I liked the first scene featuring the witch and the curse but after that the movie took too much time with introduction and filler story and never recovering from that - the script definitely misses a feel for pace and momentum. What else? The Accursed got a solid B-movie production and acting but the level on the horror-o-meter is rather low, nothing remarkable here: the many pleasures of the real art of horror this is not, the Holy Grail you must find on another place - everything feels overly familiar and executed rather half-hearted. Anyway, The Accursed may find more approval by an audience that is satisfied by a pretty standard horror production or that is just beginning to explore the wonders of the art of the many horrors.
46 Reviews
Sooooo Bored
olcayozfirat6 March 2022
An incredibly boring 2021 horror movie. Despite being American made, the characters are of Balkan origin. The movie is about revenge and witchcraft. But it gives the impression that they are playing a game beyond a serious scenario. Really boring and unnecessarily long. I swear I could finish it in 3 days even fast forward.
What a bad script! I can't believe anybody would like this stinker.
deloudelouvain27 November 2021
A lot of nine and ten star reviews for this one, especially the first reviews. You get it by now. Those are written by people involved in the movie or by people that know somebody involved in the movie. All reviews from people that never reviewed another movie before and that will probably never will review another movie again unless the director decides to give it another shot in the future. If I was the director I would just keep it at this one and try to find another job because it's not good. Very weak directing, mediocre actors (and I'm being gentle here) and a story that is more laughable than enjoyable. Every ten minutes or so they see something suspicious and of course there's a remedy for it. For example a bird flies into a window, let's get some salt at the door entrance. I was waiting for a radish drenched in garlic sauce at one point, you can't imagine how bad the script was. I was annoyed for the entire movie, not only because of the incredible dull script but also the acting of some really bad actors. Don't waste your time on this one, it's been all done before and way better, even though that's not difficult to do.
Laughably horrible
groomsjw12 November 2021
Not cool
FinalFrontier9617 November 2021
Honest review
gustavoortegajr21 November 2021
Ok, no bs review. I paid 6 bucks to rent this on prime and I shut it off 10 mins In to avoid wasting money on the electricity it would take to play this trash movie.
And most of those ten minutes I spent trying to peice together who is who based off a 2 min first person intro, like no explanation, just this chick caught someone cheating and died mid curse, who was she and who is cheating on who to make her so mad? Idk but here, just watch 22 years later at a wedding...garbage!
And most of those ten minutes I spent trying to peice together who is who based off a 2 min first person intro, like no explanation, just this chick caught someone cheating and died mid curse, who was she and who is cheating on who to make her so mad? Idk but here, just watch 22 years later at a wedding...garbage!
1 plus 1 is two
rollmftide2 February 2022
Terrible. All over the place!
deannacates20123 July 2022
Eerie gypsy horror!
keirondarbyshire26 December 2021
First 10 mins and feminism
PeacepiperF201 July 2022
This movie is so terrible it couldn't make it 15 mins without mentioning how much better woman are than men. Do not waste your time unless you spend too much time on twitter and well I guess this is for you very few lunatics.
Took a bit to get its footing but...
tomclements-114 November 2021
I ended up loving it. It's a small production and not from a big studio and it shows. But it's okay. There are great performances particularly from Izabela Vidovic and Maiara Walsh and some really well done scenes that truly make use of shadows and light and slow pacing. The story is not as tight as I would wish but it ended on a very strong and creepy note. I refuse to ever judge the first release from a fledgling production company too harshly so I won't. That said, this show some real creativity and originality. Do not be so hasty to judge this film negatively. I was creeped out and by the end even had some scares. I enjoyed it a lot.
Gypsy wedding
killercharm9 January 2022
Not half bad this one. The world's most unfriendly family accepts a new bride into the mix at her wedding, which is at their family home, except that nobody was supposed to be allowed onto that land. Ever. This is a clan headed by three witches. One is dead and one is cursed. The family is from the Balkans and came to the USA because they were shunned for being witchy. Now they can practice their faith in peace, but not in public; they still hide. This is a dark flick. It's moody and visually dark. The women run the show.
