Curtains, l'ultime cauchemar

Original title: Curtains

1983
R
1h 29m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

6.2K

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Six young actresses auditioning for a movie role at a remote mansion are targeted by a mysterious masked murderer.

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Six young actresses auditioning for a movie role at a remote mansion are targeted by a mysterious masked murderer.Six young actresses auditioning for a movie role at a remote mansion are targeted by a mysterious masked murderer.Six young actresses auditioning for a movie role at a remote mansion are targeted by a mysterious masked murderer.

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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

6.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Lesleh Donaldson was doubled by a figure skater for the skating sequence on the pond. Donaldson was originally going to do this sequence herself and even had undergone training in a skating arena to do her own routine, but fell down on the bumpy ice on the day this scene was shot and cut her chin. Donaldson's skating double also played the killer in that same sequence.

Goofs
(in the 1.78:1 widescreen version, at 1:13:30) When Tara is trying to escape from the killer inside the prop house, she comes upon two doors with glass windows. At the bottom left of the screen, a crew member can be seen sitting on the floor.

Quotes
Jonathan Stryker: What makes you think you're right for Audra?
Patti O'Connor: I'm as right as anybody else you've got here. I mean, goddammit! You haven't spent five minutes with me and now you're telling me I'm wrong for the part. Why? Because I haven't got a staple to my navel like that centerfold? Because I wouldn't pirouette into bed with you and skate on your face? I mean, what the hell are you looking for anyway and what do you want from me? I mean, who the fuck is Audra anyway?
[Jonathan stays silent]
Patti O'Connor: Are you enjoying yourself?
Jonathan Stryker: I'm enjoying a little bit of Audra.
[walks away]
Patti O'Connor: You bastard.

Crazy credits
The credits are divided into acts like a play, due to the movie being centered around acting and scripts.

Connections
Featured in Ciupka: A Filmmaker in Transition (1983)

Soundtracks
Save my Soul
Courtesy of Burton Cummings & Shillelagh Music Co.

User reviews105

Featured review

7/10

Forgotten Gem

Premise = Six actresses are invited to a cabin in the mountains to audition for the part of Audra. Well, all of these actresses are really good-looking (well or so they're supposed to be I guess) but one, there's someone running around in a hag mask killing people around the cabin. Anyone who gets in her way will die.

I watched this movie recently and found it very entertaining, quite different from the other slashers that came out during this era, and plus the acting is actually really good especially Samantha, there are many effective scenes like the ice skating murder scene which is really well done, the dream sequence with the doll at the beginning and the final chase scene which takes a rather unpredictable turn and last but not least the ending which has a bit of a twist which i never saw coming.

The killers mask is really creepy as well and the directing is rather sleek even though we know when the killer's going strike next. All in all this is a really entertaining slasher that deserves to be remembered.