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{{Infobox film
| name           = Cursed
| image          = Cursed poster.jpg
| alt            =
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Wes Craven]]
| writer         = [[Kevin Williamson (screenwriter)|Kevin Williamson]]
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* Kevin Williamson
* [[Marianne Maddalena]]
}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Christina Ricci]]
* [[Joshua Jackson]]
* [[Jesse Eisenberg]]
* [[Judy Greer]]
* [[Scott Baio]]
* [[Milo Ventimiglia]]
* [[Shannon Elizabeth]]
* [[Mýa]]
}}
| cinematography = [[Robert McLachlan (cinematographer)|Robert McLachlan]]
| editing        = [[Patrick Lussier]]
| music          = [[Marco Beltrami]]
| studio         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Dimension Films]]
* [[Outerbanks Entertainment]]
* [[Craven/Maddalena Films]]
}}
| distributor    = [[Miramax Films]]
| released       = {{Film date|2005|2|25}}
| runtime        = 97 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 96:54--><ref>{{cite web|title=''CURSED'' (15)|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/cursed-2005-2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222032536/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/cursed-2005-2|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 22, 2014|work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=March 7, 2005|access-date=July 25, 2013}}</ref>
| country        =  United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $37-38 million<ref name="BOM">{{mojo title|cursed|Cursed}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Cursed#tab=box-office|title=Weekend Box Office Performance - Cursed (2005)|first=|last=|date=|website=the-numbers.com|access-date=February 23, 2022}}</ref>
| gross          = $29.6 million<ref name="BOM">{{mojo title|cursed|Cursed}}</ref><ref name="auto3"/>
}}

'''''Cursed''''' is a 2005 American [[horror comedy film]] directed by [[Wes Craven]] and written by [[Kevin Williamson (screenwriter)|Kevin Williamson]], who both collaborated on the [[Scream (film series)|''Scream'' film series]]. The film stars [[Christina Ricci]] and [[Jesse Eisenberg]] as two orphaned siblings attacked by a [[werewolf]] loose in Los Angeles.

Originally planned for 2003, the film took over two more years to be made than originally planned, during which producers [[Bob Weinstein|Bob]] and [[Harvey Weinstein]] kept asking for reshoots and changes to the plot, re-edited the movie to give a [[Motion Picture Association film rating system#MPA film ratings|PG-13 rating]] rather than the original intended [[Motion Picture Association of America film rating system|R-rating]], and fired veteran makeup artist [[Rick Baker]] to replace the werewolves he had created with [[Computer-generated imagery|computer-generated]] ones, even rumored to at one point to hire Disney animator [[Eric Goldberg (animator)|Eric Goldberg]] to animate an opening sequence for the film <ref name="craveonline.com">{{cite interview |last=Craven |first=Wes |interviewer=Fred Topel |title=Wes Craven Talks YEAH! and His Untold Stories |url=http://www.craveonline.com/culture/462877-wes-craven-on-yeah-and-his-untold-stories/2 |access-date=September 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222121550/http://www.craveonline.com/culture/462877-wes-craven-on-yeah-and-his-untold-stories/2 |archive-date=December 22, 2015 |url-status=dead |website=[[CraveOnline]] |date=March 18, 2013}}</ref><ref name="bloody-disgusting.com">{{cite web |last=Miska |first=Brad |date=September 3, 2014 |title=Rick Baker's "Judy Greer Werewolf" From Wes Craven's 'Cursed' |url=http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3311103/rick-bakers-judy-greer-werewolf-wes-cravens-cursed |access-date=September 2, 2017 |website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]}}</ref><ref name="thisdistractedglobe.com">{{cite web|last=Valdez|first=Joe|url=http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2009/01/10/a-silver-bullet-in-the-foot/|title=A Silver Bullet In the Foot|website=This Distracted Globe|date=January 10, 2009|access-date=September 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303021407/http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2009/01/10/a-silver-bullet-in-the-foot/|archive-date=March 3, 2017}}</ref> ''Cursed'' was released theatrically in the United States on February 25, 2005, by [[Miramax Films]]. The film was a [[box-office bomb]] and received generally negative reviews from critics; Craven himself was very displeased with the final result.<ref name="thisdistractedglobe.com"/><ref name="auto">{{cite interview|author=Capone|url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/37854|title=Wes Craven talks to Capone about 25/8, remakes, and the 'Cursed' experience of {{sic|nolink=y|reason=error in source|revisting}} old franchises!!|website=Ain't It Cool News|date=March 1, 2009|access-date=September 2, 2017}}</ref>

==Plot==
On a seaside pier in Los Angeles, friends Jenny Tate and Becky Morton talk to [[Fortune-telling|fortune-teller]] Zela. Zela foretells that they will suffer a horrible fate involving a beast that feeds off the moon. However, they do not believe her. That night, after visiting her boyfriend Jake Taylor, Ellie Myers drives her younger brother, 16-year-old Jimmy Myers, home. Jimmy had a run-in with bullies and his crush Brooke.

