Curtains

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Curtains

R

Released Feb 25, 1983

1h 29m

Horror

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An actress (Samantha Eggar) escapes from an asylum to attend her husband's (John Vernon) casting session for starlets.

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Audrey Vann

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

In many ways, this film is a classic who-done-it slasher. However, there are absurd elements that simultaneously make no sense while making the seemingly straightforward film into something special.

Dec 20, 2024

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Paul Lê

Bloody Disgusting

The acting talent is stellar for this kind of movie.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 20, 2023

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Paul Freitag-Fey

Daily Grindhouse

Has some amazing moments even it doesn't add up to much, and there is a reason that scenes like a murder on ice have become more iconic than the film itself.

Aug 2, 2019

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C.H. Newell

Father Son Holy Gore

This film has much to say about the plight of actresses, continually blurring the lines between reality and fiction, as well as character and identity.

Rated: 4/5

May 1, 2019

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

One of the tiny handful of genuinely unique one-offs in the slasher genre's history.

Rated: 7/10

Dec 5, 2016

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Brian Orndorf

Blu-ray.com

It's a mess, but an entertaining one thanks to Ciupka's visual ambition and ensemble work from the oddball cast, who deliver the proper level of hysteria to assist what little suspense remains.

Rated: B-

Sep 27, 2014

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Jason W

Basically an old, creepy director brings women to his estate to audition for a role and sleeps with them all. There is a killer picking the girls off one by one. The mask and weapon are memorable as is the ice skating scene and the acting is decent. It kind of feels like a soap opera but with a masked killer and lots of breast shots.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/08/24

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nick s

The actors do a credible job and the movie has a good vibe. But for me the story doesn't gel particularly well. It feels like a lot of half baked ideas cobbled together in the editing room.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/20/24

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Steve D

Ineffective slasher with little going on.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/09/23

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Audience Member

Worth watching for the ice skating scene. Everything else was just ‘meh’. And the killer reveal at the end — seems like they just decided on one and said ‘Its you’

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

12/10/22

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Audience Member

Pretty damn unique slasher film. It's lots of fun, with a couple unexpected twists. Some really memorable imagery too.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

09/04/19

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Audience Member

Has a couple of really unexpected twists. That coupled with how the film was put together earns this one a recommendation.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Synopsis

An actress (Samantha Eggar) escapes from an asylum to attend her husband's (John Vernon) casting session for starlets.

Director: Richard Ciupka
Producer: Peter R. Simpson
Screenwriter: Robert Guza Jr.
Production Co: Simcom, Simcom Limited, Curtains Productions, Inc.
Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 25, 1983, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 21, 2017
Runtime: 1h 29m

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