The Ultimate Nightmare: The Making of Curtains (2014)
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
Highly entertaining documentary about the making of the slasher CURTAINS, which had a very troubled production. Director Richard Ciupka, actresses Lesleh Donaldson and Lynne Griffin, composer Paul Zaza and artist Greg Cannom are interviewed about their involvement in the film. It's easy to see that very few people are actually proud of the movie and as this documentary wears down we can see that everyone in honestly shocked that someone would want to distribute the film as well as view it. The most fascinating parts of the documentary center on the troubled post-production, which included nearly thirty-five minutes worth of footage being added without the director knowing. We also learn about the various issues that caused the producer to shoot new scenes nearly two years after the movie went into production. Everyone involved does a very good job at explaining the troubled history of the movie and by the time this is over you really do understand why a film can simply go off the tracks and end up somewhat of a disaster. Fans of CURTAINS will certainly enjoy hearing all of these stories.