The Cursed: werewolf movie is now available on PVOD

Last Updated on March 17, 2022

A couple of weeks ago, we shared the news that writer/director Sean Ellis‘s 1800s-set werewolf horror film The Cursed, which was previously known by the less generic title Eight for Silver, will be coming to Blu-ray and DVD on May 10th. Copies of the physical media release can be pre-ordered at THIS LINK… but if you’d rather just watch The Cursed on Amazon right now, it’s already available on PVOD. For $19.99 you can rent The Cursed HERE, or you can also purchase the digital version for $24.99.

Our own Chris Bumbray thought this movie was “an enjoyable horror thriller” He gave it a 7/10 review you can read HERE.

Here’s the synopsis for The Cursed, according to Wikipedia, for your reading pleasure before you rent it on PVOD:

In the late nineteenth century, brutal land baron Seamus Laurent slaughters a Roma clan, unleashing a curse on his family and village. In the days that follow, the townspeople are plagued by nightmares, Seamus’s son Edward goes missing, and a boy is found murdered. The locals suspect a wild animal, but visiting pathologist John McBride warns of a more sinister presence lurking in the woods.

Boyd Holbrook (The Predator), Kelly Reilly (Eden Lake), Alistair Petrie (Victor Frankenstein), Roxane Duran (The Way to Happiness), and Áine Rose Daly (the Amazon series Hanna) star.

Speaking with Variety, Ellis said The Cursed was “inspired by a love for horror classics”:

I wanted to go back to a genre piece. I’m a big fan of horror films. Films like Alien and The Thing had a big influence on me. … I felt it needed to be a period film – they’re more cinematic. When you do a period piece you’re creating a world. I think cinema is about visiting other worlds.”

Ellis also revealed that his film features “a kind of werewolf that audiences haven’t seen before” because

I kind of love the werewolf mythology but I hadn’t loved where it had gone. It felt like zombies had been updated and we could do many different things with that. There was just this cliché of what the werewolf was.”

In bringing the monsters to the screen, the filmmaker found “old school special effects and animatronics more powerful than CGI” and tried to do as much of the creature action in camera as possible.

Have you seen The Cursed, and if not, are you gonna rent it on PVOD? If so, let us know what you thought of it by leaving a comment below.

Source: Amazon

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