The Cursed (Eight for Silver) (2022)
70%RT Audience Score: 55%
Awards & Nominations: 5 nominations
For a werewolf movie, The Cursed is frustratingly lacking in killer instinct — but its intriguing additions to well-worn mythology add some necessary bite.
The Cursed” is a visually stunning horror period piece that will have you on the edge of your seat. The costumes and sets are sumptuous, and the monsters are hauntingly gruesome. While the pacing can be sluggish at times, the terror scenes more than make up for it. It’s a unique take on the werewolf genre that will leave you howling for more.
Production Company(ies)
Talking Heads Arnold Stiefel Company,
Distributor
LD Entertainment
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
Filming Location(s)
Cognac, France
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for strong violence, grisly images and brief nudity.
Year of Release
2022
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:1h 52m
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Language(s):English, Romanian
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Country of origin:United Kingdom
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Feb 18, 2022 Wide
Genre(s)
Horror
Keyword(s)
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Worldwide gross: $4,588,389
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $4,588,389
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,203
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 500,370
US/Canada gross: $4,588,389
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $4,588,389
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,833
US/Canada opening weekend: $1,776,142
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $1,776,142
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,219
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Kelly Reilly – Isabelle Laurent
Alistair Petrie – Seamus Laurent
Roxane Duran – Anais
Nigel Betts – Alfred Moliere
Stuart Bowman – Saul
Director(s)
Sean Ellis
Writer(s)
Sean Ellis
Producer(s)
Sean Ellis, Mickey Liddell, Pete Shilaimon
Film Festivals
Sundance
Awards & Nominations
5 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (122) | Top Critics (23) | Fresh (90) | Rotten (32)
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.
February 24, 2022
Noel Murray
Los Angeles Times
TOP CRITIC
There’s a sumptuous feel to the staging — 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.
February 23, 2022
Tasha Robinson
Polygon
TOP CRITIC
Ellis has made it very clear that the emotional core of the film is the suffering of marginalized, displaced, and slaughtered people. Why then are we spending the bulk of the run time supposedly rooting for those who benefit from that slaughter?
February 23, 2022
Noah Berlatsky
Chicago Reader
TOP CRITIC
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.
February 22, 2022 | Rating: C+
Katie Rife
AV Club
TOP CRITIC
It’s all so rich and so richly executed by Ellis, a total filmmaker that one wishes it added up to more than a series of smart variations on a certain type of film.
February 18, 2022 | Rating: 3/4
Matt Zoller Seitz
RogerEbert.com
TOP CRITIC
Predictable and straightforward. Still, its a well-crafted period piece with standout horror moments thanks to fresh mythology and a chilling scarecrow thatll haunt your dreams.
February 18, 2022 | Rating: 3/5
Meagan Navarro
Bloody Disgusting
TOP CRITIC
The Cursed delivers a unique creature feature that is as atmospheric as it is gruesome.
May 10, 2022 | Rating: 7.5/10
Molly Henery
The Blogging Banshee
A visually stunning horror period piece with haunting monsters and scenes.
April 4, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Rosa Parra
Latinx Lens
The Cursed makes some unique and effective visual departures from a typical werewolf horror movie. The movie’s pace is sometimes sluggish, but the terror scenes more than make up for the film’s minor flaws.
April 3, 2022
Carla Hay
Culture Mix
In spite of an often slack runtime, distant emotion, and uneven scares, theres a violently entertaining mix of classic trappings and digital terror here.
March 20, 2022
Christian Valentin
Spectrum Culture
In more discerning hands, it could have accomplished what Sean Ellis seemingly set out to do, but The Cursed is not a werewolf horror worth devouring.
March 15, 2022 | Rating: 2/5
Ferdosa Abdi
Screen Rant
The results are mixed, but when writerdirector Sean Ellis digs deep into his genre riffs and dread-laced atmosphere, iThe Cursedi really works as a modern take on some very old werewolf tropes.
March 12, 2022
Matthew Jackson
Looper.com…
Plot
Pathologist John McBride investigates a remote country village under attack by supernatural forces and demonic creatures, only to discover something much deeper and more sinister than he ever could have imagined in The Cursed.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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