Cathy's Curse

Such a sweet little girl) is a 1977 supernatural horror film directed by Eddy Matalon and starring Alan Scarfe, Beverly Murray, and Randi Allen.

Thirty years later, George returns to his family home with his wife, Vivian, who is suffering from depression following a miscarriage, as well as the couple's eight-year-old daughter, Cathy.

Meanwhile, Vivian becomes acquainted with the local neighbors, one of whom is a psychic medium who has a vision of Laura and her father's death while inside the home.

Cathy's violent and abusive behavior continues to alienate those around her, particularly her mother, who sinks deeper into a major depressive state.

[2] Barry Westgate of the Edmonton Journal derided the film for lacking cohesion, writing: "It doesn't have to make that much sense, done slickly.

"[10] The Ottawa Citizen's Noel Taylor deemed the film a "ho-hum shocker" and compared it negatively to The Omen (1976) and The Exorcist (1973), adding that, "it took three writers to come up with a screenplay in which the awfulness of the dialogue is only matched by the ineptness of the plotting.

"[11] The Calgary Albertan critic Louis B. Hobson noted that the film contained notable elements found in The Exorcist and The Bad Seed (1956), concluding that, "All this plagiarism might be forgivable if the acting were even remotely bearable.