Cursed (2005)

Director:

Wes Craven

Writer (WGA):

Kevin Williamson (written by)

Release Date:

25 February 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

Plot:

A werewolf loose in Los Angeles changes the lives of three young adults, who, after being mauled by the beast, learn they must kill their attacker if they hope to change their fate to avoid becoming werewolves too.

Plot Keywords:

Werewolf | Car Accident | Death | Attack | Costume Party

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Portia de Rossi	...	Zela
Mya	...	Jenny
Shannon Elizabeth	...	Becky
Kristina Anapau	...	Brooke
Daniel Edward Mora	...	Jose (as Daniel Mora)
Solar	...	Zipper
Jesse Eisenberg	...	Jimmy
Milo Ventimiglia	...	Bo
Jonny Acker	...	Earl
Eric Ladin	...	Louie
Christina Ricci	...	Ellie
Joshua Jackson	...	Jake
Derek Mears	...	Werewolf
Nick Offerman	...	Officer
Ken Rudulph	...	Newscaster
Judy Greer	...	Joanie
Michelle Krusiec	...	Nosebleed Co-Worker
Scott Baio	...	Himself
Shashawnee Hall	...	Wrestling Coach
Craig Kilborn	...	Himself
Emilie Odeile	...	Co-Worker (as Emily O'Deile)
Lance Bass	...	Himself
Egan Friedlander	...	First Bouncer
Randolph LeRoi	...	Randy (as Randolph Le Roi)
Brian Boone	...	Frantic Bouncer
Gary Dubin	...	Police Officer #1
Chris J. Johnson	...	Police Officer #2 (as Chris Johnson)
Wilmer Calderon	...	Police Officer #3
Brett Rickaby	...	Animal Control Officer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Doug Berry	...	Paramedic (uncredited)
Erik Rodham Clinton	...	Band Member (uncredited)
Brandon Cox	...	Penguin Guy #2 (uncredited)
Jason Cox	...	Grady (uncredited)
Jason Dottley	...	Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Katie Keim	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Bill Mehlem	...	EMT (uncredited)
Gregory Nicotero	...	Man Pushing Dracula's Coffin (uncredited)
Jason Pierce	...	Nick (uncredited)
Hans Raith	...	Nightclub Security (uncredited)
Johnny Ray	...	Security Guard (uncredited)
Jaret Reddick	...	Band Member (uncredited)
Michael Rosenbaum	...	Kyle (uncredited)
Bowling for Soup	...	Carnival Band (uncredited)
Christopher Van Malmsteen	...	Band Member (uncredited)
Gary Wiseass	...	Band Member (uncredited)
Rachel Zeskind	...	Photo Double for Christina Ricci (uncredited)

Directed by
Wes Craven

Writing credits (WGA)
Kevin Williamson		(written by)

Produced by
Daniel K. Arredondo	....	co-producer (as Dan Arredondo)
Stuart M. Besser	....	co-executive producer (as Stuart Besser)
Jennifer D. Breslow	....	co-producer (as Jennifer Breslow)
Dixie J. Capp	....	co-producer
David Crockett	....	co-executive producer
Marianne Maddalena	....	producer
Nicholas Mastandrea	....	associate producer (as Nicholas C. Mastandrea)
Julie Plec	....	co-producer
Andrew Rona	....	executive producer
Bob Weinstein	....	executive producer
Harvey Weinstein	....	executive producer
Brad Weston	....	executive producer
Kevin Williamson	....	producer

