Curtis's Charm is a 1995 Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by John L'Ecuyer in his directorial debut.
[1] Based on a short story by Jim Carroll, the film stars Maurice Dean Wint as Curtis, a paranoid drug addict who believes his mother-in-law has cast a voodoo spell on him, which has resulted in his being stalked by a killer squirrel.
[2] With the help of his friend Jim (Callum Keith Rennie), he tries to devise a talisman to protect him from the curse.
Filming began in April 1995, and took place over five weeks.
[3] Curtis's Charm premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 1995,[4] where it won a special jury citation for Best Canadian Feature Film.