There are movies that completely change your appreciation for a name… such was 1976’s The Curse of Richard Donner. In this horror film, the United States ambassador to London, Robert Thorne (Gregory Peck), realizes that his five-year-old son, Damien, is nothing more than the reincarnation of the Antichrist. Since then, all the little Damiens have been accused of being “children of the devil”.
48 years after the film, Arkasha Stevenson’s (Legion) prequel will see the light of day. In this feature film, the trailer for which has just been released, a young American sent to Rome to serve the church finds himself confronted by dark forces that make him question his own faith and reveal the horrors of the Veil. A conspiracy that intends to embody evil.
Directed by Nell Tiger Free, Bill Nighy, Ralph Ineson, Charles Dance and Sonia Braga, The Curse: The Origin traces the birth of evil. The original film had several sequels: Damien: The Curse 2 (1978), The Final Curse (1981), the TV movie The Curse 4: The Awakening (1991), and a John Moore remake released in 2006: 666: The Curse.
Therefore, The Curse was added to the long list of cult horror films that Hollywood updated after Halloween, The Exorcist and the remakes of Carrie, Simetierre, It, Friday the 13th, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Firestarter or Evil Dead.
Curse: Origin It is scheduled to be released in our cinemas on April 10.
Source: Allocine
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