Original Music by
Marco Beltrami

Cinematography by
Robert McLachlan

Film Editing by
Patrick Lussier
Lisa Romaniw

Casting by
Lisa Beach
Mark Bennett
Sarah Katzman
Greg Orson

Production Design by
Chris Cornwell
Bruce Alan Miller

Art Direction by
Andrew Max Cahn
Jeff Knipp

Set Decoration by
Douglas A. Mowat
Dena Roth

Costume Design by
Alix Friedberg

Makeup Department
Luisa Abel	....	makeup department head
Merribelle Anderson	....	key hair stylist (as Merribelle A. Anderson)
Rick Baker	....	special makeup effects artist
Rick Baker	....	special makeup effects creator
Rick Baker	....	special makeup effects designer
Howard Berger	....	additional werewolf effects creator
Anita Brabec	....	key makeup artist (as Anita Barbec)
Judy Crown	....	hair department head
Dawn Dininger	....	special makeup effects artist
Audrey Goetz	....	special makeup effects: hair
Connie Grayson	....	hair department
Ursula Hawks	....	special makeup effects: hair
Grady Holder	....	dental prosthetics: K.N.B. EFX Group
Judy Lovell	....	makeup artist
Clayton Martinez	....	mold department: Cinovation Studios
Lori McCoy-Bell	....	hair department head
Deborah Merle	....	key makeup artist
Sylvia Nava	....	special makeup effects: hair
Gregory Nicotero	....	additional special makeup effects supervisor (as Greg Nicotero)
Gregory Nicotero	....	additional werewolf effects creator (as Greg Nicotero)
Douglas Noe	....	prosthetics makeup artist
Julie Pearce	....	makeup department head
Bill Sturgeon	....	makeup effects producer: Cinovation Studios
Norman Tempia	....	special makeup effects: hair
Lynne Watson	....	special makeup effects: hair
Nacoma Whobrey	....	assistant makeup artist
Hiroshi Yada	....	mold department: Cinovation
Diana Yun Soo Yoo	....	special makeup effects artist
Michael Burnett	....	special makeup effects artist: prosthetic mask fabrication (uncredited)
Michelle Rene Elam	....	key hair stylist (uncredited)
Thomas Floutz	....	special makeup effects artist: crew (uncredited)
Jake Garber	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Adruitha Lee	....	daily hair stylist (uncredited)
Christopher Allen Nelson	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Tijen Osman	....	assistant hair stylist (uncredited)
Yesim 'Shimmy' Osman	....	assistant hair stylist (uncredited)
Yoichi Art Sakamoto	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Brad Scott	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Patrick Tatopoulos	....	creature designer and creator: final fight sequence, Patrick Tatopoulos Designs (uncredited)
Angie Wells	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Randy Westgate	....	key makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Tina Anderson	....	post-production supervisor
Stuart M. Besser	....	unit production manager
Mads Hansen	....	production supervisor: second unit
Robert Leveen	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lori Ashfield	....	dga trainee
Rick Avery	....	second unit director
Andy Cheng	....	second unit director
Maximillian D. Day	....	first assistant director
Patrick Lussier	....	second unit director
Maria Mantia	....	second assistant director
Nicholas Mastandrea	....	first assistant director
Carla R. Ponzio	....	second assistant director: second unit & additional photography
Yumiko Takeya	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Laine Abramson	....	buyer
Banner Agundez	....	props
Sharon E. Alshams	....	lead set designer (as Sharon Alshams)
Chris Alvarez	....	welding foreman
Clifton Anshanslin	....	scenic designer
Michael J. Bertolina	....	on-set dresser: additional photography
Tristan Paris Bourne	....	set designer (as Tristan Bourne)
Richard Brunton	....	leadman
Gae S. Buckley	....	lead designer (as Gae Buckley)
Timothy Burgard	....	storyboard artist
Elida Cerda	....	construction medic
David B. Clark	....	paint gang boss
Skip Crank	....	assistant property master
Gene Darnell	....	set designer
Doug Devine	....	set dresser: reshoots
David Elliott	....	construction coordinator
Eva Firshein	....	buyer
Matthew Gilbert	....	props (as Matthew L. Gilbert)
Guy Hietala	....	set painter gang boss
John Paul 'J.P.' Jones	....	property master
Richard W. Jones	....	greens foreman (as Richard Jones)
Steven Kerlagon	....	paint supervisor
Holiday Landa	....	art department coordinator
Kim Lincoln	....	graphic designer
Lyle Maves	....	plasterer foreman
Barbara Mesney	....	lead set designer
Christopher Morente	....	greensperson
Christa Munro	....	graphic designer
Happy Nakamura	....	property assistant
Kathy Orlando	....	buyer
Mark Poll	....	lead set designer
Bob Renna	....	draper
Kim Richey	....	assistant property master: second unit/additional photography
Lee Ross	....	on-set scenic
Michael Ruby	....	supervising signwriter
Alex Sessing	....	on-set greensman
Chad Simpson	....	paint foreman
Andre Sowards	....	set dresser
Shannon Spinella	....	set dresser
Robert Van Dyke	....	propmaker gangboss
Casandra Wasaff	....	art department assistant
Emily A. Wilson	....	art department coordinator (as Emily Meyers)
Jamie Callahan	....	props (uncredited)
Bryan McBrien	....	greensman (uncredited)

Sound Department
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
Jessy Bender	....	sound utility
G.W. Brown	....	adr supervisor
G.W. Brown	....	supervising adr editor
Devendra Damon Cleary	....	sound utility: pick-ups
John T. Cucci	....	foley artist
Richard Duarte	....	foley mixer
David E. Fluhr	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gabriel Guy	....	sound recordist
Shawn Holden	....	sound mixer: additional photography
Henry Hsiao	....	synth programming
Kevin Hyde	....	boom operator
Michael Edward Johnson	....	sound effects editor
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Adam Kopald	....	sound effects editor
John Kwiatkowski	....	dialogue editor
Donald J. Malouf	....	sound effects editor
Christian P. Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Charles W. Ritter	....	foley artist
Charles W. Ritter	....	foley editor
Brian Robinson	....	boom operator
Victoria Rose Sampson	....	adr editor
Jim Stuebe	....	sound mixer
Ann L. Thornberg	....	assistant sound editor
Todd Toon	....	supervising sound editor
Mark A. Tracy	....	first assistant sound editor

