Cursed (2005)

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Here's the thing. When Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson first joined forces we got "Scream". Which was frakkin' rad! When they get back together we get "Cursed"...literally. I watched this whole movie waiting for something badass or ironically funny to happen and guess what nadda!

Ellie (Christina Ricci) and Jimmy (Jesse Eisenburg) are brother and sister sharing a home since both of their parents died. Ellie is a production assistant on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborne and Jimmy is a high school student. One dark night on their way home driving through the Hollywood hills they serve to miss a large animal in the road and hit another stalled vehicle pushing its passenger and all into a woodsy ditch. Jimmy and Ellie try to free the passenger, Becky (Shannon Elizabeth) from her trashed car, but not before a vicious animal rips Becky from Jimmy's grasp then rips her to shreds and then bites both Ellie and Jimmy.

Obviously Jimmy and Ellie are about to become Werewolves. I would usually give you a summary of what is about to happen. But the terrible plot that follows is so convoluted and littered with red herrings that you'd thing somewhere inside of it was going to be some hip surprise or something, but no. All we get is a lame excuse for a Werewolf movie.

Let me say this. The script had potential. There ...

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