Curse of the Blue Lights

It's been a long time since I've seen this but I remember being tempted by the cover and the title in our local video store for months before I took a gamble and rented it. Boy, what a disappointment! I've got a pretty good memory when it comes to movie plots and the fact that I can't remember much about this one except for the gruesome makeup isn't a good sign. Like the other review here says, the script was horrid and the acting was worse. I get the idea that it was made by some guys with good makeup and FX skills... but not a lot else.

Despite being pretty bad I'd actually like to see it again to refresh my memory and see if there might be something worthwhile I'd missed the first time. Sometimes even the worst movies have redeeming qualities or a gem of a (badly executed) idea.

The basic plot of "Curse of the Blue Lights" revolves around a decrepit group of ghouls living beneath a Colorado cemetery. Aside from consuming the dead, they are plotting to raise the petrified remains of a towering entity. Enter a group of teenagers who get involved caught up in their plot and must struggle to stop the ghouls and avoid a gruesome fate.

Apparently inspired to some extent by the works of writer H.P. Lovecraft, this low-budget offering has surprisingly sophisticated makeup effects, but little else. The acting is poor and some of the dialogue is bad to the point of pathetic. Some is evidently intended for humor, but the result appears rather childish. Strong points include sets and some of the shooting locations as well as the special makeup effects. Die hard fans of ghoul and zombie flicks might have some interest in this one, but most other viewers should steer clear.

I hoped for something like Return of the Living Dead but got instead some muppets-like "horror" show. Well, show is maybe a too favorable word to describe Curse of the Blue Lights - the movie somewhat does not know if it wants to be a serious horror movie or a horror comedy, in the end the director and writer achieved to conjure up a bad mix that provides not much really funny jokes nor some serious gore and feel for horror. Anyway, this one is not a total waste or failure, and in the case you are one of those rare lone wolfs still hunting for some unknown 80s horror cheese, this one may fill your belly. Verdict: meanders on the thin line of really bad and cheesy.

A group of horny and obnoxious teenagers find the corpse of the Muldoon Man buried under Colorado cemetery.The ancient mythological creature Muldoon Man has an army of zombies and ghouls,who follow his orders and are hungry for some teenage blood.I remember having seen "Curse of the Blue Lights" on Polish cable TV many years ago under the title of "Przeklenstwo niebieskich swiatel".The acting is bad and the plot is childish,but I must say that make-up effects of ghastly ghouls are excellent.The film lacks nudity and gore and it resembles "Spookies" and "Neon Maniacs".Die hard zombie fans may want to check this very rare local oddity out.I doubt that it will ever be released on DVD.6 ghouls out of 10.

I had actually never heard about this 1988 horror movie titled "Curse of the Blue Lights", but of course I opted to watch it, as I happened to stumble upon it by random chance. And having grown up with horror movies in the 1980s, of course there was a certain appeal to finding a movie such as this.

However, writers John Henry Johnson and Bryan Sisson didn't exactly deliver anything grand or wholesome in terms of script and storyline for the movie. It was actually a rather boring, monotonous and sort of uninteresting storyline, and the movie failed to capture my interest, much less provide much of any entertainment or enjoyment for me. So it was quite an ordeal to suffer through 93 minutes of watching "Curse of the Blue Lights".

I wasn't familiar with the cast ensemble in "Curse of the Blue Lights", nor can I say that I was really impressed with anything that transpired on the screen. But then again, and fair should be fair, the actors and actresses didn't really have much to work with , now did they?

Visually then "Curse of the Blue Lights" was low key. It wasn't good or memorable special effects, prostethics, and such. And the movie was suffering from that aspect.

This movie came and went without leaving a lasting impression on me, and it turned out that I hadn't been missing out on a great 1980s horror gem here from director John Henry Johnson.

My rating of "Curse of the Blue Lights" lands on a two out of ten stars.