En route, Jimmy and Ellie collide with an animal and another car. They attempt to rescue the other driver, Becky, but a creature attacks the trio, killing Becky and slashing the siblings. Despite Jimmy's belief that it was a wolf or dog-type animal, the official police report later credits it to a [[List of fatal bear attacks in North America|bear]] or [[List of fatal cougar attacks in North America|cougar]].

The next day at work, Ellie finds herself attracted to the scent of a coworkers blood, but dismisses it. At a party, Ellie gets annoyed that Jenny is flirting with Jake and leaves. Later, while heading to the parking garage, Jenny is chased and killed by a wolf-like creature. Jimmy starts to believe that the creature was a [[werewolf]], sharing his thoughts with a disbelieving Ellie. To ease Jimmy's concerns, she touches a silver picture frame without getting burned.

Jimmy is becoming stronger and more aggressive. A bully named Bo eventually coerces him to join the [[Scholastic wrestling|wrestling team]]. Jimmy easily defeats three wrestlers, including Bo, and calls Bo out for constantly making gay jokes towards him, saying that Bo himself is [[Closeted|repressing]] his own [[homosexuality]].

Ellie starts to believe the werewolf hypothesis when she meets Zela. Zela mentions the coming full moon and says that the only way to cure Ellie is to end the line of the werewolf who cursed her. Jimmy later holds a silver cake server and gets burned, discovering that the picture frame Ellie touched earlier was actually stainless steel. Bo then comes by to confess that he is gay and has feelings for Jimmy. Jimmy rejects him, believing the attraction to be his werewolf pheromones. The siblings' dog Zipper, who has become afraid of his owners, later bites Jimmy, becomes infected with the curse, and goes on a rampage. Jimmy goes to warn Ellie with Bo.

Ellie deduces that Jake is a werewolf, and he confirms it. However, he did not attack her and Jimmy; he was born a werewolf and can control his transformations. When another werewolf attacks the two, Bo and Jimmy try to help, but Bo is knocked out. The werewolf turns back into Joanie, who was cursed after a [[one-night stand]] with Jake. She committed all of the previous murders and now wants to kill all potential rivals so Jake will be hers.

When Jake offers to let Joanie kill him to protect Ellie, she refuses, as doing that would break her curse. After knocking him out, Joanie turns into a werewolf and goes after Ellie and Jimmy. The siblings fight her, and when the police arrive, the two draw Joanie out by insulting her. The police open fire and eventually kill her. Jake disappears in the aftermath.

Jimmy and Ellie return to their wrecked home, where they begin transforming. Jake arrives, revealing that, since he was the originator of Joanie's curse, the only way to cure Jimmy and Ellie is for them to kill him. Jake wants to be with Ellie, but also must kill Jimmy so only he remains the alpha male. Jake and Ellie fight, and Jake ends up having the upper hand. Jimmy, now a semi-transformed werewolf joins in the fight and bites Jake. Ellie eventually manages to bite, stab and badly injure Jake with the silver cake server. Using a shovel, she decapitates Jake and breaks the curse on the two siblings and Zipper. Jake's body [[Spontaneous combustion|bursts into flames]].

