Eight for Silver

A fine production, the dark visual quality and a well working cast make The Cursed aka Eight for Silver worth your time. The only thing I gotta complain is the running time - 155 minutes, which almost inevitably leads to some lengthy or redundant parts and rather weakens the experience than improving. Why so many directors these days think that they have to make such long running movies (Apocalypse Now directors cut just runs half an hour longer but got massively more story to tell), I don't know, but too many times it is really an unwise choice to do so. Anyway, if you like such different horror pleasures like Sleepy Hollow, The Village, The Thing, The Cursed will give you some entertaining time.

The Cursed might be a slow burn, but it delivers pure horror and suspense throughout. The cast is excellent and the cinematography is just gorgeous. I wish more people were talking about this low budget horror flick. It has so many bloody and disgusting surprises that bring audiences sick stomachs and pure enjoyment. Far better than the disaster, Scream 5. Best horror film of the year thus far and I didn't even expect it.

Solid horror movie. The story is interesting, the beginning was a bit too much for me to watch, but it laid the foundation for the rest of the movie. There's a few little jumpscares in the beginning but other than that it just builds the scaryness off of the storyline. Overall a good movie, would recommend to watch, but for me the possibility of a rewatch is low.

First 30-40 minutes were good. Kinda expensive production for a horror movie, interesting story, decent acting. Then, i was slowly losing my interest. At the end of the movie i didn't care about what happened to the characters, i just wanted it to end. Something felt off, i can't explain it better because English is not my native language. You can't enjoy a horror movie when you don't care if the characters live or die. Maybe i was not in the right mood, i don't know.

It's definitely not a bad movie, however, it's too long. It should have been at least 15 minutes shorter, there were some pace problems. Not boring though, for the most part of it.

Actors were not so charismatic or appealing except Kelly Reilly. She shines through the movie.

I wanted to like it. CASHBACK (same director, 2006) is one of my favorite movies. I liked THE BROKEN (2008) too.

This, not so much.

The cursed revolves around a werewolf and a set of silver teeth buried in a field. Might sound lame, but it actually works. The root of the killings is deeper than just werewolf violence - and the plot keeps interest where run of the mill werewolves fall short.