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.

| Feb 24, 2022

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.

| Feb 23, 2022

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?

| Feb 23, 2022

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.

| Original Score: C+ | Feb 22, 2022

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.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 18, 2022

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.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 18, 2022

Caught in a no man’s land between art-horror and CGI gorefest, The Cursed isn’t satisfying in either regard, hastily establishing its historical bonafides before getting to the shock-scares and digitally enhanced werewolves.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 18, 2022

There’s still poetry to be found in the idea of doomed beings stuck in a cycle of perpetual hunger...

| Feb 17, 2022

This is a werewolf film, the viewers should know. But there is no ow-woo to be had. This is no ordinary slash-and-snarl fandango.

| Feb 17, 2022

One of the better werewolf movies of the last few decades, glimmering with tragedy.

| Feb 17, 2022

A terrific cast is left floundering in the dark, searching for the film’s human dimension. Cursed, indeed.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 17, 2022

A creepy, stylish horror gem rooted in history.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 16, 2022

“The Cursed” is stylish and scary enough for what it is. That’s an old-fashioned creature feature, effective enough to give you a mild case of the heebie-jeebies but nothing chronic.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 15, 2022

Eight for Silver deliciously revives and enhances the werewolf genre...

| Feb 20, 2021

Sadly, the good parts of the film are trapped within the monstrous body of an overly long and average feature film.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 11, 2021

This is not your average Gothic werewolf film. This one has classy production elements, builds intense suspense and features strong performances.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 10, 2021

Lovers of classic Hammer horror films should sink their teeth into writer/director Sean Ellis's gory werewolf tale.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 2, 2021

The film is more suspenseful than scary, higher on sustained atmosphere than well-rounded characters. But it moves along at a stately pace and remains involving...

| Feb 1, 2021

Eight for Silver really gets under your skin, and it feels dangerous and dirty.

| Jan 31, 2021

Its shows such promise, that its slow unraveling feels less like a disappointment than a betrayal.

| Original Score: C- | Jan 31, 2021