A large amount of the substance appears, suggesting that the hostile mutagenic entity is still alive, planning to complete its invasion of Earth. Lovecraft's "The Colour Out of Space" was previously adapted as "Die, Monster, Die!" in 1965. American International Pictures, who distributed the film in the United States, planned a remake in 1970 with a new screenwriter, but the project never came to fruition. Principal photography began on September 29, 1986 under the title "The Farm", after being announced previously as "The Well". David Keith, a native of Knoxville, utilized his farm property in Tellico Plains, Tennessee for the film, while the interiors were shot in Rome. Many of the crew members, who were Italian, were billed under American names, including associate producer Lucio Fulci. Actor Treat Williams was reportedly set to star in the film, but was not involved with the film itself. "The Curse" opened in Los Angeles and New York on September 11, 1987. It earned $1,169,922 from its opening weekend in 326 theaters, and finished grossing $1,930,001 at the box office. Lovecraft scholar Charles P. Mitchell referred to the film as faithful to the author's original work, but claimed that "[t]he last twenty minutes of the film are so disjointed that they virtually ruin the entire film." In their book "Lurker in the Lobby: A Guide to the Cinema of H. P. Lovecraft", Andrew Migliore and John Strysik write: "This third feature film treatment of [Lovecraft's] favorite story, "The Colour Out of Space", has it all... everything except good dialog, believable acting, and a cohesive plot." "The Curse" was subsequently released on VHS by Media Home Entertainment, as well as on Laserdisc by Image Entertainment, in 1987. It was re-released on VHS by Polygram Video in 1998. On September 9, 2008, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released the film and its sequel, "Curse II: The Bite", on DVD as a double-feature. Scream Factory, a sub-label of Shout! Factory, released both films as a double-feature on Blu-ray on February 23, 2016. A soundtrack CD was released in 2011 with Franco Micalizzi's score on GDM/Legend Records, along with a 10 minute score suite from Black Demons. The score was not the same as the score in the USA release of the film, making American fans of the film disappointed, which may have led to some returning the CD back to wherever they purchased it from.