Bo, Brooke, and Zipper arrive at the house. Jimmy kisses Brooke and walks her home along with Bo; he and Jimmy now friends. Ellie is stuck with the clean-up of their mangled house.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Christina Ricci]] as Ellie Myers
* [[Jesse Eisenberg]] as Jimmy Myers
* [[Joshua Jackson]] as Jake Taylor
* [[Judy Greer]] as Joanie
* [[Milo Ventimiglia]] as Bo
* [[Kristina Anapau]] as Brooke
* [[Portia de Rossi]] as Zela
* [[Shannon Elizabeth]] as Becky Morton
* [[Mýa]] as Jenny Tate
* [[Michael Rosenbaum]] as Kyle
* [[Eric Ladin]] as Louie
* [[Michelle Krusiec]] as nosebleed co-worker
* [[Nick Offerman]] as police officer
* [[Derek Mears]] as Werewolf
* [[Scott Baio]] as himself
* [[Craig Kilborn]] as himself
* [[Lance Bass]] as himself
* [[Bowling for Soup]] as themselves
* Solar as Zipper, Ellie and Jimmy's dog
}}

==Production==

===Development===
The first draft of the script was written by [[Kevin Williamson (screenwriter)|Kevin Williamson]] in August 2000 and followed the exploits of a New York City serial killer who discovers that his lethal tendencies are due to his lycanthrope nature.<ref name="Gregg Preview">{{cite web |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2469242063 |title=AFM '97 Product Listings |first=Allison |last=Kajiya |date=Feb 25, 1997 |access-date=February 23, 2024|id={{ProQuest|2469242063}} }}</ref>
Both screenwriters [[Sean Hood]] and [[Tony Gayton]] did rewrites of Williamson's original script during the development process.<ref name="Gregg Preview"/> Director [[Wes Craven]] had previous been attached to direct ''Bad Moon Rising'', a werewolf film for [[Dimension Films]] in 1997 about a series of murders in a small West Virginia town, but the film was never made.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hills|first=Ryan|title=INTERVIEW WITH PATRICK LUSSIER|url=https://www.scream-thrillogy.com/2021/01/interview-with-patrick-lussier.html?m=1|date=January 3, 2021|website=Thrillogy|access-date=December 27, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808451659&intl=us |title=Gregg's Preview: 'Cursed' 2004 |work=[[Yahoo Movies]] |first=Greg Dean |last=Schmitz |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204170604/http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808451659&intl=us |access-date=February 3, 2022|archive-date=December 4, 2003 }}</ref>
Dimension Films co-founder [[Bob Weinstein]] announced in October 2002 that ''Cursed'' would "reinvent the werewolf genre," and that Craven would direct, with the movie being officially released on August 8, 2003.<ref name="Gregg Preview"/> Craven was in the final stages of pre-production with the movie ''[[Pulse (2006 film)|Pulse]]'' when Weinstein abruptly pulled the movie from the schedule ten days before shooting and cut through all the slow lanes, getting ''Cursed'' off and running.<ref name="thisdistractedglobe.com"/> Craven was reportedly not pleased so Weinstein doubled his pay in order for him to do the werewolf film.<ref name="auto"/> The director deemed the script too tonally similar to his film ''[[Vampire in Brooklyn]]'', but felt pressured by the studio, leading him to ultimately sign on.<ref name="Lussier">{{cite AV media|host=Pizowell|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gum1tB2D4Eo|title=''Patrick Lussier on'' Cursed ''(2005) - The Disastrous Production, The Many Cuts & Will We Ever See Them''|date=July 14, 2021|via=Youtube|access-date=July 19, 2021}}</ref>
"Wes and Kevin are a dynamic team, and we are confident that their collaboration will prove to be a winner," Weinstein stated.<ref name="Variety Ricci">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2003/film/markets-festivals/cursed-casts-ricci-1117882244/ |title='Cursed' casts Ricci |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |first=David |last=Rooney |date=March 13, 2003 |access-date=February 3, 2022}}</ref>
In December 2002, a press release for the project described ''Cursed'' as a "modern, hip twist on the classic werewolf tale" and Dimension Films also announced that [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] winning [[Prosthetic makeup|makeup effects]] designer [[Rick Baker]] would be in charge of the overall design of the werewolves. Baker had originally turned down the offer due to the very limited time he had to create all the designs and eventually accepted at the only condition to be able to work without any studio interference.<ref name="Baker">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnscsYOCboQ|title=Rick Baker: That's Not My Work in Wes Craven's "Cursed" |date=November 5, 2019 |access-date=February 23, 2022|via=YouTube}}</ref>

===Casting===
[[File:Skeet Ulrich by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Skeet Ulrich]] was originally cast as the male lead.]]

The first of the three leads to be cast was 19-year-old [[Jesse Eisenberg]], star of the critically acclaimed indie ''[[Roger Dodger (film)|Roger Dodger]]'', who was announced on March 3, 2003. It was also reported that 
[[Kristina Anapau]] and [[Judy Greer]] had joined the cast in supporting roles.

