I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

The Val Lewton Series of Films in the 1940's are Simply Special, Without Peer, and a highly Praised, Off-Beat, and an Excellent Event of Filmmaking that was initially Over-Looked and considered Low-Budget Anomalies.At the Time, completely Misunderstood and Ignored, so much so that No One even Tried to Duplicate the Success. One Wonders if Anyone Could.It seems to be a Mini-Zeitgeist, combining elements of the Universal Horror Movies from the Thirties, Film-Noir, and a New Hollywood Exploration that would Result in the then Emerging and now Solid Genre called the Psychological Thriller.It cannot be Overstated just how Brilliant and Influential these Films from the Lewton Stable of Imaginative and Talented Filmmakers would become. In this one, a Semi-Sequel, but a Sequel to be sure, with Returning Characters and Story Arc. But it IS Different. A Dream-Like Fantasy World of a Child's Loneliness, Isolation, and a Wish for a Friend.The Beautiful, and at times Heart-Breaking Performance from Child Actress Ann Carter, along with the Stunning and Visual Template of Cinematographer Muskura, make this a Haunting, Elegant, and Intellectually Stimulating Film.It is yet Another of the Val Lewton Series of Movies that Command Attention with its Professionalism and Creative Style. These were all done in the now Famous Low-Low-Budget and that in itself is Worthy of the often sighted Genius that these Film Folks Achieved.This is one very Different Movie. Fans have Migrated to it from Word of Mouth. It Never seems to Disappoint New Viewers with its Charm and Ability to Penetrate the Subconscious. There are Detractors around who, with all Due Respect, just Don't Get the Appeal. But They are in a very small Minority. For most, the Viewing Experience is Profound, Poignant, and Provocative.Note…The summary title above…Amy and Her Friend…is what Val Lewton preferred.

I really like Cat People (1942)and was curious for its sequel even though I knew beforehand that Curse would be no horror at all. Indeed this is more of a drama with fantasy elements. However not as good as its predecessor I think it's a wonderful movie in its own right. It was nice to see the 3 main characters from Cat People again. I think it was very nice to make Irena return as ghost. It makes sense, Irena was a cat person and cats are said to have nine lives. However here she really isn't a cat person more of a good fairy. Her scenes with little Alice are splendid. Kudos to very young Ann Carter to make the movie pretty much hers. Her befriending an old lady from which she got a gift eventually provides us with a dramatic back story that unfortunately doesn't get elaborated on enough. That's a pity because it could have made the movie even better.

For reasons best known to the cynical, exploitationers concerned, this film was screened in a double bill with Cat People, to which, of course, it bears only the most tenuous connection. Like Cat People - in which I detected several flaws - I found here one gigantic flaw but again that may stem from the fact that I was watching both some seventy years after they first hit the screens. When, towards the beginning of the movie, Amy's contemporaries - three little girl who decline to play with her - first notice the old, large, house, it is on a regular block alongside others, yet when Amy runs out of the house in the last reel, she stumbles on the house after running through the WOODS for several minutes and it is completely isolated. That to one side I can but agree with several people who have recorded here their enchantment at this beguiling movie which is surely, as several of them noted, one of the finest depictions of a lonely child ever put on screen. Of the two titles in the double bill I found this the most enjoyable, entertaining and thought-provoking.

This mostly unrelated sequel to "Cat People" (1942) has Amy, the young daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed. Amy is a very imaginative child who has trouble differentiating fantasy from reality, and has no friends her own age as a result.The most notable thing about this film is that it was Robert Wise's directorial debut. This also happens to be produced by Val Lewton and the key cast members reprise their roles, so it is not exactly the "mostly unrelated" sequel the plot says above (though the film does go in a radically different direction than the original and the cat aspects are played down).Also, I love the child slap! This girl may be lonely and in need of a friend, but she sure knows how to slap a kid hard in the face.