Special Effects by
Rick Baker	....	special makeup effects
Jim Beinke	....	werewolf fabricator, project supervisor: Rick Baker Cinovation Studios
Roland Blancaflor	....	makeup appliance department supervisor: Rick Baker/Cinovation Studio
Ron Bolanowski	....	special effects supervisor
Darrell Burgess	....	special effects technician
Mark R. Byers	....	reshoot coordinator
Mark R. Byers	....	special effects coordinator
John Calpin	....	special effects makeup
John Calpin	....	special effects technician
Roy K. Cancino	....	special effects technician (as Roy Kim Cancino)
Sam Dean	....	special effects technician
Michael Duenas	....	special effects technician
Jurgen Heimann	....	monster mechanical department (as Jurgen Hefman)
Sean Kennedy	....	special effects moldmaker
Steve Koch	....	designer/sculptor: Cinovation Studios
Russell Lukich	....	special effects makeup
Steve Luport	....	special effects technician
Stephane Nicoli	....	seamer
Andy Schoneberg	....	project supervisor: Cinovation
Patrick Tatopoulos	....	creature designer and creator: fnal fight sequence, SPFX
Clark Templeman	....	special effects foreman
Patricia Urias	....	seaming department
Brian Van Dorn	....	mold department
Jenny Wallace	....	special effects buyer
Daniel Yates	....	special effects technician (as Daniel J. Yates)
George Zamora	....	pyrotechnician
George Zamora	....	special effects foreman (as George M. Zamora)

