"Curse of the Forty-Niner" doesn't really deserve a long and detailed review, so I'll just make some random observations about it:
*1/2 out of 4.
- Cool opening credits.
- No plot.
- Is there anyone who's ever seen a horror film before and can't guess, within the first 20 minutes, who will survive and who will not among this group of walking stereotypes?
- Hey, that newcomer (Alexandra Ford) is pretty hot!
- Richard Lynch (made-up to look about 100 years old) and John Phillip Law have fun, tongue-in-cheek cameos.
- Karen Black has a bigger role, but she's not fun - she's rather embarrassing.
- Martin Kove is on-screen for about 40 seconds, but still got his name on the video cover. Did they pay him for this appearance or was it the other way around?
- I hate cheap computer-generated effects in horror films.
*1/2 out of 4.