Talisman - Der Fluch des Bösen

Hmm... This movie was nice, but not very intelligent. The guy who wrote it doesn't seem to have understand the difference between alchemy and black magic. The only really cool thing about this movie, is that the main character drives a VOLVO, without even having a drivers licence! As a Swede, this makes me very warm at heart...

This is a very bad movie, with B-grade Australian actors and a very bad script. The story is based in a small "American" town, which is so obviously Sydney, Australia! The Aussie actors attempt (poorly) American accents and their Aussie accents shine through often, especially Jesse Spencer's. Also, the attempts at making the cars appear like they're left-hand drives and driving on the "other" side of the road (ie the right-hand side of the road) is poorly done. I was embarrassed to be an Australian watching this crud!

Poor on every level-effects,script and acting-this turgid flick sees a number of Australian actors,familiar to Uk audiences through daytime soaps,impersonating Americans (badly)and a Brit(slightly less badly)as they attempt to thwart demons released from imprisonment inside stone gargoyles shipped from Yorkshire to America as part of a museum exhibition It simply will not do.

CURSE OF THE TALISMAN is a hilariously cheesy family-friendly horror adventure movie that seems to have been shot in Australia with a mainly Australian cast, although it masquerades as an American flick. The cast is headlined by ex-NEIGHBOURS actor Jesse Spencer (he played Billy Kennedy in the long-running Aussie soap) who plays a high school student who accidentally comes into possession of an ancient talisman and the associated gargoyle that goes with it.

I don't know where to start with this one but the script would be a good place. CURSE OF THE TALISMAN belongs in the 1980s with the cheesiness of the dialogue and the constant one-liners along the lines of "Kiss my ass, dork!". Of course nobody has ever talked like this in real life, only in the fantasy world of movies. The acting is pretty horrid, with stilted line delivery throughout, and more than a few cast members seem distinctly awkward at being present.

The horror of the storyline comes from the gargoyle monsters who populate the movie, and boy are they poor. A central monster is kept hidden beneath a desk for a good while and for good reason: CURSE OF THE TALISMAN employs some ultra-poor CGI effects that are about on par with the quality of a Playstation 1 game. Still, there's a lot of action here, and goofiness, which makes it a film that's hard to hate; it's just not a very good one either.

A crate of medieval relics delivered to Elmsford Museum falls into the wrong hands, and young Jeremy finds himself in possession of a sinister talisman. When a strange bat-like creature escapes from his cellar he has to take time out from romancing Fiona to save the town from an army of demons.

Sure it sounds good but it couldn't be any less scary, and includes every horror film cliche in the book. The first two-thirds of the film really drags, I found myself checking my watch, which is never a good sign.