Visual Effects by
Ohkba Ameziane-Hassani	....	visual effects consultant: Mokko Studio
Scott Anderson	....	visual effects editor
Chih-Jen Chang Andy	....	digital compositor: Luma Pictures
Cynthia Aragon	....	lead rotoscope artist: SPI (as Cynthia E. Aragon)
Jared Barber	....	animator
Alfredo R. Barcia	....	lead production services technician: SPI
Yakov Baytler	....	character pipeline technical director: SPI
Jill Berger	....	senior technical director
Danny Bergeron	....	visual effects executive producer: MOKKO Studio
Melissa Best	....	2D compositor: Frantic Films
Rob Blue	....	digital artist: SPI
Jorge Bobadilla Jr.	....	senior production services technician
Jason Booth	....	lead compositor
Francois Bordez	....	senior modeler: SPI
Carole Bouchard	....	executive producer: FX Cartel
Christian Boudman	....	digital compositor
Brent Breedveld	....	visual effects animator
Jeremy Cantor	....	animation supervisor: SPI
Kyle Cassidy	....	visual effects: Luma Pictures
Oscar G. Castillo	....	visual effects
Irfan Celik	....	technical director: The Orphanage
Annie Cliche	....	visual effects assistant: FXCartel
Spencer Cook	....	animation supervisor: SPI
Etienne Daigle	....	digital compositor
Sumit Das	....	character setup technical director: SPI (as Sumit Davis)
Shane Davidson	....	digital compositor
Peter Demarest	....	digital artist
Frank D'Iorio	....	digital compositor: Mokko Studio
Roxanne Dorman	....	visual effects editor: SPI
David S. Dranitzke	....	visual effects
Conrad Dueck	....	CGI supervisor: Frantic Films
Karin Eunson-Ross	....	visual effects producer: Frantic Films
Saeed Faridzadeh	....	digital compositor
Kristen Farlow	....	visual effects assistant coordinator: SPI
Kathryn Fowler	....	visual effects assistant: additional sequences (as Kathryn Kerr)
Layne Friedman	....	lighting td: SPI
Jenny Fulle	....	visual effects executive producer: SPI
Jamison Scott Goei	....	visual effects supervisor: Rez-Illusion
Ryan Grobins	....	digital compositor
Chloe Grysole	....	visual effects producer: FXCartel
H Haden Hammond	....	visual effects: Luma Pictures
Max Harris	....	digital compositor: SPI
Kevin Tod Haug	....	visual effects designer: additional sequences
Ki Jong Hong	....	creature technical director
Richard R. Hoover	....	visual effects supervisor
Ben Houston	....	fluids researcher: Frantic Films
Kevin Hudson	....	lead modeler: SPI
Adnan Hussain	....	hair technical director
Christian Irles	....	digital artist: Klon Films
Sully Jacome-Wilkes	....	texture artist
Sarahjane Javelo	....	digital paint/rotoscope artist
Justin Johnson	....	visual effects
Bruce Jurgens	....	CG supervisor: Luma Pictures
Yun Geuk Kang	....	senior modeler
Bill Kent	....	2D visual effects supervisor
Wendy Klein	....	visual effects: Luma Pictures
Raji Kodja	....	digital compositor
Sean Konrad	....	digital compositor
Stephen Kowalski	....	systems architect
Luis Labrador	....	senior modeler: SPI
Alain Lachance	....	digital compositor: Mokko Studio
Daniel La Chapelle	....	digital effects artist
Lea Lambert	....	rotoscope artist: SPI
Sylvain Lebeau	....	digital artist
Tom Leckie	....	digital compositor
John J.S. Lee	....	lead production services technician: SPI
Woei Lee	....	digital compositor
Jonathan Legris	....	digital artist: Klon Films
Danny Levesque	....	digital artist: Mokko Studio
Randy Link	....	animation
Francis Liu	....	CG lookup development lead technical director: SPI (as Francis P. Liu)
Kevin Manning	....	visual effects: Luma Pictures
Christopher Mapes	....	visual effects
Simon Marinof	....	motion tracking
Benoit Martel	....	visual effect producer: FOGstudio
Jean-Yves Martel	....	executive producer: FX Cartel
Artin Matousian	....	system administrator
Jason McDade	....	previsualization: zipper sequence, SPI
Paul McGhee	....	digital color timer: SPI
Leslie McMinn	....	visual effects producer: FX Cartel
Gustav Melich	....	technical director: SPI
Evangeline Monroy	....	visual effects coordinator: SPI
Glenn Morris	....	digital effects producer: Luma Pictures
Amanda Morrison	....	lead compositor: SPI
Alex Murtaza	....	lighting artist: Frantic Films
Maks Naporowski	....	senior digital artist
Ian Noe	....	digital effects producer: Luma Pictures
Natalie Nolan	....	compositor
Ethan Ormsby	....	technical director
Myrko Piche	....	digital artist: FOGstudio
Yvan Pinard	....	digital artist
Susan Polk Little	....	tehnical director: hair pipeline (as Suzi Hammon)
Jay Randall	....	visual effects supervisor: FX Cartel
Pavani Rao	....	matchmove artist: The Orphanage
Jean-Pierre Riverin	....	digital artist: Mokko Studio
Trey Roane	....	compositor: Luma Pictures
Eric Sanford	....	modeler: SPI
David Schoneveld	....	digital compositor: Luma Pictures
Vincent Serritella	....	senior technical director
Payam Shohadai	....	digital effects supervisor: Luma Pictures
Thanapoom Siripopungul	....	visual effects artist: Luma Pictures
Rob Sischy	....	visual effects compsitor
David A. Smith	....	CG supervisor: SPI
Keith W. Smith	....	animator
Kevin Andrew Smith	....	CG lookup development lead technical director: SPI
Omar Smith	....	character setup lead technical director: SPI
Diana Stulic	....	visual effects producer: SPI (as Diana Stulic Ibanez)
Allen Tracy	....	visual effects coordinator: Frantic Films
Mathieu Tremblay	....	visual effects coordinator: Mokko Studio
Dana Vanhove	....	digital production management
Martial Vincent	....	executive producer: FX Cartel
Dan Walker	....	compositor
Tamara Watts Kent	....	visual effects producer
Barry Weiss	....	senior staff: SPI
Mary Beth Worzella	....	associate visual effects producer
Mitch Zeitlin	....	video editorial coordinator: SPI
Kevin Baillie	....	associate visual effects supervisor: The Orphanage (uncredited)
Matt Broeska	....	lead matchmove artist: Frantic Films (uncredited)
Michael Duhatschek	....	character modeler (uncredited)
Trevor Hazel	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Alex Henning	....	digital compositor: The Orphanage (uncredited)
Geneviève Labelle	....	digital compositor: Mokko Studio (uncredited)
Thomas Mathai	....	data manager (uncredited)
Donny Rausch	....	digital compositor: SPI (uncredited)
Marc A. Rousseau	....	visual effects producer: Mokko Studio (uncredited)
Rosendo Salazar	....	technical director (uncredited)
Jane Sharvina	....	compositor: Frantic Films (uncredited)
George Taylor	....	compositor (uncredited)
Blair Werschler	....	visual effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Hank Amos	....	stunt double
Daniel Arrias	....	stunt performer
Brian Avery	....	stunt double
Joni Avery	....	stunt performer
Michael Avery	....	stunt performer
Tammie Rae Baird	....	stunt double
Matt Baker	....	stunts
Terry Bartlett	....	stunt performer
Jake Brake	....	stunt rigger
Craig Branham	....	stunt performer
Alex Chansky	....	stunts
Andy Cheng	....	action coordinator
Brycen Counts	....	stunt performer
Charles Croughwell	....	stunt coordinator (as Charlie Croughwell)
Joshua Croughwell	....	stunt performer
Michelle Croughwell	....	stunt performer
Danny Downey	....	stunt double
Paul Eliopoulos	....	stunt performer
Richard Epper	....	utility stunts
Debbie Evans	....	stunt performer
Bill Forchion	....	stunt double
Sean Graham	....	stunt performer
Tabby Hanson	....	stunt performer (as Tabby Hanson Graham)
Anita Hart	....	stunt double: Shannon Elizabeth
Jim Hart	....	stunts
Alisa Hensley	....	stunt performer
Kanin Howell	....	stunt performer
David Hugghins	....	stunt rigger (as David Huggins)
Michael Hugghins	....	stunt rigger
Li Jing	....	stunt performer
Bevin Kaye	....	stunt performer
Lauren Mary Kim	....	stunts (as Lauren Kim)
Paul Lacovara	....	stunts
Dan Lemieux	....	stunts
Janie Liszewski	....	stunts
Dina L. Margolin	....	stunt performer (as Dina Margolin)
Karine Mauffrey	....	stunt double: Christina Ricci
Buck McDancer	....	stunts
Angela Meryl	....	stunt double
Chris Monberg	....	stunt performer
Billy Morts	....	stunt performer
Sonja Munsterman	....	stunt performer
Daniel T. O'Brien	....	stunt rigger
Doug O'Dell II	....	stunts
Chris O'Hara	....	stunt performer
Chase Penny	....	stunt performer
Darrin Prescott	....	stunts
Ian Quinn	....	utility stunts
Hans Raith	....	stunt performer
Mika Saito	....	stunt performer
Felipe Savahge	....	stunts
Felipe Savahge	....	utility stunts
Joanna Shelmidine	....	stunt double
Tony Snegoff	....	stunts
Scott Sproule	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Jesse Tannenbaum	....	stunt performer
Frank Torres	....	stunts
Xuyen Valdivia	....	stunt performer
Mark Aaron Wagner	....	stunt performer
Boni Yanagisawa	....	stunt performer
Greg Anthony	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Kevin Beard	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Zach Hudson	....	stunt double: Joshua Jackson (uncredited)
Zach Hudson	....	stunt rigger (uncredited)
Cassandra McCormick	....	stunt performer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Alexonis	....	best boy grip
Brian Bartolini	....	electrician
Lisa Bonaccorso	....	camera loader
Brad Boyer	....	best boy grip
Eric Budlong	....	grip
Sean Callan	....	video tape operator
John S. Campbell	....	rigging grip
Gary L. Camp	....	Steadicam operator: additional photography
Gary L. Camp	....	camera operator: "a" camera, additional photography
Dan Carpluk	....	company grip
David Chameides	....	Steadicam operator
Vincent Contarino	....	dimmer board operator
William Coss	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Mark Cueto	....	lighting technician
Thomas M. Dangcil	....	lighting technician
Frank Dorowsky	....	rigging gaffer
Michael S. Endler	....	first assistant camera
Shawn Ensign	....	company grip
David Gasperik	....	camera operator: second unit
Jeff Gatesman	....	gaffer: second unit
Daniel C. Gold	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Russell Griffith	....	gaffer: second unit
Mark Gutterud	....	camera technician: VistaVision camera
R. Dana Harlow	....	company grip
Stan Harrison	....	video assist operator
Jimmy Harritos	....	rigging electrician
Casey Hotchkiss	....	camera operator
Steve Howell	....	camera operator
Paul Hughen	....	director of photography: second unit
Jacques Jouffret	....	Steadicam operator
Gary Kelso	....	grip
Scott C. Keys	....	rigging electrician
Eric Lee	....	still photographer
Jesse MacDonald	....	camera loader
Richard Masino	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit
Don McCuaig	....	director of photography: second unit, additional photography (as Donald M. McCuaig)
Darin Moran	....	assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit
Luis Moreno	....	lighting technician
David Morenz	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Matthew Moriarty	....	assistant camera
Jeff Murrell	....	gaffer (as Jeffrey Murrell)
Jason Newton	....	company grip
Georgia Packard	....	camera operator
David Palmieri	....	grip
Vince Palomino	....	key grip: second unit
Les Percy	....	rigging key grip
Joel Perkal	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Joel Perkel	....	assistant camera
Daniel Pershing	....	dolly grip
Michael C. Price	....	key grip
Tom Priestley Jr.	....	director of photography: second unit (as Tom Priestley)
Daniel R. Purinton	....	rigger
Steve Reinhardt	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Landon Ruddel	....	grip
Joel A. Ruiz	....	electrician: re-shoots
Reid Russell	....	assistant camera
Chris Shadley	....	video assist operator
Randy Tambling	....	key grip
Jennifer Tanksley	....	second assistant camera: second camera
Jon R. Tower	....	gaffer: second unit
Kartik Vijay	....	camera intern
Michael J. Walker	....	camera operator: "a" camera, second unit
Marta Weiss	....	key second assistant camera: second unit
Marek Wojciechowski	....	company grip
William D. Wynn	....	dolly grip
Giovanni Zelko	....	lighting technician
Peter Morenz	....	film loader: reshoots (uncredited)
Loren S. Yaconelli	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)

