CURSED

 

 

 

Cursed is a werewolf film in a long line of werewolf films starring Christina Ricci and that guy who played that Facebook guy in that Facebook movie directed by horror master Wes Craven (of A Nightmare On Elm Street fame). In this werewolf film, Christina Ricci and that FB-playing guy play brother & sister who get into a car accident with another woman--who, of course, had been "warned" by a psychic at a carnival that something "evil" was about to happen to her at the start of the movie--who ends up--wait for it!--getting mauled to death by said werewolf who also takes a swipe--literally!--at Ricci's character and her brother who, well, you know. As in all other werewolf films, said brother & sister try to find the original werewolf who "cursed" them so they can off said werewolf so they can turn back to normal (it turns out--spoiler alert!--there are two--count 'em--TWO werewolves in this flick who are carving up people like so much Thanksgiving turkey). Cursed isn't a terribly bad film for a werewolf flick in spite of the fact that this flick didn't get much love by the all-important critics and at the all-important box office. I am surprised that Wes Craven didn't take his name off this film like he did his vampire stinker the Eddie Murphy vehicle Vampire In Brooklyn (and instead used the Alan Smithee cinematic pseudonym that directors tend to use whenever they don't want their own names associated with a crappy film they've made). It was certainly a hell of a lot better than those sappy-crappy Twilight flicks! Oh yeah, this flick also features a "cameo" by Scott Baio (yes, THAT Scott Baio!). Cool movie poster, though!