The period creature feature The Cursed, formerly known as Eight For Silver, has received a new trailer and theatrical release date. Writer and director Sean Ellis’ horror film premiered at Sundance Film Festival under the previous title as a virtual entry due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A trailer playing ahead of 2022’s Scream confirmed that the title changed to The Cursed. The story revolves around the Laurent family, whose patriarch Seamus (played by Alistair Petrie) committed terrible acts against a Romani clan and caused a curse to envelop the land.

The film’s distribution company, Elevation Pictures, has unveiled an official trailer on twitter, which confirms that it will come to theaters on February 18, 2022. The period setting of late 19th-century France plays host to an ominous atmosphere, supernatural scarecrow feature, and a supposed werewolf attack that the visiting pathologist John McBride (Boyd Holbrook) must investigate. A set of silver teeth are also prominently on display in the trailer, showing up later on fused into the mouth of a struggling child. Check out the trailer and poster below:

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The Cursed’s new title may be more digestible for a modern movie-going audience, but that shouldn’t indicate that the intricate layers of horror and human drama that director Ellis promises are a foundational element of the film are gone. The filmmakers have reportedly reintroduced many in-camera effects previously removed in favor of CGI, which should thrill genre purists and make for a more engaging theatrical experience. The trailer’s narration also hints at a highly thematic horror film, which star Kelly Reilly spoke about when the film showed at Sundance. Some fans have reacted poorly to the title change, but the prospect of a quality period horror film releasing in today’s blockbuster climate is a big deal regardless. The full extent of the updates will be on display when The Cursed gets a wide release in February.

Source: Elevation Pictures

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