Curfew (1989)

User Rating:

3.4/10   

Director:

Gary Winick

Writer:

Kevin Kennedy (writer)

Genre:

Action | Horror

Plot:

Two brothers track down a judge who sentenced them to an asylum. The judge and his family fight back and kill the brothers. |

Plot Keywords:

Insanity | Brother Brother Relationship | Independent Film

Cast

Kyle Richards	...	Stephanie Davenport
Wendell Wellman	...	Ray Perkins
John Putch	...	Bob Perkins
Jean Brooks	...	Megan Davenport
Frank Miller	...	Walter Davenport
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Samuel Braslau	...	Rancher #2
William Graham	...	Charlie
Christopher Knight	...	Sam
Audrey Marxer	...	Girl in the Red Dress
Nori Morgan	...	Monica
Niels Mueller	...	Pete
Peter Nelson	...	John
Randal Patrick	...	Rancher #1
Peggy Pope	...	Mrs. Alva
Janet Rasak	...	Dr. Franklin's Secretary
Peggy Rea	...	Mrs. Mary Cox
Bert Remsen	...	Gentleman with Cane
Guy Remsen	...	Dr. Franklin
Joe Richland	...	Dead Man in Car
Marla Rix	...	Mrs. Collins
Douglas Robinson	...	Judge Collins
Robert Romanus	...	Jack (as Bob Romanus)

Also Known As:

Heure limite (France) (video title) [fr]
Ora di sangue (Italy) [it]

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | UK:18 | West Germany:18 | Sweden:(Banned)

Company:

Lakeshore Entertainment

Trivia:

The film was rejected for video by the BBFC in 1988 and finally released fully uncut in 2002.

It's now 10pm... Do you know where your teenager is?

Pretty stupid and totally insignificant no-budget thriller that looks an awful lot like a typical late 80's slasher... but isn't one! Oh sure, high-school jocks and slutty girls are getting killed but that's just pointless padding to increase the body count and sleaze-level. The actual story handles about two criminal brothers that travel towards a little community with the intention to kill everybody that was jointly responsible for their prison sentence: the judge who spoke the verdict, the psychiatrist who declared them mentally sane and – of course – the prosecutor who said all those nasty things about them being evil and such. The prosecutor, along with his wife and yummy Demi Moore look-alike daughter are held hostage and their only chance to survive is for the young girl to set the murdering siblings against each other. The script contains one or two creative ideas, but "Curfew" is overall tedious and without suspense. Actors John Putch and especially Wendell Wellman try incredibly hard to look like genuine bad boys, but they really don't convince and they often evoke unintentional laughs. There's a lot of killing going on, but we're only served a glimpse of the action and all the rest happens off screen. Lame! In my humble opinion, there are much better horror gems from the 80's waiting to get discovered properly, so I have absolutely no idea why this turkey received a DVD-release before any of them. Feel free to skip this one