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{{Infobox film
| name           = Curse of the Forty-Niner
| image          = Curse of the Forty-Niner.jpg
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| director       = [[John Carl Buechler]]
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| starring       = [[Karen Black]]
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| released       = {{Film date|2002}}
| runtime        = 86 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = Unknown
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'''''Curse of the Forty-Niner''''' (also known as '''''Miner's Massacre''''') is a 2002 American [[slasher film]] directed by [[John Carl Buechler]] and starring [[Karen Black]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Curse of the Forty-Niner|publisher=[[TV Guide]]|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/curse-of-the-forty-niner/cast/2030347819/}}</ref>

==Plot==
A group of explorers go hiking in the forests of northern California. They stumble upon an old mine and take a large amount of gold that they find. They do not know that the gold belonged to a miner named Jeremiah Stone ([[Vernon Wells (actor)|Vernon Wells]]), who died in the mine. He awakens from the dead and begins killing anyone who gets in the way of his gold.

==Cast==
* [[Karen Black]] - Aunt Nelly
* [[John Phillip Law]] - Sheriff Murphy
* [[Richard Lynch]] - Old Man Prichard
* [[Vernon Wells (actor)|Vernon Wells]] - Jeremiah Stone
* [[Martin Kove]] - Caleb (Bertie's Lover)
* [[Jeff Conaway]] - Reverend Sutter 
* Sean Hines - Nick Berman
* [[Rick Majeske/Rich Majeske]] as Hayden (Rox Ann's Boyfriend)
* [[Stephen Wastell/Steve Wastell]] as Axl (Tori's Boyfriend)
* [[Carrie Bradac]] - Claire Berman 
* [[Kelsey Wedeen]] as Lilly Sutter
* [[Alexandra Ford]] as Eve (Aunt Nelly's niece)
* [[Sandra Purpuro/Sangie]] as Tori (Axl's Girlfriend)
* [[Elina Madison]] as Rox Ann (Hayden's Girlfriend)
* [[Skye Myers]] as Bertie (Caleb's Lover)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0325214|title=Curse of the Forty-Niner}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|miners_massacre}}

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[[Category:American slasher films]]
[[Category:2000s slasher films]]
[[Category:Supernatural slasher films]]
[[Category:2002 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by John Carl Buechler]]
[[Category:Films set in California]]
[[Category:Films about mining]]
[[Category:Works about mining]]
[[Category:2002 horror films]]
[[Category:2002 English-language films]]
[[Category:2002 American films]]
[[Category:English-language horror films]]

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