Curtains
Year: 1983
Director: Richard Ciupka
Written by: Robert Guza Jr.
Threat: Psychopath
Weapon of Choice: Sickle
Based upon: none
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CurtainsYear: 1983 Director: Richard Ciupka Written by: Robert Guza Jr. Threat: Psychopath Weapon of Choice: Sickle Based upon: none IMDb page: |
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The tyranist's thoughts
Given the chance to choose between an '80s slasher flick and a brand new 'teen thriller,' I'll
take the slasher every day. It's too bad that I'm not always right.
I spotted this one down the horror aisle because of its cool cover and the promise of it being
a typical '80s slasher flick. It has all the classic elements. Beautiful young women gathering
at a remote location for what promises to be a decadent weekend. Add Killer. Stir.
While it had that fresh-out-of-the-'70s feel and a good basic idea, they simply failed to deliver
what was promised. Sure it was a slasher, but it lacked the two key elements that set the
'80s slasher apart: gore and nudity. They could have made this film today for all of the quiet,
politically correct edits that they made. This lessened the film by some degrees and exposed
the flaws that are in all slashers, but that get covered up in distractions by other productions.
I guess I didn't like it much. There was a lot of potential in the story and I really wanted it
to be good, but in the end, it was dissatisfying. I do have to give them points for keeping the
killer's identity relatively obscured. If you are looking for an '80s slasher, you can
do much better. If you are simply interested in seeing what kind of story is really underneath
all that gore and nudity, maybe this one is for you.
Total Skulls: 13
| 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 |  |
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| Girl unnecessarily gets naked | ||
| Wanton sex | |
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| Death associated with sex | |
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| Unfulfilled promise of nudity | |
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| Characters forget about threat | ||
| Secluded location | |
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| Power is cut | ||
| Phone lines are cut | ||
| Someone investigates a strange noise | |
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| Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door | ||
| Camera is the killer | |
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| 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 | |
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| Car stalls or won't start | |
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| Cat jumps out | ||
| Fake scare | ||
| Laughable scare | ||
| Stupid discovery of corpse | ||
| Dream sequence | |
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| Hallucination/Vision | ||
| No one believes only witness | |
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| 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 | |
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| Killer is in closet | ||
| Killer is in car with victim | ||
| Villain is more sympathetic than heroes | ||
| Unscary villain/monster | ||
| Beheading | |
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| 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? |