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When Nao Shingaki accepted a part-time job at a local convenience store, she never anticipated doing battle with the supernatural, but when the air at the malevolent mini-mart becomes thick with the s... read more read more...cent of death, Nao must face her worst fears or lose her soul trying in this nightmarish tale of urban terror from first-time director Yoshihiro Hoshino. As events in the seemingly innocuous convenience store take an ominous turn for the worse, Nao is troubled by both the crippling stench emanating from the backyard and the owner's sadistic glee at the painful injuries sustained by a sales rep who was scouting the store on behalf of a major franchise. When the owner's wife succumbs to a mysterious madness and the vengeful spirits claim the souls of the night-shift clerk, Nao must risk it all if she has any hope of escaping with her life -- and soul -- intact. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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PG-13, 1 hr. 20 min.

Directed by: Wes Craven

Release Date: February 25, 2005

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DVD Release Date: June 21, 2005

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  • aquateen2
    May 4, 2012
    aquateen2
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    Bringing nothing new to the werewolf film that hasn't been done before, i'm surprised at how much I enjoyed it. I really loved seeing Christina Ricci and Jesse Eisenberg together. They are a terrific act... read moreing pair and they are among the most positive aspects of the film. There's also a lot of good jokes and a few scary moments. Although not a classic werewolf film like Lon Chaney Jr's The Wolf Man that helped inspire it, Cursed is the best cheesy movie i've ever seen.
  • ScoopOnline
    January 9, 2012
    ScoopOnline
    I am actually not really a Christina Ricci fan nor werevolves Movie but this was not Bad.
  • romy861
    August 30, 2010
    romy861
    Not the most exciting horror movie. Pretty dull in the first half, seriously considered switching it off, but decided to stick with it. Can't honestly say I am glad that I did, but it did pick up.
    The cast is decent, especially Christina Ricci and Judy Greer, (she was actuall... read morey pretty funny when she got going). I think this was meant to be funny more than scary, though quite honestly, it falls flat in both directions.
  • jlewis07
    May 24, 2010
    jlewis07
    Wes Craven's "Scream" take on the Werewolf horror subgenre, but it isn't quite as successful as his spoofing of the slasher genre. The special effects are cheesy and bring attention to themselves at all times, pulling you out of the experience. This makes it harder to be scared o... read morer care about these characters. Add in lame dialogue and a predictable plot and you have an a recipe for disaster. Thankfully the lively performances from Jesse Eisenberg and Christina Ricci alleviate what could have been a horrendous movie. It has some B movie charms, although the movie runs out of steam way before the end. I kept thinking it was close to ending and more plot points and characters just kept popping up out of nowhere to reveal their twist (kind of like Scream did, only those were good twists that weren't annoying). It got very repetitive and I almost shut it off. It was moderately entertaining for the first half, before all of the repetitiveness and cheesy special effects took over. There's plenty of rumors about studio interference though, so maybe there's a good movie somewhere in Wes Craven's mind that never made it to celluloid. Whatever the case may be, the movie isn't successful and will be remembered as one of the horror masters low points.
  • kiriyamakazou
    January 1, 2010
    kiriyamakazou
    Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven try and add a little bit of Scream charm to werewolf movies. Unfortunately rumours abound of studio interference. It certainly seems uneven, nervously mixing between comedy and horror. Eisenberg gives a performance he would later perfect for the mu... read morech more complete Zombieland. The effects are jarring with neither the CGI nor costume being believable. The twist was OK as I convinced myself the ending would be as predictable as the rest. Some nice jumps, some nice jokes but a disappointing film with a lot of potential.
  • ythelastman89
    November 18, 2009
    ythelastman89
    Really bizarre, but enjoyable. It's essentially an even more lighthearted version of American Werewolf. I'd almost say it's a straight comedy in the way that the dialogue went and shear ridiculous circumstances. Christina Ricci and Jesse Eisenberg were both really good and fun to... read more see react to being werewolves. Then there's crazy Joshua Jackson and Milo Ventimiglia, who were the true sellers. It's a nice switch from Wes Craven, and it shows that he has a sense of humor.
  • TheMachinist
    February 13, 2009
    TheMachinist
    "No, I'm not gay, I'm cursed!
    - I know it must feel like that sometimes...
    No, I'm cursed by the Mark of the Beast!"