Animation Department
Alice V. Kaiserian	....	animator
Jay Jackson	....	animator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Jennifer Bender	....	extras casting
Ron Digman	....	additional casting
Lesli Gelles	....	additional casting
Jason Kennedy	....	additional casting
Mariann H.W. Lee	....	extras casting
Greg Orson	....	additional casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lisa A. Doyle	....	set costumer
Patrick Guzzo	....	costumer
Deborah Hall	....	costume supervisor
Lindsay McCracken	....	set costumer
Kelly Mijailovic	....	costume supervisor
Lisa D. Quercioli	....	PR costumer
Hayley Stuppel	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Craig Conwell	....	assistant editor
Nathan Easterling	....	assistant editor (as Nate Easterling)
Tom Elkins	....	assistant editor
Gregg Featherman	....	additional editor
Elliot Greenberg	....	apprentice editor
Elliot Greenberg	....	editorial production assistant
Kathleen Latlip	....	post-production coordinator
Laura LeFaivre	....	post-production coordinator
Natasha Leonnet	....	digital color timer
Alexandra Leviloff	....	assistant editor
Jack Lewars	....	assistant color timer: Efilm
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Craig Updike	....	apprentice editor
Brian Young	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Bill Abbott	....	music editor
William Boston	....	orchestrator (as Bill Boston)
Ed Gerrard	....	music supervisor
Tom Hiel	....	composer: additional music score
Tom Hiel	....	orchestrator
Simon James	....	music contractor
John Kurlander	....	scoring mixer
Yvonne McDonald	....	music clearances
Denise Okimoto	....	music editor
Joe Rangel	....	music coordinator
Dennis Smith	....	composer: additional music
Dennis Smith	....	orchestrator
Randy Spendlove	....	executive in charge of music
Marcus Trumpp	....	composer: additional music
Marcus Trumpp	....	orchestrator
Richard Bronskill	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Alfred Arroyo	....	driver
Charles R. Buckner	....	driver
Bruce Callahan	....	transportation
Kelly Colgan	....	driver
Bernice Culbertson	....	transportation office coordinator
Samuel Danielsen	....	driver
C. David Earle	....	driver
Steve Earle	....	driver
Suzette Earle	....	driver
John Embry	....	driver (as John D. Embry)
Richard Lengle	....	driver
Dan Marrow	....	transportation coordinator
Dick McCartney	....	driver (as Dick Thomas McCartney)
Dale Moser	....	driver
Ted Moser	....	transportation coordinator
Bill Needham	....	driver
Terry R. Owens	....	driver
Jimmy Ray Pickens	....	driver
Beverly Seifert	....	driver
Jimmy Valdes	....	driver
Mark Valdez	....	driver
Jeff Woodward	....	driver

