Three American filmmakers get more than they bargained for when investigating a ghost story in rural Quebec in Curse of Aurore. Casey Nolan, the host of the YouTube series Mind Seed TV, plays a video off a thumb drive found in a Dark Web mystery box. On it is footage shot by American filmmakers Aaron (Lex Wilson) and Kevin (Jordan Kaplan), who travel to rural Quebec to plan a film with their producer Lena (Llana Barron). Lena wants to make a ghost story based on the legend of Aurore Gagnon, who her stepmother murdered in 1920. With the help of Lena’s friend Chantal (Agathe Salzmann), the filmmakers find the house where Aurore died. However, they soon realize that the legend is tied to a horrible curse.
Curse of Aurore is a found-footage horror film co-written and directed by Mehran C. Torgoley. The film is inspired by the true story of Aurore Gagnon, who was abused and murdered by her stepmother in Sainte-Philomène-de-Fortierville, Quebec. The film focuses on three filmmakers trying to make a ghost story about Aurore, but soon uncover a terrible curse and possible cult activity.
Curse of Aurore suffers from many of the problems inherent to the found-footage subgenre, namely how the film often has you wondering why the characters are filming everything. Curse of Aurore isn’t particularly scary, with supernatural events so subtle that the characters must point out the moments, warranting the need for a rewatch. However, despite adding nothing new to found footage films, Curse of Aurore still has a somewhat solid narrative.
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