    "Cursed" is a fine example of a horror movie that doesn't take itself seriously. In fact the word "horror" is not suitable for this movie. The target audien... read morece has probably been people in their mid teens cause there is NOTHING scary or horrific about "Cursed".

    If you do a movie about werewolves, try to at least do the scenes where they chacge from human to beast in a proper way. In "Cursed", the filmmakers have used cheap looking CGI. The werevolves don't look real, if that's the right word.

    Jesse Eisenberg, who plays Jimmy, does one of the worst performances I've ever seen on the big screen. Every second of his "acting" was a torture. Christina Ricci? What made her sign the contract for this film? Probably a big paycheck...

    The only thing that saves "Cursed" from getting the lowest score is the first scene that introduces the werewolf. Besides that, the film is complete rubbish.
  • shiftyeyeddog
    June 17, 2008
    shiftyeyeddog
    Was this really only 2005? Seems like it's been much longer since this came out. Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven's attempt to repeat the success of Scream is not a complete failure, but doesn't come close to being as entertaining. I'd say it's more on the level of Scr... read moreeam 3, the weakest of the series.

    When I first saw the film, I considered it pretty bad, but I think that may have just been another case of high expectations and unfairly comparing it to previous films. Having just watched it again, I'd say its a pretty decent horror flick - better than a lot of the crap that comes out these days. It's got some scares, some twists, and plenty of humor. But it's not without its problems. Problem number one: Christina Ricci in the lead. Fine, cast her in some of those quirky independent films. Just keep her out of mainstream popcorn flicks - or at least out of leading roles. She's not a very good actress and she's just kinda goofy looking.

    But the biggest problem with this film was studio interference. With most of the film completed, the studio demanded drastic changes and reshoots, removing whole characters and storylines, recasting roles, and altering the very plot. We'll probably never get to see the original footage, so it's difficult to say how it could have been. (Don't mistake the "unrated" version for this - it's simply the same "new" version of the film, with tiny reinstated snippets of gore or language that had been cut for a PG-13 rating.)
  • superclerk25
    September 7, 2007
    superclerk25
    Crap. A crappy werewolf movie that only shows you a fully turned wolf once and it looks like crap. The story is mixed up and the reveal at the end isn't a suprise at all.
  • gatorgirl13
    August 5, 2007
    gatorgirl13
    I really liked it. Like i've said before, I love anything that has to do with the supernatural and I love Christina Ricci.

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Critic Reviews

Owen Gleiberman
March 3, 2005
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

Makes you long for the days when teenage werewolves were beady-eyed, slavering versions of hairy-palm jokes. Full Review

Ben Kenigsberg
March 3, 2005
Ben Kenigsberg, Village Voice

The scariest thing in the movie is a cameo by Scott Baio. Full Review

Stephen Hunter
February 28, 2005
Stephen Hunter, Washington Post

The special effects are particularly lame, and an insult to the proud werewolf tradition of An American Werewolf in London or the even better The Howling. Full Review

Peter Howell
February 28, 2005
Peter Howell, Toronto Star

The scariest thing about this movie is the incredible waste of once-vital talent. Full Review

Mick LaSalle
February 28, 2005
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

A third-rate effort, with a weak script, cheap-looking effects and no genuine frights. Full Review

Gene Seymour
February 28, 2005
Gene Seymour, Newsday

How can you not feel affectionate toward a movie that includes a line like, 'I guess there's no such thing as safe sex with a werewolf'? Full Review

Stephen Whitty
February 28, 2005
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

A hodgepodge of false starts and dead ends, and an assault on an audience's patience (as well as on the continuity editor). Full Review

A.O. Scott
February 28, 2005
A.O. Scott, New York Times

It's not bad enough to make you curse, but you are likely to laugh when you should scream, and to roll your eyes when you are meant to laugh. Full Review

V.A. Musetto
February 28, 2005
V.A. Musetto, New York Post

Follows its predictable way to an ending that seems endless.

Robert Dominguez
February 28, 2005
Robert Dominguez, New York Daily News

A fangless tale devoid of chills. Full Review

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