Other crew
Olivier Agostini	....	production assistant
Crisoforo Aguilar	....	additional set production assistant
Eric Altman	....	assistant: Jennifer Breslow
Whitney Andreson	....	production assistant
Lou Arkoff	....	creative consultant
Bianca Arvin	....	assistant: Wes Craven
Alisha Attella	....	construction accountant
Annalee Autumn	....	stand-in: Ms. Ricci
Rachel Baker-Thienes	....	production assistant (as Rachel Baker)
Barry Barclay	....	assistant production coordinator
Dawn Barkan	....	animal trainer
Alex Barnoya	....	construction medic
Alexis Bayoud	....	assistant: Kevin Williamson
Crista Birgy	....	construction accountant
Scott Brown	....	production assistant
Lyndsey Burr	....	production assistant
Trisha Burton	....	script supervisor: second unit
Will Casey	....	unit publicist
Casey Casseday	....	production assistant
Cory Cate	....	production assistant
Sam M. Cobb	....	key construction medic
Scott Cohn	....	production accountant
Jason Cox	....	production assistant
Amanda Crockett	....	production secretary
Lisa Davidson	....	production coordinator
Jeff Edwards	....	puppeteer
Andrea Emmes	....	stand-in
Carly Feingold	....	production assistant
Jordan Brendan Finnegan	....	production assistant: second unit
Michael X. Flores	....	production assistant
Diane Friedman	....	location manager
Shilo Frontierro	....	set production assistant
Ryan Gaines	....	business/legal affairs assistant
Jake Garber	....	puppeteer
Jeffrey Garrett	....	location manager
Michael Gerald	....	stand-in
Rob Gibson	....	location manager
Jason Aaron Goldberg	....	stand-in
Chad Hammel	....	production assistant
Amy Hansen	....	first assistant accountant
Beth Hathaway	....	puppeteer
Todd Havern	....	production assistant
Laurie A. Hoover	....	first assistant accountant
Michael A. Johnson	....	set production assistant: re-shoots
Steve Karnes	....	weapons armorer
Shannon Kenny	....	script supervisor: second unit
Monica Kenyon	....	key set production assistant
Steve Koch	....	puppeteer
Sarah Kucserka	....	production executive: Outerbanks Entertainment
Gary Kurashige	....	on-set medic
Kevin H. Law	....	assistant production coordinator: additional photography
Brandon Linville	....	second assistant accountant
Kathy McCurdy	....	key assistant location manager
Maureen McEvoy	....	set production assistant
Dauv McNeely	....	computer and video playback technician
Jennifer Mosley	....	accounting clerk
Clare Mulroy	....	puppeteer
Chris Nelson	....	puppeteer (as Christopher Nelson)
Molly O'Haver	....	production assistant
Scott Patton	....	puppeteer
Heidi S. Pavey	....	production coordinator (as Heidi Pavey Weis)
Bob Poirier	....	assistant to co-executive producer
Reggie Rizzo	....	creature fabricator
Brett Robinson	....	production assistant
Denise Rosen	....	first assistant accountant
John Sanchez	....	assistant production coordinator: re-shoot
Buck Sanders	....	synthesizer preparation
Jim Schiro	....	second assistant accountant
Jed Smith	....	remix producer
Amy Smolev	....	payroll accountant (as Amy Fitzer)
Beth Ungar Stallkamp	....	clearance coordinator (as Beth Unger Stallkamp)
Samuel J. Tell	....	swing boss
Marta Tomkiw	....	assistant location manager
Ken Twohy	....	production assistant
Jeff Valeri	....	assistant production coordinator
Sheila Waldron	....	script supervisor (as Sheila G. Waldron)
Brigid Walsh	....	unit publicist
Chris Withrow	....	production assistant
Anthony Woods	....	production medic
Brook Worley	....	assistant to director
Cody Zwieg	....	assistant: Marianne Maddalena
Rachael Lin Gallaghan	....	production coordinator: re-shoots (uncredited)
Jennifer Priebe	....	assistant: Christina Ricci (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Dimension Films
• Outerbanks Entertainment
• Craven-Maddalena Films
• Kalis Productions GmbH & Co. Zweite KG