Nothing special, One and done!
midnitepantera14 November 2021
Head empty.
rhmylstr13 October 2022
The title looks a bit promising to me. Not gonna lie but the premise of the story did make me curious and so I take my chances and watch this crap. Hope to get some good jumpscares from this movie. But no. A big no.
A small production movie and it shows. From the casting, acting, directing, and the script - I refuse to believe this such a movie is allowed to exist. Am I too harsh? But the good news is, it's definitely made it to list of so many bad movie I have ever watch. What a mess. Laughable. Ridiculous. Brutal. Painful to watch. Now you name it all, you can see the point now. I'm loss for words. Do not wasting your time for this.
A small production movie and it shows. From the casting, acting, directing, and the script - I refuse to believe this such a movie is allowed to exist. Am I too harsh? But the good news is, it's definitely made it to list of so many bad movie I have ever watch. What a mess. Laughable. Ridiculous. Brutal. Painful to watch. Now you name it all, you can see the point now. I'm loss for words. Do not wasting your time for this.
Even hot gypsies couldn't save this movie
Reladamjod13 July 2022
So much cringe
Golightly67812 July 2022
Can't decide which era to place your movie? Don't! There's a whole new trend of audience confusion that'll make you the Shamalan of the next decade!
From casting, to writing, to directing, i couldn't get past 15 min. And I'm an avid movie watcher. I enjoy lots of B low budget films. This made me cringe.
But definitely not the worst I've ever watched. So...3.
From casting, to writing, to directing, i couldn't get past 15 min. And I'm an avid movie watcher. I enjoy lots of B low budget films. This made me cringe.
But definitely not the worst I've ever watched. So...3.
The Accursed
marinaant-3621718 November 2021
Well it wasn't that special of a movie nothing I haven't seen before but it was kinda enjoyable if you have nothing better to do and for a low budget film it's nice but it could have a better acting and better ending.
A highly enjoyable low-budget genre effort
kannibalcorpsegrinder12 February 2022
Living with a terrible family curse, a family of witches trying to escape the pressures of the curse affecting them by celebrating a special wedding finds their festivities altered by the curse coming to play and must try to find a way of stopping it before it consumes them all.
There's quite a lot to like with this one. Among the more enjoyable factors here concerns the setup involving the highly-involved and complex origins of the traditions present in this universe. Establishing a community involving the passing down of traditions from one generation through the use of family and sacrifices, the whole backstory involved here bringing these aspects together into play while also doling out the use of witchcraft and black magic that plays a central part of the film. This comes into play nicely as well with the various backstories that are given including the concept of how the curse came to be placed on the family, why they're as secretive as they are, and how the family behaves towards each other due to these issues offers a great setup that lets the supernatural activity present here feel as involved and chilling as it does. With this established, the film brings about a highly enjoyable and somewhat chilling series of setpieces centered around the supernatural aspects of this one. Knowing the original intent behind the curse on the family means that several of the original scenes here, from the scenes of the spiked thorns moving on their own, the figures in the background looking over them whenever the family members are on their own or the various dream sequences showing them succumbing to the influences of the past add a nice chilling quality to this one. The maladies and inflictions that are brought into play by the supernatural forces here offer up some low-key yet still impressive ideas here that keep the gore lower than expected but still quite chilling with the way they all play out. Combined with some great jump-scares and tension in the finale when the curse has been fulfilled, these manage to give this one a lot to like about it. That said, there are some issues to be had here. The main issue with the film is that, because it spends as much time as it does spelling out the various storylines and subplots that are important at grounding the story being told, the pacing here is slightly sluggish and slow at times. Filled with the revelations involving who's secretly mad at who, the need to be as low-key as they are and how the tensions have arisen due to the situation they're in, this one takes a while before it finally gets all the pieces revealed and the unsettling nature found here is brought into play. It does unfortunately make this somewhat sluggish to the point where this one's low-key nature that's brought about solely due to the low budget featured here so that even the action at the end does come off as too little too late. However, none of that really affects the film much due to the other positives here.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence.
