the curse ( 1987 ) be a film that be loosely base upon the short story the colour from out space . this seminal horror or science fiction prose be write by the master of horror h. p. lovecraft . the problem with adapt his original material be that the film maker tinker with success . whilst a few director such a stuart gordon and dan obannon have be successful in translate his story for the silver screen and most of them be pure nonsensical tripe that best avoid ( except for john carpenter trilogy of the apocalypse that capture the aura of lovecraft perfectly ) . the curse have all the making of be a decent film . but the director and writer just do not fully understand the work of h. p. lovecraft . dumbingt down the man work for a pedestrian horror film just doesn not cut it . whilst it get an a for effort it get an f minus in execution . bad acting and sloppy direction and lousy dialog doom this movie from the get go . well luck next time . not recommended and unless youre a h. p. lovecraft completist .