"Cursed" review

A werewolf movie starring Christina Ricci and Jesse Eisenberg (aka, the brother of that creepy Pepsi girl; Kid with the dorky hat in "The Village"; and star of the canceled-too-soon TV show "Get Real"). Now, I should preface this review by saying that my expectations for this movie were about 700 miles under the basement. In other words: low. Going in with such sub-standard expectations, I enjoyed this movie. Unfortunately, it suffers from what so many horror movies are currently suffering: a PG-13 rating instead of an R. (See also "Alien vs. Predator"; and "The Grudge".)

How the hell do these movie studios think they can put out a successful werewolf movie without ever actually showing the werewolf killing anyone?? The victims always were dragged out of frame before they were killed. I understand if they wanted to do it for suspense purposes, but it was so clear that they really did it to keep the PG-13 rating. Disappointing. But not a terrible movie - especially if you don't mind a little cheese with your horror. Plus, Scott Baio and Craig Kilborn star as themselves. Bonus.

[NOTE: There is an "unrated" DVD version of this movie which is better. More gore. It is clear that they originally filmed this movie as an R-rated movie, which was then cut to hell to bring it to PG-13. If you're going to rent this, rent the unrated version.]