Curtains - endless madness
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Curtains - endless madness |
| Original title | Curtains… The ultimate nightmare |
| Country of production | Canada |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1983 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Richard Ciupka |
| script | Robert Guza Jr. |
| production | Peter R. Simpson |
| music | Paul Zaza |
| camera | Robert Paynter |
| cut |
Michael MacLaverty Henry Richardson |
| occupation | |
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Curtains - delusion without end ( Curtains ... The ultimate Nightmare ) is a horror film by Canadian director Richard Ciupka from the year 1983rd
action
The shooting of the new film by the famous director Jonathan Stryker will start shortly. His favorite actress Samantha Sherwood is slated for the lead role. So that Samantha can put herself in the role of the insane Audra, she is supposed to spend a few days in a mental hospital. Samantha is smuggled there through a fake fit and has to wait until Stryker takes her out again.
However, this one has something else in mind. When he sees that Samantha is too old for the role of Audra, he lets her stew in the institution and instead invites six young girls to his villa in the mountains. But when the first girl doesn't come to the rehearsal, the others start to get scary. Suddenly Samantha shows up, who has fled the institution and now wants to audition for the role again. Is she to blame for the girl's disappearance? A snow storm prevents anyone from leaving the villa.
The next morning when one of the girls tried to skate on a frozen lake, she found a creepy doll with black eyes in the snow. She doesn't have long to live, because the killer is already on her heels and comes towards her with ice skates and a sickle.
While Samantha and Stryker start a mud fight in the villa, the girls notice that something is wrong here. When night falls, the horror really begins. Stryker forces the girls to have sex and promises them the role of Audra, while the killer slaughters his way through the whole group. One of the girls escapes into a movie props hall behind the house, but cannot escape the killer.
During an argument in the kitchen between Samantha and one of the girls, the terrible truth is revealed. Samantha shot Stryker while the other girls murdered one by one.
criticism
"Speculative psychological thriller with an easily understandable plot."
"CURTAINS plays quite intelligently with appearance and reality, offers a few false floors, and a murder scene on a frozen lake is so excitingly staged that it still gives goose bumps today."
“Some scenes really have what it takes to be classics. For example, you can look forward to a slow-motion scene with a scythe on a frozen lake. "
useful information
- The film grossed approximately CAD 3,700,000 worldwide .
- Production began on November 10, 1980, but was overshadowed by many problems. The director was fired and replaced by another, actors dropped out and had to be replaced. It wasn't until 1983 that the film was completed and released.
- The film was shot in Muskoka , Ontario and Toronto , Ontario.
- Celine Lomez was originally intended for the role of Brooke Parsons, but was replaced by Linda Thorson shortly after filming began .
- Lesleh Donaldson was sent to a figure skating school for a month to film her scene on the lake. Her colleague Anne Ditchburn was supposed to help her with her choreography. When filming was about to start and she took the first step on the ice, she fell down and injured her lip. So a double had to be used.
- The original plan was to show Matthew's death on the snowmobile as well. But the scene was cut out and so it is the dead bodies of John Vernon and Linda Thorson that crash into the window pane.
- Michael Wincott and Anne Ditchburn originally had more dialogue. However, these scenes were also cut out.
- There is an alternate ending in which Lynne Griffin is on stage surrounded by all the corpses.
Web links
- Curtains - delusion without end in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Curtains - delusion without end at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Curtains - endless madness in the online film database