Distributors

• Miramax Films (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Dimension Films (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm (2005) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Bioscop (2005) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International Italia (2005) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International Spain (2005) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (UK) (theatrical)
• FS Film Oy (2005) (Finland) (theatrical)
• GAGA (2006) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2005) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• TFM Distribution (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• Alliance Atlantis Home Video (2005) (Canada) (DVD)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2008) (UK) (TV) (BBC1) (broadcast premiere)
• Europa Filmes (2005) (Brazil) (VHS) (DVD)
• FS Film Oy (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• Geneon Entertainment (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
• Miramax Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• RTL Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL5)

Special Effects

• K.N.B. Effects Group (makeup effects)
• Cinovation Studios (special makeup effects)
• Pacific Title (opticals)
• Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI) (visual effects and animation)
• Luma Pictures (additional visual effects)
• FX Cartel (additional visual effects)
• Fiction Science (additional visual effects)
• Fogstudio (additional visual effects)
• Frantic Films (additional visual effects)
• Klon Films (additional visual effects)
• Merlin Visual Effects (additional visual effects)
• Mokko Studio (additional visual effects)
• Rez-Illusion

Other Companies

• Buena Vista Sound  post-production sound services
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Chef Robért Catering  catering
• Clairmont Camera  camera systems (as Clairmont)
• DeLuxe Laboratories  color (as Deluxe)
• EFilm  digital intermediate
• Image Entertainment  soundtrack released by
• J.L. Fisher  camera dollies
• Orbit Digital  Avids
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Silva Screen Records  soundtrack released by
• Tag Entertainment  studio facilities
• Transportation Resources  transportation equipment
• Treadstone Records  soundtrack released by

Also Known As:

Verflucht (Germany)
Wes Craven's Cursed (USA) (complete title)
La marca de la bestia (Argentina) (Venezuela) [es]
Amaldiçoados (Brazil) [pt]
Cursed (France) [fr]
Cursed (Finland) [fi]
Cursed - Il maleficio (Italy) [it]
La maldición (Spain) [es]
Lanet (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Maléfice (Canada: French title) [fr]
Neetud (Estonia) [et]
Oi kataramenoi (Greece) [el]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for horror violence/terror, some sexual references, nudity, language and a brief drug reference. (edited version)

Runtime:

97 min | 99 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #41126) | New Zealand:R13 | Iceland:16 | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:15 | Canada:14A (British Columbia) (edited for re-rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating on appeal) | Canada:18A (British Columbia) (original rating) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Czech Republic:15 | Finland:K-15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:15A | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R (original rating) | USA:Unrated (DVD version) | Australia:MA (DVD rating) | Germany:16 | Brazil:14

Filming Locations:

Hollywood Center Studios - 1040 N. Las Palmas Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Dimension Films

Trivia:

Mandy Moore was originally cast as Jenny and even filmed her scenes, but was replaced by Mya when the production was halted so the script could be rewritten.

Goofs:

Continuity: The pentagrams on many characters' hands appear and disappear with each camera angle change.

Quotes:

Kyle: I drink, you drive, ready to go?
Ellie: Kyle, can you cover for me at the opening?
Kyle: What? And miss Jake's big opening?
Ellie: I can't make it.

