Customer Reviews:
Wonderful film?.......2007-09-08
This film is a very different version of Beauty and the Beast but shows more about the feelings of the main characters. I really enjoyed this and I recommened this to everyone!
Customer Reviews:
Lycnathropy in Los Angeles.......2005-10-18
My favourite Lycanthropy film is still "The Wolf Man", made back in 1941. Later films were not very good until 2000 when "Ginger Snaps" was made. This one is nearly as good.
The European version only lasts for 84 minutes whereas the Unrated version from the USA runs for 97 minutes. I was very pleased to have bought this version from a dealer in Puerto Rico. I do not know what was left out of the shorter version but I would certainly suggest you go for the longer one.
I have no problems in playing DVDs from the USA as I bought a Yakumo multi-region player from Amazon.
My favourite quote from it is "There is no such thing as safe sex with a werewolf".
We expected a better werwolf movie from Williamson & Craven.......2005-07-22
If Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven want to write and direct an R-rated werewolf movie, then you would think with their respective track records they should be allowed to do it. But that is not what happened with "Cursed," and the studio edited it down to a PG-13 version. Whatever their motivation, I am inclined to think that avoiding having a hit like the R-rated "Scream" trilogy was not their goal. Still, the film Williamson and Craven created was butchered, they washed their hands of the film, and "Cursed" ended up on the shelf for a while.
Ellie Myers (Christina Ricca) is a segment producer for Craig Kilborn (Craig Kilborn), who is driving home with her brother, Jimmy (Jesse Eisenberg) when there is an accident. While trying to rescue a woman (Shannon Elizabeth), they are attacked by a werewolf. The woman ends up dead, while Ellie and Jimmy are now at risk for turning into beasts. We know this and Jimmy suspects it, but Ellie is going to take some convincing. After all, it was dark and there was a forest, so who knows what is really out there in the night. Then there is the question of who is the werewolf, because you know it has to be somebody that Ellie knows and there is either an obvious suspect or one of the more blatant red herrings in horror movie history (take your pick).
I did not see "Cursed" in the theater and I have no interest in seeing the "rated" version, so I cannot speak to how big of a crime against humanity can be pinned on the studio. For that matter, I am not absolutely sure that this unrated version reflects the vision of Williamson and Craven. What I can say is that I do not find "Cursed" to be an inventive revitalization of the werewolf film, which, I assume, was supposed to be the goal here. The problem is that Jimmy is a lot more interesting than Ellie, and is the main character. What happens between Jimmy and Bo (Milo Ventimiglia) the school bully is a lot more interesting than what anything happening with Ellie. If anything, she is a bit denser than most movie heroines, even when things are laid out for her. Another part of the problem is that since we are talking Kevin Williamson we are expecting the script to play with the rules of the werewolf game a bit more than this one. Instead, the pivotal issue in the film has to do with the metallic composition of a picture frame (then again, if you had to find something silver in your household right this very minute, what could YOU come up with?).
But the two key elements of any werewolf movie are, first, what does the beast look like, and, second, how tragic the target human happens to be. The werewolf in "Cursed" is okay looking, but Ellie is not a particularly tragic figure and that ends up being more important. I know because after watching this circa 2005 film the recommendation I want to make is for fans of the werewolf genre to go check out the "Ginger Snaps" trilogy, where the Fitzgerald sisters are a lot more interesting. Or if you really want something innovative involving werewolves go check out "Brotherhood of the Wolf" ("Le Pacte des loups"). Because whether you compare "Cursed" to other werewolf films or the "Scream" trilogy, you are going to be disappointed.
Customer Reviews:
Lycnathropy in Los Angeles.......2005-10-18
My favourite Lycanthropy film is still "The Wolf Man", made back in 1941. Later films were not very good until 2000 when "Ginger Snaps" was made. This one is nearly as good.
The European version only lasts for 84 minutes whereas the Unrated version from the USA runs for 97 minutes. I was very pleased to have bought this version from a dealer in Puerto Rico. I do not know what was left out of the shorter version but I would certainly suggest you go for the longer one.
I have no problems in playing DVDs from the USA as I bought a Yakumo multi-region player from Amazon.
My favourite quote from it is "There is no such thing as safe sex with a werewolf".
We expected a better werwolf movie from Williamson & Craven.......2005-07-22
If Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven want to write and direct an R-rated werewolf movie, then you would think with their respective track records they should be allowed to do it. But that is not what happened with "Cursed," and the studio edited it down to a PG-13 version. Whatever their motivation, I am inclined to think that avoiding having a hit like the R-rated "Scream" trilogy was not their goal. Still, the film Williamson and Craven created was butchered, they washed their hands of the film, and "Cursed" ended up on the shelf for a while.
Ellie Myers (Christina Ricca) is a segment producer for Craig Kilborn (Craig Kilborn), who is driving home with her brother, Jimmy (Jesse Eisenberg) when there is an accident. While trying to rescue a woman (Shannon Elizabeth), they are attacked by a werewolf. The woman ends up dead, while Ellie and Jimmy are now at risk for turning into beasts. We know this and Jimmy suspects it, but Ellie is going to take some convincing. After all, it was dark and there was a forest, so who knows what is really out there in the night. Then there is the question of who is the werewolf, because you know it has to be somebody that Ellie knows and there is either an obvious suspect or one of the more blatant red herrings in horror movie history (take your pick).
I did not see "Cursed" in the theater and I have no interest in seeing the "rated" version, so I cannot speak to how big of a crime against humanity can be pinned on the studio. For that matter, I am not absolutely sure that this unrated version reflects the vision of Williamson and Craven. What I can say is that I do not find "Cursed" to be an inventive revitalization of the werewolf film, which, I assume, was supposed to be the goal here. The problem is that Jimmy is a lot more interesting than Ellie, and is the main character. What happens between Jimmy and Bo (Milo Ventimiglia) the school bully is a lot more interesting than what anything happening with Ellie. If anything, she is a bit denser than most movie heroines, even when things are laid out for her. Another part of the problem is that since we are talking Kevin Williamson we are expecting the script to play with the rules of the werewolf game a bit more than this one. Instead, the pivotal issue in the film has to do with the metallic composition of a picture frame (then again, if you had to find something silver in your household right this very minute, what could YOU come up with?).
But the two key elements of any werewolf movie are, first, what does the beast look like, and, second, how tragic the target human happens to be. The werewolf in "Cursed" is okay looking, but Ellie is not a particularly tragic figure and that ends up being more important. I know because after watching this circa 2005 film the recommendation I want to make is for fans of the werewolf genre to go check out the "Ginger Snaps" trilogy, where the Fitzgerald sisters are a lot more interesting. Or if you really want something innovative involving werewolves go check out "Brotherhood of the Wolf" ("Le Pacte des loups"). Because whether you compare "Cursed" to other werewolf films or the "Scream" trilogy, you are going to be disappointed.
UK DVD:
- Bram Stoker's Dracula [1993]
- Bram Stoker's Dracula (2 Disc Deluxe Edition) [1992]
- Buffy The Vampire Slayer [1992]
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 6 (New Edition) [2001]
- Cabin Fever [2003]
- Candyman : Collectors Edition [1992]
- Carrie [1976]
- Child's Play 2 [1991]
- Child's Play 3 [1991]
- Christine [1983]
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