Curse of the Forty-Niner (2002)

Director:

John Carl Buechler

Writer:

Antonio Olivas (writer)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

A group of friends discover gold deep inside an old mine. But by taking the gold and think they've hit it big, they awaken a long dead miner who's Hell Bent on protecting his treasure. |

Plot Keywords:

Slasher | Undead | Pick Axe | Severed Head | Gold Mine

Awards:

1 win

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Nov. 21	10:30 PM	TMC
Sun. Nov. 22	1:30 AM	TMC

Cast

Karen Black	...	Aunt Nelly
John Phillip Law	...	Sheriff Murphy
Richard Lynch	...	Old Man Prichard
Vernon Wells	...	Jeremiah Stone
Martin Kove	...	Caleb
Jeff Conaway	...	Reverend Sutter
Brad H. Arden	...	Forty-Niner
Sean Hines	...	Nick Berman
Carrie Bradac	...	Claire Berman
Stephen Wastell	...	Axl (as Steve Wastell)
Sangie	...	Tori
Rick Majeske	...	Hayden (as Rich Majeske)
Elina Madison	...	Rox Ann
Alexandra Ford	...	Eve
Shadrach Smith	...	Jared

Also Known As:

Curse of the 49er (USA) (MIFED title)
Miner's Massacre (USA) (video title)

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence, sexuality and language.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Australia:MA | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Agua Dulce Movie Ranch - 34855 Petersen Road, Agua Dulce, California, USA

Company:

Wanted Entertainment LLC

Goofs:

Continuity: Tori crashes into the tree and in the side view, the driver’s side window is rolled all the way up. But after she crashes, the camera zooms in on the damage and pans over to her head against the steering wheel but now the window is rolled all the way down.

Movie Connections:

References Psycho (1960)

Dreadful Sorry, Clementine

I was suckered into buying this buy the fact that Karen Black is in it, however her role (as is Richard Lynch's) is brief and pointless. So then what's left, you might ask? Not much. Young folks have always been pretty insufferable in horror films, presumably so that you won't feel so badly when they get killed. They don't get much more insufferable than these though. There's Hayden, the type of guy for whom the phrase "die yuppie scum" was coined. And there's the terminal bitch who doesn't like to be in the dirty woods, the dumb goof with the greasy hair, and the other couple with the his & her frosted skater haircuts, all suitable fodder for anyone's pickaxe. There all after a lost treasure, which of course they find, which of course p***es off Mr. Miner, who is a joke himself, and not a very good one. All in all, this is direct-to-video putridness of the worst kind. Dreadful sorry.