The Cursed
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In the late 19th century, a brutal land baron slaughters a Roma clan, unleashing a curse on his family and village. In the days that follow, the townspeople are plagued by nightmares, the baron's son goes missing, and a boy is found murdered. The locals suspect a wild animal, but a visiting pathologist warns of a more sinister presence lurking in the woods.
- Released: 2021-07-28
- Runtime: 111 minutes
- Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
- Stars: Kelly Reilly, Boyd Holbrook, Alistair Petrie, Uhm Ji-won, Roxane Duran, Nigel Betts, Stuart Bowman, Gary Oliver, Richard Cunningham, Simon Kunz, Áine Rose Daly, Amelia Crouch, Tom Sweet, Max Mackintosh, Parker Ellis, Tommy Rodger, Sean Mahon, Mish Boyko, Paul Bandey, Alun Raglan, Oisín Stack, Florie Blight, Annabel Mullion, Jicey Carina, Stuart Goodwin, Edmund Wiseman, Christopher Craig, Serge Pierre-Gaudou, Patrick Zocco, Brigitte Masure, Anne-Hélène Orvelin, Robert Charpentier, Rebecca Calder, Go Gyu-pil, Fabien Houssaye, Kim In-kwon, Kwon Hae-hyo, Carl Laforêt
- Director: Sean Ellis
Comments
- cjonesas - 26 April 2024
[7.4] Bleak and piercing
A very well-made production and movie that bears quality, pace, acting, all-around horror and mystery. Sean Ellis is a very talented writer and director and what he came off with (almost) singlehandedly as a writer and director to 'The Cursed' is nothing short of amazing.
The VFX department did a superb job handling the visuals and effects, contrary to many movies and series that look like actors wearing nonsense costumes and outfits. In this one, I came to believe in hybrid monsters and extensions!- Screenplay/storyline/plots: 7.5
- Production value/impact: 8
- Development: 8.5
- Realism: 8
- Entertainment: 7
- Acting: 7.5
- Filming/photography/cinematography: 8.5
- VFX: 9
- Music/score/sound: 7.5
- Depth: 6.5
- Logic: 3.5
- Flow: 7.5
- Fantasy/horror/mystery: 7.5
- Ending: 7.
- delaynomore - 10 February 2024
The cursed boring plot and editing
This movie started well but quickly went downhill after the first 10 mins or so.
The first glaring problem with the movie is the editing. It's so jumpy. For example, someone would call for the doctor and immediately in the next frame the doctor arrives.
Then there's the plot holes. After the kid was bitten, everybody conveniently forgot who bit the kid. It must have been an animal? There's half a dozen people there who saw who did the biting for crying out loud.
The movie meanders from disconnected situations that doesn't add to the story. The story itself quickly devolves into a generic low budget monster movie. You barely see the monster. It's all a quick blur.
Ignore all the high ratings. Those 9 or 10 star ratings are scarier than the monsters in this movie. This is a solid 2 star effort.