There's quite a lot to like with this one. Among the more enjoyable factors here concerns the setup involving the highly-involved and complex origins of the traditions present in this universe. Establishing a community involving the passing down of traditions from one generation through the use of family and sacrifices, the whole backstory involved here bringing these aspects together into play while also doling out the use of witchcraft and black magic that plays a central part of the film. This comes into play nicely as well with the various backstories that are given including the concept of how the curse came to be placed on the family, why they're as secretive as they are, and how the family behaves towards each other due to these issues offers a great setup that lets the supernatural activity present here feel as involved and chilling as it does. With this established, the film brings about a highly enjoyable and somewhat chilling series of setpieces centered around the supernatural aspects of this one. Knowing the original intent behind the curse on the family means that several of the original scenes here, from the scenes of the spiked thorns moving on their own, the figures in the background looking over them whenever the family members are on their own or the various dream sequences showing them succumbing to the influences of the past add a nice chilling quality to this one. The maladies and inflictions that are brought into play by the supernatural forces here offer up some low-key yet still impressive ideas here that keep the gore lower than expected but still quite chilling with the way they all play out. Combined with some great jump-scares and tension in the finale when the curse has been fulfilled, these manage to give this one a lot to like about it. That said, there are some issues to be had here. The main issue with the film is that, because it spends as much time as it does spelling out the various storylines and subplots that are important at grounding the story being told, the pacing here is slightly sluggish and slow at times. Filled with the revelations involving who's secretly mad at who, the need to be as low-key as they are and how the tensions have arisen due to the situation they're in, this one takes a while before it finally gets all the pieces revealed and the unsettling nature found here is brought into play. It does unfortunately make this somewhat sluggish to the point where this one's low-key nature that's brought about solely due to the low budget featured here so that even the action at the end does come off as too little too late. However, none of that really affects the film much due to the other positives here.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence.
I Am Bored - Let Me Bypass
saint_brett23 July 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Aishe, sister one of 3, wanders around some Scottish shindig where a bunch of drunks are dancing the Polka. She discovers sister 2 getting all hot & heavy with her husband which sets off a chain reaction melee where Aishe's stabbed in the tussle. In an eye for an eye retaliation second sister, Hannah, turns Yakuza informer and lops her hand off as an offering. But alas, where, or who, is sister 3?
Why do they all speak English, and live in America, if this is all steeped in Balkan Tradition? By rights the entire movie should be in subtitles.
Considering how boring this opening wedding scene is, I can only fantasize that the guy with goofy teeth is the killer and that the movie's key McGuffin is the missing middle tooth that needs reconnecting to the gums which might solve the movie's mystery. Maybe the McGuffin finds sister 3 - Alice?
Oh man, 23-minutes in and this movie punishes you like 'The Man in The Iron Mask.' It's like your head's been placed in a torture device to suffocate you. It's like a baby alien wrapped around the iron mask depriving you of any action, advancement, or oxygen.
The missing tooth has to be the key in unlocking this boredom? Find the goofy tooth already.
33-minutes in and, alas, still nothing has happened. Where oh where is sister 3 - Alice?
Two women plant their feet in some badly designed CGI bougainvillea thorns and what this means - who knows? Someone else offers a chicken drumstick, lollipop, and a rose to the thorns. Bryan Ferry just had a stroke near the thorns... and bled. Another guy wakes up in a field of grass naked. A high school jock tries to get fresh with a junior high minor and some 'Mortal Kombat' character comes along and blows poorly designed CGI bugs in his face. Oh alas, is she Alice?
Turns out that the guy with the missing tooth is Tim Taylor's nosy neighbor Wilson. You know the one that used to look over the fence all the time? Well, it's 'ole gums here!
