Curse III: Blood Sacrifice

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Curse III: Blood Sacrifice
Directed bySean Barton
Screenplay byJohn Hunt and Sean Barton
Story byRichard Haddon Haines
Produced byChristopher Coy and Elizabeth Shorten Coy
Starring
CinematographyPhilip Grosvenor
Edited byMicki Stroucken
Music byJulian Laxton
Patric van Blerk
Distributed by
RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video
(1990)
Release date
May 10, 1991
Running time
88 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • South Africa[1]
LanguageEnglish

Curse III: Blood Sacrifice (also known as Panga) is a 1991 horror film written and directed by Sean Barton. Although released as Curse III, it bears no resemblance to either The Curse or Curse II: The Bite and is a sequel in name only.[2]

Plot

Geoff Armstrong (Andre Jacobs) and his wife Elizabeth (

Panga
on the beach and wonders if the monster was responsible for the deaths.

Production

An international co-production between The United Kingdom and South Africa, The film was shot under the title of Panga by Sean Barton, on location in South Africa in 1989.[3] The creature effects were created by Chris Walas.

Release

The film was retitled Curse III: Blood Sacrifice by the American distributors,

RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video who had also released Curse II: The Bite. The film was released direct-to-video in 1991.[4] Internationally it has been released under the titles Witchcraft, Curse III: Panga[5] and simply Blood Sacrifice. Fangoria gave the film a negative review stating "There was The Curse, then Curse II: The Bite, and now Curse III, obvious right? Unfortunately the same brand of elementary thinking went into the plotting of this newest Curse epic."[3]

In 2017, the film was released on Blu-ray in the U.S. from Ronin Flix.[6] Cinema Retro called the film "not a terrible film by any means, but neither is it a lost classic".[7] TV Guide gave the film two out of four stars saying "A well-produced, British-made voodoo thriller, Curse III: Blood Sacrifice is short on plot, but director Sean Barton admirably attempts suspense rather than gross-out bloodletting."[8]

Sequel

When

RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, it was given the title Curse IV: The Ultimate Sacrifice, despite not being affiliated with the series.[9]

References

  1. ^ "CURSE III: BLOOD SACRIFICE (1991)". moviesandmania.com. 21 March 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  2. ISBN 978-1-4766-0896-9
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  3. ^ a b Cyclops, Dr (August 1, 1990). "The Video Eye of Dr. Cyclops". Fangoria. Atlanta: Fangoria Publishing, LLC. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "Curse III: Blood Sacrifice". VHSCollector. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  5. ^ "Blu-ray Review - Curse III: Blood Sacrifice". brianorndorf.com. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  6. ^ "Scorpion Releasing Announces Blu-ray Release of CURSE III aka PANGA, Starring Christopher Lee". Daily Dead. 2018-12-05. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  7. ^ "REVIEW: "CURSE III: BLOOD SACRIFICE"". cinemaretro.com. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  8. ^ "CURSE III: BLOOD SACRIFICE". tvguide.com. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  9. ^ "Curse IV: The Ultimate Sacrifice". VHSCollector. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
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