Not the feel good movie of this decade...no way. Any of you who have been thrust in the position of being the caregiver for a loved one diagnosed with dementia may have to watch out for PTSD when viewing this film. Even without the horror elements, 2021's "The Curse of Humpty Dumpty" will shock those who are not familiar with the dastardly effects of dementia, and cause those who are familiar to revisit painful episodes in their past. Be very afraid, there will be other horror, and very bloody, elements thrown in. Directed by Scott Jeffrey, "The Curse of Humpty Dumpty" is our feature today.
A painful opening scene. A loving daughter, Liz (Sian Altman) accompanies her mother, Wendy (Nicola Wright), to the neurologist. The prognosis is obvious...dementia. Wendy will not be able to live alone anymore with her memory issues. Liz and her younger sister Hazel (Antonia Whillans) will move Wendy back to the country home where she raised a family. Dad? Uh oh...you'll find out. Now the memory issues play havoc as Wendy has weird memories shooting out of her subconscious. What kind of memories? From the pieces of them that we see, horrible ones that suggest...well, you'll see.
As Liz ands Hazel come to grips with losing their mom, Wendy finds an old menacing looking doll of Humpty Dumpty in a curiosity shop. Wendy remembers the doll in their house as she raised the two girls...the girls have no such memory. The doll is evil and seems to be alive at times. Uh oh, Wendy's sister-in-law Beryl (Daniella Scott) visits and she wants to know what happened to her brother. Wendy is hardly in a position to know but the doll may have something to say. As Hazel dips further into the abyss of dementia her weird memories from the past indicate that she is not the innocent victim of fate that most dementia patients are. The blood will splatter and the weirdness of who Wendy really is will cascade home. Now Hazel and Liz will find themselves in mortal danger and so will anyone else who begins asking questions about Wendy's past.
What is the doll's connection to Wendy? What are the macabre secrets bubbling to the surface of Wendy's subconscious? Just what did happen to Wendy's husband and why is Beryl in mortal danger for trying to find out? Depressing and without any humor, this film will play havoc with anyone currently going through the dementia process with a loved one. See "The Curse of Humpty Dumpty" and then fight the temptation of drinking several adult beverages afterwards.
Nice one very relevant
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