56-minutes in and NOTHING has happened still.
Some Pinocchio-faced woman just unconventionally boiled a sock on the hob. She then gouges her eyes out with the hot implement and, alas, blisters her poor eyelids. That was clever. I bet if she had the McGuffin that would never have happened?
Oh alas, can we find the missing tooth and end this already, please? This movie is baseless. There's lots of exposition to navigate one through this movie as a guide but the story's a muddled mess of confusion still. It's a story that didn't need to be told as there's nothing worthwhile to tell.
And, alas, I don't have the vocabulary to tell how unnecessary this movie is. Hey movie makers of 'The Accursed?' When it sounds like a great idea to make a movie at least write an interesting story line first. You know - draft 1 and 2 and so on?
Some finale - Gums survives and spoon-feeds the Pinocchio-faced woman some porridge and she screams her disapproval of the flavor and the movie ends. Oh alas.
Why do they all speak English, and live in America, if this is all steeped in Balkan Tradition? By rights the entire movie should be in subtitles.
Considering how boring this opening wedding scene is, I can only fantasize that the guy with goofy teeth is the killer and that the movie's key McGuffin is the missing middle tooth that needs reconnecting to the gums which might solve the movie's mystery. Maybe the McGuffin finds sister 3 - Alice?
Oh man, 23-minutes in and this movie punishes you like 'The Man in The Iron Mask.' It's like your head's been placed in a torture device to suffocate you. It's like a baby alien wrapped around the iron mask depriving you of any action, advancement, or oxygen.
The missing tooth has to be the key in unlocking this boredom? Find the goofy tooth already.
33-minutes in and, alas, still nothing has happened. Where oh where is sister 3 - Alice?
Two women plant their feet in some badly designed CGI bougainvillea thorns and what this means - who knows? Someone else offers a chicken drumstick, lollipop, and a rose to the thorns. Bryan Ferry just had a stroke near the thorns... and bled. Another guy wakes up in a field of grass naked. A high school jock tries to get fresh with a junior high minor and some 'Mortal Kombat' character comes along and blows poorly designed CGI bugs in his face. Oh alas, is she Alice?
Turns out that the guy with the missing tooth is Tim Taylor's nosy neighbor Wilson. You know the one that used to look over the fence all the time? Well, it's 'ole gums here!
56-minutes in and NOTHING has happened still.
Some Pinocchio-faced woman just unconventionally boiled a sock on the hob. She then gouges her eyes out with the hot implement and, alas, blisters her poor eyelids. That was clever. I bet if she had the McGuffin that would never have happened?
Oh alas, can we find the missing tooth and end this already, please? This movie is baseless. There's lots of exposition to navigate one through this movie as a guide but the story's a muddled mess of confusion still. It's a story that didn't need to be told as there's nothing worthwhile to tell.
And, alas, I don't have the vocabulary to tell how unnecessary this movie is. Hey movie makers of 'The Accursed?' When it sounds like a great idea to make a movie at least write an interesting story line first. You know - draft 1 and 2 and so on?
Some finale - Gums survives and spoon-feeds the Pinocchio-faced woman some porridge and she screams her disapproval of the flavor and the movie ends. Oh alas.
"Intense" movie and great story!!
Marinko1401 December 2021
I dont get why people dont like it?
absurdlystrangedimension21 October 2022
Its a very weird film, but i love weird. It was well acted, it also has an old school actress in it tjat you might recognise, anyway, its rather all over the place but has some really good scenes and a real messed up ending (messed up as in good horror messed up) im very easy to please anyway. Its no way near as bad as everyones making out, all they want is likes on their reviews, people have loat their sense of enjoyment now, its all about how good their review is. Its a great flick for halloween, has a sense of being trapped and no escape if you know what i mean, like you are trapped in some sort of hell and just as you think you are safe you are back again, a real supernatural horror, like those crazy 80s horrors that are all over the place but become a cult classic, this is like those films, just watch it and enjoy the absurdity, quite a lot happens.
