Curtiss Charm

A recovered Toronto heroin addict (Callum Keith Rennie) lends an ear to a crack-head pal (Maurice Dean Wint) suffering from paranoid delusions.

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Curtiss Charm is a Canadian comedy-drama film, released in 1995. The directorial debut of John LEcuyer, the film won a special jury citation for Best Canadian Feature Film at the 1995 Toronto International Film Festival.

Based on a short story by Jim Carroll, the film stars Maurice Dean Wint as Curtis, a paranoid drug addict who believes his mother-in-law has cast a voodoo spell on him, which has resulted in his being stalked by a killer squirrel. With the help of his friend Jim (Callum Keith Rennie), he tries to devise a talisman to protect him from the curse.

This film, based on a Jim Carroll short story, recounts the tale of Curtis and his encounter with voodoo. Curtis is a drug addict who has become paranoid, thinking that his wife's mother has cast evil spells on him. He meets his friend Jim and asks him for help in counteracting her black magic. Jim tries to reason with his friend, but when that fails, he decides to play along and make him a talisman. Drawing a snake on a scrap of paper and mumbling an incantation, Jim gives him this charm. This immediately solves Curtis's problems...or does it?