Cursed (Unrated Version)
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Movie Reviews of Cursed (Unrated Version)
Movie Review: Curse of the Werewolf
Summary: 4 Stars
Didn't someone say that the original version, the one that featured Omar Epps and James Brolin and Mandy Moore, the script was much more heavily what passes nowadays for "postmodern" (i.e., a postmodernity limited to self-referentiality)? If I remember right, the original version wound up with the beast figure whom everyone was trying to identify--the one who was making everyone into a werewolf--was none other than Scott Baio. When you see the movie today, all Miramaxed out, Baio's brief appearance is a matter for head scratching, but makes sense it it was going to be revealed in the last reel that he (playing himself) was the supervillain behind all the bloodshed.
As it is, he has a certain wolfish look to him, and the way he hits of Christina Ricci is supposed to creep you out (or else it's supposed to illustrate that becoming a werewolf has made her catnip to men of all ages). Scott doesn't look that great,. but he looks better than Craig Kilborn, who I imagine in the first version wound up a victim of the beast, for bumping Scott off his show at the last minute in favor of Carrot Top and Ashton Kutcher.
Ricci isn't bad, and neither is Jesse Eisenberg, but they must have been made into a brother and sister team at the very last minute, for some scenes I swear were filmed while there was supposed to be some romantic heat between them.
I saw an episode of Craig Kilborn in which he hugged the visiting pop singer Kylie Minogue, who's only five feet one or something, and super tall Kilborn towered over her so that it seemed she was talking to his belt buckle. How did they avoid similarly embarrassing scenes in CURSED between him and Ricci, who must be under five feet tall? He plays her boss, brutish, nasty and short. In real life he's got to be six eight or something. Here they both are photographed as though they were normal people, a miracle! Maybe that was the secret of the casting, the way that Nazimova's SALOME (1923) is rumored to have employed 100% gay and lesbian actors--in CURSED everyone's a physical freak in some way, the audience just has to guess how.
Movie Review: I loved being Cursed!
Summary: 4 Stars
Despite what I thought when I saw this in theaters, Cursed was not hurt by its PG-13 rating. In fact, I think it might have helped it. While nothing spectacular, Cursed is a terrific follow-up to the Scream films, and one of the most entertaining, if not the least violent, werewolf films out there. With its unfortunate and terrifying production history, I thought the film was going to end up one big mess, but it was fun, clever, and wildly entertaining. Having seen both the theatrical and Unrated versions, I think I prefer the theatrical version. The unrated version has a lot of unneccessary gore, that doesn't really help to improve the story or add anything new to the genre. The one scene I felt needed the gore when watching this in theaters, was the Mya death scene, but it was EXACTLY the same in the Unrated version. The rest of the gore stuff, about two minutes worth, was cheesy and unneccessary.
I felt the only thing I didn't like about the film was the cheesy, groan-inducing 'Happy Ending.' I think the film would have been a lot stronger without it, and would have definitely gotten a 5-star rating from me.
This is definiteltly not a horror film for all tastes. Much in the Scream vein, it has self-referential dialogue, characters who know they're in a horror movie, and lots of comedy. Fans of Scream should eat this up. All the fans of Wes Craven's older stuff should probably stay away.
Movie Review: I thought it was pretty good!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
I went into this movie with low expectations(partly because of all the negative talk about the movie). But after seeing it, I thought it was quite a good popcorn-munching flick.
Look, movies such as this one are out there to entertain you. This did that for me. A few scares here and there. Some decent special effects. And some laughs which gave the movie some "light heartedness". Casting Scott Baio as himself to promote some laughs was brilliant. It was what I expected from Craven these days. If you go into it looking for Scream or Nightmare on Elm Street type scares, or try to disect the movie's plot to see if the premis is even plausible, then you will be dissappointed. I suggest you don't do that.
This movie (I don't believe) was intended to scare you to death. It was a campy horror/thriller/comedy that worked for me and may work for you. Go into it with an open mind and I think you will be pleasantly surprised.
This review is for the UNRATED version. I didn't see the theatrical version, so I don't know what gore was left out. But after watching this version, I thought there was more than enough blood and guts to satisfy the audience.
Movie Review: Lowered Expectations...
Summary: 4 Stars
I avoided seeing CURSED for years, after hearing all of the talk about just how terrible it was. So, I finally got hold of a copy and watched it last night, figuring that I was about to witness a total catastrophe. Well, perhaps it was my extremely low expectations, but I actually enjoyed it! While it's certainly no GINGER SNAPS or AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, CURSED isn't the disastrous failure I'd heard about. Christina Ricci (Addams Family 1 and 2, Sleepy Hollow, Monster, The Gathering) plays her lead role w/ ease and humour. She is a gothic chick without even having to work at it! Her features alone make her the next Barbara Steel! CURSED also has a decent plot and pacing. The CGI transformation effects are passable, but still make me mourn for the days of latex! The cast, apart from Ms. Ricci, is typical Craven / Williamson, mostly young, shallow, yet beautiful people. CURSED also has far fewer in-jokes and less self-aware humour than the SCREAM films. So, it's a fairly straightforward werewolf movie. If you love Christina Ricci, werewolves, or Wes Craven, then CURSED should give you a boost...Movie Review: Better than i expected
Summary: 4 Stars
I can't believe i'm still renting these type of movies, but it looked somewhat entertaining. I thought i'd give it a try, and i expected it to be super cheesy and dumb, but it was kind of funny. I can't believe how hot Christina Ricci is now. She has nice eye, exotic features, nice body and chest, and she looked great in those outfits. She was alright in the movie "monster" but she was a knockout in this movie. My brother's friend has had a thing for her ever since adam's family, but she is one hot woman now, all grown up. She was on jay leno one night making fun of her forehead because she thinks it's huge and odd looking, but not really. No one is perfect anyway. But her long black hair when it's curled makes me wanna.. anyway hehe. Back to the movie. It could have been alot worse. Like that retarded movie THEY. Wes Craven has been known for making cheesy horror movies, but Cursed is entertaining, with some laughs. Not scary but the violence was interesting, as well as the special effects. But Christina can come over to my house anytime. ;-)