Cathy's Curse (1977)

Directed by

Eddy Matalon

Genre

horror film

Country

France, Canada

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

R

Rating

4.9 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl becomes possessed by the spirit of her dead aunt. Her family struggles with her increasingly strange and dangerous behavior.

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What happens

Cathy's Curse (French: Une si gentille petite fille, lit. 'Such a sweet little girl', released in Quebec as Cauchemares, 'Nightmares') is a 1977 supernatural horror film co-written, produced and directed by Eddy Matalon and starring Alan Scarfe, Beverly Murray, and Randi Allen. The film follows a young girl who is possessed by the spirit of her deceased aunt. A co-production between Canada and France, it was shot on location in Westmount and Montreal, Quebec. Although the film was critically panned upon initial release, with many deriding it as being overly derivative of other supernatural horror films of the period including The Exorcist (1973), The Omen, and Carrie (both 1976), it has since become a cult classic, some calling the film "so bad it's good". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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