The Cursed – Eight for Silver Movie Storyline. In the late 1800s, a once-peaceful remote country village is under attack–but by who or what, no one knows. Villagers spread rumors of a cursed land, supernatural forces, and even demonic creatures, as the disappearances and killings continue. Pathologist John McBride arrives to investigate the danger, only to discover something much deeper and more sinister than he ever could have imagined.
The Cursed is an American-French horror film directed and written by Sean Ellis. The film stars Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly, Alistair Petrie, Roxane Duran, and Áine Rose Daly. The film had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 30, 2021 and was released in the United States on February 18, 2022.
On January 26, 2022, LD Entertainment released an updated title for the film, The Cursed, which is scheduled to be released to United States theaters starting February 18, 2022.
About the Story
During the Battle of the Somme, a wounded French captain is brought into a medical tent with three bullet wounds to his abdomen. During surgery to remove the German bullets the surgeon discovers and removes an additional fourth bullet made of silver and not of German design.
Thirty-five years earlier, in the late nineteenth century, brutal land baron Seamus Laurent, upon the advice and with the endorsement of the village elders, leads a slaughter of a Roma clan who have a claim to his land and settled there. The night before, foreseeing their impending danger, the Roma leaders cast a set of silver dentures in the form of a wolf’s fangs for their protection. During the slaughter, the Roma leaders are captured and killed. One has his hands and feet cut off and is then lashed to a cross and erected as a scarecrow to serve as a warning to others who may try to settle the land. The other is buried alive with the silver fangs clutched in her grasp.
Soon after, the townspeople, including Seamus’ children Edward and Charlotte, are plagued by nightmares of the Roma scarecrow and the silver fangs. While playing one day, Timmy reveals to the other children he knows the location of the nightmare scarecrow. Swearing them all to secrecy, particularly Edward and Charlotte (whose father would banish Timmy’s family if he discovered their actions), Timmy leads the children to the scarecrow. Upon arriving at the scarecrow, Timmy is overcome with the urge to dig up the silver fangs.
Edward attempts to stop Timmy but before he can Timmy has retrieved the fangs and placed them in his mouth. Timmy then attacks Edward, viciously biting Edward’s throat as the other children flee in terror. Charlotte flees to her family’s manor; though, in shock, she is able to alert her parents and their staff. Seamus quickly recovers Edward who is seriously injured but not dead. Timmy is nowhere to be found.
The doctors believe Edward was attacked by a wild animal. Charlotte, fearing for Timmy and his family, does not reveal what actually occurred. Edward grows seriously ill. During the night, Charlotte awakes to Edward’s screams and finds him ensnared by wood-like vines emerging from his body. Charlotte flees to her parents but when they return Edward has disappeared into the night. The next day, Seamus organizes the town men into a search party for Edward but is unsuccessful.
Charlotte goes to the local church to pray and encounters Timmy, who claims he has no memory of what happened after digging up the silver fangs, and fears for Edward now that he has disappeared. Charlotte reassures Timmy no one has spoken of his actions and his family is safe from exile. When Charlotte asks Timmy what he did with the silver fangs he reveals he’s hidden them in the church. He then reads to Charlotte from the book of Ezekiel and suggests the silver moulded into the fangs is sourced from the same thirty pieces of silver paid to Judas for his betrayal of Jesus. When Charlotte’s maid discovers them in the confessional Timmy flees. As Timmy flees into the forest he is pursued by an unseen beast into an abandoned shack where he is soon slaughtered.
The Cursed – Eight for Silver (2022)
Directed by: Sean Ellis
Starring: Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly, Alistair Petrie, Roxane Duran, Áine Rose Daly, Millie Kiss, Tom Sweet, Richard Cunningham, Pascale Becouze, Paul Bandey, Annabel Mullion, Florie Blight
Screenplay by: Sean Ellis
Production Design by: Pascal Le Guellec, Thierry Zemmour
Cinematography by: Sean Ellis
Film Editing by: Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Richard Mettler
Costume Design by: Madeline Fontaine
Art Direction by: Paulo Gonçalves, Patrick Schmitt
Music by: Robin Foster
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, grisly images and brief nudity.
Distributed by: Elevation Pictures
Release Date: January 30, 2021 (Sundance), February 18, 2022 (United States)
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