The Cursed, 2021
This is a gothic horror movie that was written and directed by Sean Ellis. This movie received positive reviews and comments from their critics.
Cast Lists
Boyd Holbrook performed as John McBride
Kelly Reilly performed as Isabelle Laurent
Áine Rose Daly performed as Anne-Marie
Alistair Petrie performed as Seamus Laurent
Amelia Crouch performed as Charlotte
Roxane Duran performed as Anais
Narrative
During the Somme Battle, the wounded French captain was brought into the medical tent with the three bullet wounds into his abdomen. During the removal surgery, the German bullet the surgeon discovered and takes out the added fourth bullet that was made from silver and not from the German design.
Prior to thirty-five years, during the late 19th century, the brutal land tycoon Seamus Laurent, upon an advice and with an endorsement from the elders of the village, leads the slaughter of the Roma family who had the claim to the land and then settled there. The evening before, foreseeing the impending harm, the Roma heads cast the set of the silver dentures in a form of the fangs of the wolf for their defense. During the slaughter, a Roma leader was detained and killed. One had the feet and the hand cut off and was then lashed to the cross and erected was the scarecrow in serving as the warning to any others who will attempt on settling the land. The others were buried alive with those silver fangs grasped in the hold.
Afterwards, the townspeople with Seamus’ kids Charlotte and Edward were plagued by the nightmares of the scarecrow of Roma and also the silver fangs. When they were playing one time, Timmy revealed to the other kids he knows the place of the frightening scarecrow. Swearing everyone to secrecy, particularly Charlotte and Edward, Timmy leads the kids to the scarecrow. Leading to the coming of the scarecrow, Timmy was overcome with an urge to unearth those silver fangs. Edward tried stopping Timmy, but before Edward can, Timmy had already retrieved the fangs, then, placed them inside his mouth. Edward attacked Timmy, viciously biting the throat of Edward as the other kids flee in terror. Then, Charlotte flees to the manor of her family; though, in shock, Charlotte can alert her staffs and her parents. Seamus rapidly recovered Edward, who was seriously harmed, but not dead, and Timmy can’t be located. The doctors believe that Edward was hit by the wild animal. Charlotte, dreading for His family and Timmy, does not reveal what happened. Edward grows seriously harmed. During the evening, Charlotte awakes to the screams of Edward and saw him ensnared by the wood-like vines coming out of his body. When Charlotte returned from her parents, but then Edward has disappeared in the evening. The following, Seamus organized the city men to a search get together for Edward but was not successful.
Writer’s Notion
The title of the movie was not its original and its first title has the unique identity or a personality of its own.
The movie is an aesthetically pleasing drama and horror movie with beautiful locations, talented actors, with peak cinematography, with a proper budget, brilliantly directed and written and with a realistic brutal scenario with outstanding performances. The movie is really a unique take on the lycanthropy that was not seen before. It can even be rated more if only Sean Ellis took the similar momentum he had up to the final act.
Now, when you can watch a horror movie, which does not have lots of marketing in it, you can usually have lower expectation. This will be the mindset coming into this movie, and this is a wrong notion. The story of the movie was decent, but with nothing much of the ordinary. But, they tried spicing up the tale with mostly non-linear storytelling. Sadly, although the purpose is understandable, it can be seen as something impactful.