Interesting, but can people please use correct grammar?
lee_eisenberg28 September 2022
"The Accursed" is one of many movies about something evil haunting a family and getting released. In fact, 2021 also saw the release of a movie called "The Cursed", about a Roma woman who puts a curse on an estate after a sadistic land baron kills her people.
Anyway, this movie is nothing special. Jump scares and some CGI. One thing that irritated me was when a document showed the word "enemies" (plural of enemy) where it should've been "enemy's" (belonging to an enemy). Using those words interchangeably reinforces ignorance. I don't care if that makes me a prescriptivist, grammar exists for a reason.
Anyway, okay not great.
Anyway, this movie is nothing special. Jump scares and some CGI. One thing that irritated me was when a document showed the word "enemies" (plural of enemy) where it should've been "enemy's" (belonging to an enemy). Using those words interchangeably reinforces ignorance. I don't care if that makes me a prescriptivist, grammar exists for a reason.
Anyway, okay not great.
Backstabbing gypsy drama
Howling_at_the_Moon_Reviews19 October 2022
I saw a lot of potential with this one and something special lying underneath. However, some low budget aspects and lack of finesse stopped it from getting all the way there. Now, a low budget indi does not a bad movie make. However, there were just certain things as far as the quality that were lacking.
One thing that drove me a little crazy aesthetically was the color grading, it was poor and washed out. The script was... fine... nothing special. Which was a little unfortunate because I thought the actual plot and play by play throughout was actually quite good, clever and intriguing. I think with a better script that could have really been highlighted even more and have been much less convoluted and even more engaging... because it really did have something cool to it.
The acting was really hit or miss for me. Everyone had relatable, down to earth moments, and then the next moment their performance was stilted and unbelievable. I would say the best out of the bunch was probably the mother. The son did a decent job too.
Again, overall I think they had I cool concept on their hands... and with a little more finesse, better dialogue and some reworking with the cast I think they could have had something really solid. I give this a 5.5 but can't quite bring myself to round up. Would recommend if you have a love for indi cinema. Do not go into this expecting a high budget blockbuster... appreciate it for what it is.
One thing that drove me a little crazy aesthetically was the color grading, it was poor and washed out. The script was... fine... nothing special. Which was a little unfortunate because I thought the actual plot and play by play throughout was actually quite good, clever and intriguing. I think with a better script that could have really been highlighted even more and have been much less convoluted and even more engaging... because it really did have something cool to it.
The acting was really hit or miss for me. Everyone had relatable, down to earth moments, and then the next moment their performance was stilted and unbelievable. I would say the best out of the bunch was probably the mother. The son did a decent job too.
Again, overall I think they had I cool concept on their hands... and with a little more finesse, better dialogue and some reworking with the cast I think they could have had something really solid. I give this a 5.5 but can't quite bring myself to round up. Would recommend if you have a love for indi cinema. Do not go into this expecting a high budget blockbuster... appreciate it for what it is.
Nothing Special
thalassafischer8 April 2024
Come for the promise of some Eastern European feminist witchcraft, end up staying for some middling pseudo-70s atmosphere.
The Accursed is boring and the presentation of magic and mysticism is the kind of thing you'd find in old children's books not adult horror films. The mix of Practical Magic style goofiness with a murderous family curse make for strange and ultimately incompatible bedfellows.
I don't hate this movie as much as some reviewers because the aesthetic is okay and the acting is decent for people handed a script that contains fairy tale spells and animate, sentient creeping vines.
The Accursed is boring and the presentation of magic and mysticism is the kind of thing you'd find in old children's books not adult horror films. The mix of Practical Magic style goofiness with a murderous family curse make for strange and ultimately incompatible bedfellows.
I don't hate this movie as much as some reviewers because the aesthetic is okay and the acting is decent for people handed a script that contains fairy tale spells and animate, sentient creeping vines.
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