Cursed [2005] (DVD)

From the master of horror comes 'Cursed'. Wes Craven brought us 'The Hills Have Eyes' in 1977, 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' in 1984, the 'Scream' series in the 90s, and then in 2005 his directorial talent welcomed 'Cursed' to the world. Before watching this film I was greatly excited, I'm a huge fan of Wes Craven and love all his previous films I have mentioned here. He's a great director, an expert in the creation of tension and suspense. As 'Cursed' began I started to think he'd done it again. The opening is powerful, it gripped me, and then the film unfolds. Set in Los Angeles, Ellie and her brother Jimmy are driving home one evening when an animal ...  Read the complete review

Back in 1996 Wes Craven took a Kevin Williamson script and made Scream. The movie was a big success and opened the floodgates for a whole new batch of horror films, some good, a lot bad. In 2005 the writer and director re-united to once again put a sly spin on the genre with an all-knowing werewolf movie called Cursed. This time the golden hand that touched Scream would be replaced by one riddled with arthritis and very dry skin. Take a glance at any review for the movie and each one of them will mention the numerous production problems this shoot encountered. Half way through shooting the movie, production was halted and the script was re-written. This meant ...  Read the complete review

Orphaned brother and sister, Jimmy and Ellie, are involved in a car accident. On trying to help the driver of the other car, they witness her being dragged away by some kind of animal. Even worse, they both receive scratches from said animal, which, Jimmy later finds out, is likely to be a werewolf. Both of them start going through some strange alterations; even worse, it appears that people involved with them are also affected. In order to get their lives back to normal, they must track down and kill the werewolf. But just who is the werewolf in his or her everyday guise? And even if they do find out who it is, will they be able to do anything about it? The ...  Read the complete review

Directed by Wes Craven, previously responsible for such hit movies as The Nightmare On Elm Street series, the Scream trilogy and '80's b-movie Shocker, Cursed is a modern take on the traditional werewolf mythos- attempting to update it to the present day with this tale involving a pair of siblings caught up in the Hollywood lifestyle who fall foul of a lycanthrope attack. Pretty much unaminously slammed upon it's release, I nonetheless saw this advertised on telly the other night and foolishly decided to give it a go. The whole Werewolf idea is often a bit hit and miss and while there have been some great examples of this genre over the years (An American ...  Read the complete review

From The Wolf Man to An American Werewolf in London, and even the Ginger Snaps trilogy, I've always been a big fan of werewolf films - until now that is. Set in Los Angeles, the plot for Cursed while not completely original is good enough. It tells of two orphaned siblings, who get bitten by a werewolf after being in a car accident, after which both siblings begin to show alarming behaviour that can only mean one thing. Unfortunately Cursed is unable to successfully build on this otherwise good start. Werewolf and horror fans alike will probably be very disappointed with the rather tame levels of gore, and the disappointingly poor CGI werewolf, which really ...  Read the complete review