Movie Connections:

References Dracula (1931)

Soundtrack:

Still Need Your Love

Decent film with expected editing problems

Ellie (Christina Ricci) and her brother Jimmy (Jesse Eisenberg) are on their way home when they get into a car accident. While trying to help the other driver out of an overturned vehicle, the other driver is attacked by what Jimmy swears was a "huge man-like wolf". Both Jimmy and Ellie end up scratched and possibly bitten by the creature. When they begin noticing strange physical effects and behavior--including both of them suddenly becoming more assertive socially--they begin to wonder if a werewolf has bitten them. If so, will they turn into werewolves, too?

Cursed had a notoriously difficult time making it to the screen. It began production in 2002, then went through four major shoots with 90% of the material being tossed out at one point. Major characters, played by major actors--including Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Skeet Ulrich--were in and out of the film. Director Wes Craven even ended up abandoning the film altogether when Dimension Films chairman Bob Weinstein demanded a PG-13 cut rather than Craven's initial R. Someone else did the final PG-13 cut. As should be expected, these events appear to have harmed the film.

As the theatrical release stands, chunks of the film appear to be missing. For example, we see Jimmy and Ellie both pretty convinced that they're werewolves shortly after Jimmy first begins researching the symptoms and Ellie thinks he's being ridiculous. The transition is not convincing; there seems to be exposition missing. There are a number of such choppy, non sequitur moments. The film doesn't flow very well.

The most obvious material to be cut--during and after "attack" scenes--surely hurt the film, as well, although part of the problem with these scenes may have been Craven's fault. Like too many recent films, attack scenes are shot blurry, cut way too fast, and they're often too dark. Part of the idea might have been to make the CGI less obvious, but I'd rather have obvious CGI than incoherent scenes.

One final flaw was that the werewolf material in the film wasn't handled very clearly. Whether this was yet another editing problem or a script problem from screenwriter Kevin Williamson is difficult to say, but the film's werewolf "rules" are never well explained. For example, it's never quite clear why the werewolf would want to attack people again and why they wouldn't just be full-fledged lycanthropes the first time. Although this makes a bit more sense later in the film, werewolf "rules" are still implied that are never explained but needed to be.

But there are a number of positive aspects to the film. Craven shows that he hasn't lost his love of postmodernist reference and theatrical "wall breaking", the performances are good, occasionally the film is suspenseful (the car crash near the beginning is especially well done), and Williamson's story overall is intriguing in that Cursed is really a somewhat traditional thriller in which characters just happen to be werewolves.

Craven opens the film at a carnival, which is obviously theatrical, and quickly presents a psychic "performer" who happens to be a "real psychic", taking her job seriously rather than just providing entertainment. The parallel is to Craven as a horror filmmaker, which may often be seen as just an entertainer instead of a "real illusionist" approaching the job with serious intentions. Then he quickly takes us to a club, Tinsel, that's a veritable Madame Tussauds with a Hollywood theme, complete with full, detailed sets. There are numerous horror references in the club, including to Craven's own work, such as A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). This emphasizes the artificiality of cinema in a way similar to the "real film in a film" conceit of Craven's New Nightmare (1994). To push this theatrical wall breaking further, many sets, such as the interior of Jimmy and Ellie's house, are lit and shot so as to emphasize their artificiality--almost as if the film were being made on the displays at the Tinsel club. Craven also has a number of characters working in the entertainment industry, and like New Nightmare, has celebrities playing themselves. As a humorous jab at filmic self-reference and comments about his use of the same in previous films, especially Scream (1996), a pivotal scene near Cursed's false climax is shot in a very artificial-looking hall of mirrors (and this is also literally reminiscent of a number of other horror films, including The Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), Dr. Giggles (1992) and The Haunting (1999)).

The fact that Williamson has really constructed a thriller, and it just appears to be a werewolf film, is a kind of late-film twist that provides another level of "wall breaking". It's a clever idea that has some similarities to Williamson's I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) script, which continually flirted with the gray area between thrillers and slasher flicks. Williamson also spends time exploring the dramatic consequences of Ellie and Jimmy's newfound power.

However, given the final result, at least with the cut I watched, these more intellectual touches from Craven and Williamson may have ended up being too hip for the film, which Dimension apparently wanted to sell as a more by-the-numbers horror flick geared to pull in younger teens (and a surprising amount of pre-teens in the showing I attended). I'm not usually one to complain about the existence of PG-13 (or even tamer) horror, as I do not think that gore, language, etc. are necessary for a good film. It's not that I dislike gore, but I love the first three Universal Frankenstein films, say, as much as I love the Evil Dead series, Romero's zombie films, or any of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre films (and certainly more than I like, say, Andreas Schnaas' work, which has the gore but not much else). But when the result of studios pushing for PG-13 results in such an apparent botch-job, I have to add my voice to the protesters.