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The Cursed

2021

Sean Ellis

Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly, Alistair Petrie, Roxane Duran ...

5.5

1,119

Horror In the late 1800s, a man arrives in a remote country village to investigate an attack by a wild animal but discovers a much deeper and sinister force that has the manor and its townspeople in its grip.

	Media	Author	Review
		Ben Pearson SlashFilm	"Haunting, harrowing, and hypnotic, Eight for Silver is a werewolf story with a lot on its mind. You’ll never look at a scarecrow the same way again."
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Brooding and baleful, even if it loses bite after a strong opening (...) It won’t disturb Lon Chaney Jr. in his grave, but still offers meat for genre fans to chew on."
		Tomris Laffly Variety	"Sean Ellis' original take on the werewolf genre looks gorgeous with aptly creepy design elements and eerie cinematography but lacks thematic direction."
		Lewis Knight Mirror	"With an intriguing and ominous opening half-hour that promises something more unsettling than what is delivered, Eight for Silver is still an entertaining chiller from director Sean Ellis (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Matt Goldberg Collider	"Sean Ellis’ horror film has some nifty ideas but relies too heavily on superficial elements (...) There are no strong characters, and the plot only seems to serve the next bloody death or horrifying transformation"
		Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"Highly enjoyable (...) It’s inventive enough to surprise (...) Effects don’t disappoint either.
		Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting	"Ellis presents some fantastic and exciting ideas here. They’re just nestled in a pretty average feature. There’s some stellar gore work on display, but those scenes tend to come too few and far between (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"
		Ferdosa Abdi Screen Rant	"'The Cursed' is merely a slow trek through horrific gore, lackluster and confusing werewolf lore, and a muddled understanding of the legacy of the Roma (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Noel Murray Los Angeles Times	"A serious, bold and artful movie (...) It is engaging, thanks to the way Ellis captures its era: not just through striking low-light images but also through a pervasive sense of menace"
		Mel Valentin Screen Anarchy	"The overabundance of characters [and] the hints of stories or subplots are minor problems that that never find resolution do little to dilute Ellis' essential contribution to a sub-genre desperately in need of reinvigoration"
		Tasha Robinson Polygon	"The costumes and sets all have weight, and the cast brings a compelling, convincing intensity to the material, but this is primarily a movie to watch for the visuals"
		Katie Rife AV Club	"Even when Ellis ramps up the suspense with crosscutting and monster mayhem in the final half-hour, 'The Cursed' has trouble maintaining nail-biting intensity for very long"
		Matt Zoller Seitz rogerebert.com	"The supporting cast is superb, and scene for scene, this is Ellis' best-directed film. [The] score is outstanding as well (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		James Berardinelli ReelViews	"I wouldn't go so far as to call it 'bold' or 'innovative', but there's a freshness to the storytelling and its attendant monster movie elements (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"Featuring top-notch production design and suitably earnest performances, 'The Cursed' serves as a solid reminder of why it's a really bad idea to mess with hallowed ground (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		John Serba Decider	"Shades of 'The Exorcist' and 'The Witch' (...) doesn’t go far enough for The Cursed, which ultimately is little more than a rote creature feature"
		Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle	"One of the better werewolf movies of the last few decades, glimmering with tragedy (...) 'The Cursed' may be a shaggy tale in places, but its bite is ultimately deep (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror	"A dark and fascinating tale that will surely resonate with both fans of werewolf movies and those that just enjoy a solid horror mystery with supernatural elements (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Marta Bałaga Cineuropa	"[It] seems torn between unapologetic trash and a desire for something a bit more respectable (...) There is nobody to follow or even care for a little"

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