wouldn not have be so and well and canadian . for instance and i doubt very much that the scene when we see the actress ice skate or dance would have be include in an american production . too artsy . so and on one hand and i be glad curtain be not your typical american make slasher . but this doesn not mean curtain doesn not have it share of problem because it canadian . in fact and i would say curtain be a near mess of a film . it well know that there be production problem during the shooting of the movie and theyre in evidence on screen . what i really like about curtain be that it take it time to build suspense . it not in a rush to clobber it audience with a sledgehammer . but somewhere halfway through the story and something really bad happens to the narrative and the film be completely derail off of it track and it never fully recovers . this moment happen when vernon and thorson be shot . during this scene and everything else afterwards and the production feel completely different . it obvious that something happen behind the scene and the mess that we can clearly see during this scene and everything else afterwards nearly destroy all the slow and quasi meticulous work that go into the narrative or direction up to that point . this give the movie a very lopsided feel to it . a somewhat structure begin give way to a very unstructured end . a big chunk of the story or script be seemingly miss . or it a if the producer want to get rid of two somewhat expensive actor ( vernon and thorson ) and the way the character be dispatch be very unconvincing . after the clunky shoot scene and we see body double of the dead vernon and thorson and then the film concentrate on a bimbo who run all over the place and who be eventually dispatch as well . this stalking scene be long and seemingly pointless because we never really get to know this woman and her screen time seem truly excessive and compare to the more interesting actor that be just kill . another important failing of the direction ( or the script ) be how vulnerable the killer be . the killer be often knock over and or or fall unconscious . now how scary be that for a killer . we always snicker at the indestructible killer find in practically every slasher but somehow i actually miss the unstoppable killer here in curtain . the killer be just too weak to create an overpowering sense of dread . and there be many huge plot hole that be never satisfactorily explain and like how do the killer know who be go to be invite at the house . this automatically lead to the next question represent how do the killer know the blonde woman at the apartment ( who be seemingly rap in a very long and tedious scene ) be go to the audition and how do the killer get hold of that creepy mask and which be a prop stash away at the mansion and a place where the killer hasn not be to yet . and other thing and like the inconsistent use of the sad doll before each killing or the inexplicable appearance ( and disappearance ) of the film other male character and the one see at the diner table . we see him here and there and in the jacuzzi or skidooing but then and after seemingly have disappear from the movie and he reappear and dead in the jacuzzi and right after the moment vernon and thorson be shoot . what be the point of his character . such big gap in the story make curtain feel very sloppy . but there be several aspect in the film that be good enough or interesting enough for me to recommend it to fan of slasher or horror . the film have attain a certain cult follow . vhs tape of curtain ( which be not available on dvd yet ) often go for a good price on ebay . i be sure fan of either john vernon and samantha eggar or linda thorson ( star of the avenger ) have keep the film from oblivion . and the couple of sex scene and like the faux rape or the lesbian audition scene and have catch the attention of certain completists of exploitation . and i be sure fan of movie with creepy doll have also make this canadian slasher a minor cult item . but with all say and do and the poster be probably the only thing i really like about curtain and a slasher or giallo that well intend but sorta fall short because of less than gruesome killing and extremely uneven script and a weak killer ( with an albeit cool mask ) and a chaotic production history .