Other movies in this series:
The Curse
Curse II: The Bite
Curse IV: The Ultimate Sacrifice

Rish's Reviews
This really should be tyranist's job, reviewing The Curse III, since he reviewed the first two. But due to extenuating circumstances, the lot has fallen to me.
The film stars Jenilee Harrison, as a European woman in Africa who prevents a goat from being sacrificed during a tribal ceremony. In retaliation, the village priest summons a vicious creature to destroy the woman and those around her.
The acting is pretty good, really. Christopher Lee has a supporting role as the country doctor. His fantastic presence always brings gravity and depth to even the weakest roles (such as Count Dooku).
The film is set in the 1950's, for some reason I don't understand. That's to be admired, I suppose, since making it a period piece always increases a film's budget. The film showcases some beautiful countryside, as it was actually shot in Africa. It's an interesting locale. I've only seen a few films in this milieu, and invariably the whites mock the native superstitions . . . until it comes back to bite them on the arse. Or, there are those who believe, but never really warn the new folks about stuff. I wonder, though, if I lived in an African area prone to voodoo practitioners and witchdoctors, if I would believe or scoff. It seems like you'd be afraid of those who do believe, even if you didn't.
A lot of nudity in this one. An extended, prolonged chase scene made little sense. Why would our heroine be able to escape when others, stronger and smarter than her, could not?
It's fairly well-edited, but never even remotely scary. It certainly got plenty of Skulls, though.
Curse III is not a horrible movie, but not great. I think there was something really brilliant in the way the monster was destroyed. I say "I think" because how it happened in the film was insanely stupid . . . but it MAY be that in the script, there was something cool going on. Hmmm.
Posted: February 5, 2006

Total Skulls: 20

Sequel
Sequel setup
Rips off earlier film
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie
Future celebrity appears
Former celebrity appears
Bad title
Bad premise
Bad acting
Bad dialogue
Bad execution
MTV Editing
OTS
Girl unnecessarily gets naked
Wanton sex
Death associated with sex
Unfulfilled promise of nudity
Characters forget about threat
Secluded location
Power is cut
Phone lines are cut
Someone investigates a strange noise
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door
Camera is the killer
Victims cower in front of a window/door
Victim locks self in with killer
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls
Toilet stall scene
Shower/bath scene
Car stalls or won't start
Cat jumps out
Fake scare
Laughable scare
Stupid discovery of corpse
Dream sequence
Hallucination/Vision
No one believes only witness
Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth
Warning goes unheeded
Music detracts from scene
Death in first five minutes
x years before/later
Flashback sequence
Dark and stormy night
Killer doesn't stay dead
Killer wears a mask
Killer is in closet
Killer is in car with victim
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes
Unscary villain/monster
Beheading
Blood fountain
Blood spatters - camera, wall, etc.
Poor death effect
Excessive gore
No one dies at all
Virgin survives
Geek/Nerd survives
Little kid lamely survives
Dog/Pet miraculously survives
Unresolved subplots
"It was all a dream" ending
Unbelievably happy ending
Unbelievably crappy ending
What the hell?