Curse of the Talisman (TV 2001)

Director:

Colin Budds

Writer:

Duncan Kennedy

Stars:

Jesse Spencer, Capkin Van Alphen, Sara Gleeson

Cast

Credited cast:
Jesse Spencer	...	Jeremy Campbell
Capkin Van Alphen	...	Worker
Sara Gleeson	...	Fiona
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jonathan Atherton
Andrew Booth
Zelie Bullen	...	(as Zelie Thompson)
Robert Coleby	...	Museum Curator
Tempany Deckert	...	Miranda
Laura Donaldson
Brendan Glanville
Max Garner Gore	...	Darryl
Peter Kent
Craig Marriott
Gus Mercurio	...	Junkyard Owner
Catherine Miller

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

gargoyle

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 January 2001 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Maldição do Talismã

Filming Locations:

Australia

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

While talking to his son about job options the father is reading a newspaper which is clearly "The Australian", an Australian newspaper not readily available in the US where this movie is supposed to be set.

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Soundtracks

"It's Cool"
Composed by Kick, Jough and Oches
Performed by The Dream Poppies

User Reviews

Slightly embarrassing

Oh dear, what a disaster.

So we have a bunch of gargoyles shipped over from Yorkshire. They have a talisman serving as the blue touch-paper. Use blood to light. The gargoyles break out into little beasties that will devastate a chosen town as some kind of retribution for collective sins. Spawned in Medieval times using black magic. Oh yes. And let nobody ask for any more detailed information than that, as we only spent 10 minutes on back story.

Billy from 'Neighbours' faffs about with his poor accent. Though I shall go easy on the lad. Aussie talk is English with a twang. US talk is a different twang coupled with over pronunciation. Still, Selina from 'Home and Away' manages quite well.

Oh, the film. Starts ok. Beastie gets free, whole movie plummets. It becomes slow, we all know what's going to happen. Scenes are crowbar'd in to explain stuff. Subplots are thin and awkward. Beastie vision is like looking through a pint of snakebite'n'black. Beastie will viciously wolf down sausages and cooked meat, but kills dogs with a slight graze of the belly and leaves them.

Just once in one of these movies I want a crazy character to rant and rave about totally implausible demon, and the other guy not spit on him and call him a drunk loony, but instead just randomly help him hunt his demon as they've got nothing better to do.

I shall blame the director for the excessive cheese factor towards the end. People just don't behave in the way that is filmed here. A mild recovery is made in the last 10 seconds, which makes me think the story was told from the wrong point of view.

The plot had potential, which is probably why it is now a movie. But it needed more thought and filling out. About 70% will laugh at it, 10% will love it. 20% will be checking the skies for flying... what's that.. aaaaggh.