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Cursed

Kalis Productions GmbH & Co. Zweite KG

Craven-Maddalena Films

Outerbanks Entertainment

Dimension Films

Germany

United States of America

English

Christina Ricci

Joshua Jackson

Jesse Eisenberg

Judy Greer

Scott Baio

Milo Ventimiglia

Kristina Anapau

Portia De Rossi

Shannon Elizabeth

El Solar

Daniel Edward Mora

Jonny Acker

Eric Ladin

Derek Mears

Nick Offerman

Ken Rudulph

Michelle Krusiec

Shashawnee Hall

Craig Kilborn

Emily O'Deile

Lance Bass

Egan Friedlander

Randolph LeRoi

Brian Boone

Gary Dubin

Chris Johnson

Wilmer Calderon

Brett Rickaby

Michael Rosenbaum

Doug Berry

Erik Rodham Clinton

Brandon Cox

Jason Cox

Jason Dottley

John Embry

Jason Aaron Goldberg

Tanja Kindler

Bill Mehlem

Greg Nicotero

Jason Pierce

Hans Raith

Johnny Ray

Jaret Reddick

Joseph D. Reitman

Brian Rueter

Christopher Van Malmsteen

Gary Wiseass

Roger L. Jackson

Harvey Weinstein

Andrew Rona

Brad Weston

Kevin Williamson

Wes Craven

Marianne Maddalena

Sarah Katzman

Marco Beltrami

Lisa Beach

Greg Orson

Patrick Lussier

Mark Bennett

Robert McLachlan

Alix Friedberg

Bob Weinstein

Johnny Ciccone

Louis Kiss

Anita Brabec

Rick Baker

Deborah Merle

Dawn Dininger

Lori McCoy-Bell

Diana Choi

Trixie Gardner

Reid Russell

Tyra Youland

Jessy Bender

Lindsay McCracken

Charles W. Ritter

Paul 'Eel' Anderson

Kim Richey

Peter Kuttner

Brad Boyer

Brian Robinson

Samuel J. Tell

Dale Cole

Jesse MacDonald

Dan O'Connell

Christa Munro

David Morenz

Landon Ruddel

Hayley Stuppel

Richard Duarte

Andre Sowards

Ronald R. Koch Jr.

Jim Stuebe

Alexandra Leviloff

William D. Wynn

William Coss

Gary Kelso

Thomas M. Dangcil

Jeff Gatesman

Randy Tambling

Tom Elkins

Nathan Easterling

Devendra Cleary

Billy Baker

Jefferson Murff

Matthew Moriarty

Joel Perkel

Joel Perkal

Russell Griffith

David Palmieri

Geoffrey D. Knoller

Jennifer Tanksley

Luis Moreno

Giovanni Zelko

Jon R. Tower

Vince Palomino

Dan Walker

Woei Lee

Etienne Daigle

Ryan Grobins

Alice V. Kaiserian

Spencer Cook

Jared Barber

Shane Davidson

Kameron Gates

Trey Roane

Natalie Baillie

Raji Kodja

Sean Konrad

Melissa Best

Saeed Faridzadeh

Bill Kent

Tom Leckie

Artin Matousian

Ethan Ormsby

Allen Tracy

Alex Murtaza

Gustav Melich

Pierre Bonnette

Thanapoom Siripopungul

Ian Noe

Mathieu Tremblay

Todd Mesher

Irfan Celik

Kevin Gillen

Seems like an apt title for everything that happened behind the scenes. If not for Justice League (which cost $250M+), this might be the poster child of what happens when a studio messes around with a project. Honestly I really hope one day we get a documentary and even some footage of the various cuts and actors who were removed. As for the movie itself, it's surprising that it at least was watchable though hardly good. **2.5/5**

**_"American Werewolves in Hollywood" fumbles in the last act_**

After a young publicist and her teen brother (Christina Ricci and Jesse Eisenberg) encounter some kind of beast in Hollywood Hills, they sense strange things going on with their condition.

Helmed by Wes Craven, this comes in the tradition of the two “An American Werewolf…” movies and “The Howling” series, it just had a way bigger budget compared to the sequels in the latter franchise. It was shot in March-June, 2003, with only 6 more days to shoot the climax, but top executives at Dimension Films were not happy with the final confrontation, as written, or how the F/X were progressing. So, production was shut down and recommenced the following November-February with only an estimated 12% of what was previously shot remaining. Several cast members and their footage were completely removed, including Heather Langenkamp, Illeana Douglas, Corey Feldman, Robert Forster, James Brolin, Scott Foley and Omar Epps.

This leaves us with a kinetic film that works pretty well for most of the first two acts before morphing into a mess in the third. The flashes of a werewolf are effective until one is shown in detail close-up at the 73-minute mark, which looks like cartoonish CGI from the 90s. Then there’s an eyerolling ‘gay’ character thrown-in out of nowhere (in a sequence ripped off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer), which would’ve been considered ‘avant-garde’ at the time.

Eisenberg works well as the geek and his transformation is a little reminiscent of the protagonist in “Christine” from two decades earlier. On the female front, Ricci never looked better in her cute, petite way. Mya is also worth a mention, not to mention blonde Portia de Rossi in a bit part.

At the end of the day, this is a case of producers fudging up what would’ve no doubt been a quality werewolf movie. It’s still dynamic and entertaining to a point and worth checking out if you like key cast members. Unfortunately, the last act is ridiculously overdone and just doesn’t mesh.

It runs 1 hour, 37 minutes, and was shot in Los Angeles, as well as places nearby, like Torrance High School and Verdugo Hills High School.

GRADE: C-

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