Recently a new arcane anthology flick was laid before my eerie eyeballs… The Actor’s Curse: A Tale of Twisted Fate, to be precise… so let’s give it the ol’ revoltin’ review!
Ahhh showbiz… it can be glitzy and glamorous, and it can be sleazy and laden with debauchery… naturally we are going to go with that latter portion, with a nice dash of my personal fav, supernatural shenanigans!
We begin with Ye olde Wraparound Segment in which a frustrated actor (Joe DeBartolo) decides to do a little bit of soul searching and put pen to paper to craft some terror tales about the various types of shit-heels he’s encountered in his career (all presented in shorts from various directors)…
Derek Braasch’s The Director’s Demise concerns a real shit wipe of a director (Robert Gutierrez-Spagnoli) who brings in a new actress who is more than game to partake in his brand of hostile filmmaking… but is she just an actress with a few kinks, or is she something else entirely?!
Next comes James Panetta’s The Producer’s Plight, which presents to us a yarn involving Victoria, a producer (Debbie D) known to be a tad manipulative to say the least… so much so that lives are lost because of her machinations and meddling, not that she gives a singular turd about that… but something wicked is comin’ ‘round to make sure she gets her attitude adjusted!
Up next is The Writer’s Woe from Marcelo Fabani which brings us the story of an author who is writing a documentary about vampire conquistadors who were rumored to keep control in regions colonized by the Spanish Crown. Certainly that won’t lead to any fang bang tomfoolery…
Finally we come to Will Devokees’ The Makeup Artist’s Misfortune; the tale of a vigilante make-up artist (Brooke Ashley) goin’ to town on slime-balls within Tinsel Town… but revenge is about to come knockin’ on our heroine’s demented door!
The Actor’s Curse: A Tale of Twisted Fate has a solid line-up of horror biz, and the meta aspect of doing a horror anthology about the movie making business is clever.
For my regulars; yes, there is naked flesh and some solid practical effects sprinkled throughout… and even a few laughs among the lacerations.
If I had to do the “which segments did I enjoy most” bag, I’d go with The Writer’s Woe and The Makeup Artist’s Misfortune because the concepts of conquistador vampires and vigilante make-up artists is the type of cinematic insanity I gravitate towards, but all in all I enjoyed this one and would definitely tell you cats n’ creeps to give it a wicked whirl!