On March 13, 2003, it was reported that [[Christina Ricci]] had signed on to play the leading role of Ellie Harper, an associate producer on ''[[The Late Late Show (American talk show)|The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn]]'' who is attacked by a werewolf after a car accident on [[Mulholland Drive]].<ref name="Variety Ricci"/> The same day, [[Scott Foley]] and [[Omar Epps]] were also cast as Ellie's boyfriend Kyle and the chief of the animal control department Ben Taft, respectively.

On March 17, 2003, [[Skeet Ulrich]] (who previously starred in Craven's ''[[Scream (1996 film)|Scream]]'' as Billy Loomis) joined the cast as Vince Winston, the burnout son of a millionaire who gets bitten and cursed by the beast. Other cast members included [[Milo Ventimiglia]] (Bo, a high school bully), [[James Brolin]] (Tyler Winston, Vince's estranged billionaire father), [[Shannon Elizabeth]] (Becky Morton, a party girl who gets brutally murdered under the [[Santa Monica Pier]]), [[Illeana Douglas]] (Zela, an atypical fortune teller) and [[Robert Forster]] (Detective Harzel). [[Scott Baio]] himself along with [[Corey Feldman]] were cast as themselves.
Pop singer and actress [[Mandy Moore]] was cast as Jenny Taylor, the opening victim who gets killed by the werewolf during a costume party sponsored by [[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals|PETA]]. ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'' star [[Heather Langenkamp]] joined the cast in a small, supporting role as a TV reporter<ref name="Langenkamp">{{cite web |url=http://www.horrorcult.it/Speciali/Interviste/heatherLagenkamp.asp |title=Intervista a Heather Langenkamp |work=HorrorCult.com |first=Francesco |last=Roder |date=October 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040709141850/http://www.horrorcult.it/Speciali/Interviste/heatherLagenkamp.asp |access-date=February 3, 2022|archive-date=July 9, 2004 }}</ref> and [[John C. McGinley]] took part in the production as Jimmy's abusive dad. James Kallahan and [[Michelle Krusiec]] rounded out the main cast as Ellie's co-workers Mark and Debbie.

When production shut down and resumed with a new script, new roles were added and others were re-written. Skeet Ulrich was unsatisfied with his character's transformation and chose to drop out of the film. 
On December 1, 2003, [[Joshua Jackson]] was cast as the new male lead (renamed Jack and retooled as Ellie's boyfriend), along with [[Portia De Rossi]] (who replaced Illeana Douglas as Zela), ''[[Smallville]]'' regular [[Michael Rosenbaum]] (taking over James Callahan as Ellie's assistant, now named Kyle) and R&B singer [[Mýa]] as Jenny (previously played by Mandy Moore).<ref name="Add 4">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2003/film/news/craven-adds-4-thesps-for-cursed-reshoot-1117896438/ |title=Craven adds 4 thesps for 'Cursed' reshoot |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |first=David |last=Rooney |date=December 1, 2003 |access-date=February 3, 2022}}</ref>
[[James Lance Bass|Lance Bass]] of [[NSYNC|*NSYNC]] joined the cast in a cameo appearance as himself.
Scott Foley was originally supposed to reprise the role of Kyle (now turned into Ellie's assistant) but ultimately dropped out as well.<ref name="Reshoots">{{cite web |url=http://www.filmjerk.com/nuke/article638.html |title=Wes Craven & Company Are Back: ''Cursed'' Will Re-Begin Filming November 17 |work=FilmJerk.com |first=Chris |last=Faile |date=September 30, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031206045757/http://www.filmjerk.com/nuke/article638.html |access-date=February 3, 2022|archive-date=December 6, 2003 }}</ref>
James Brolin, Robert Forster, Corey Feldman, Omar Epps, Heather Langenkamp and John C. McGinley were all written out from the new version of the script and could not reprise their roles.

===Filming===
Principal photography was supposed to start on January 27, in order to meet the already-locked release date of August 8, 2003, but delays in pre-production forced Dimension Films to push the start date back to mid-March. In late January, a new release date was announced and set on February 4, 2004.<ref name="Gregg Preview"/>

[[File:THS court.jpg|left|thumb|[[Torrance High School]]'s senior patio]]

With a budget of $35 million, ''Cursed'' commenced shooting in Los Angeles on March 17, 2003, on a scheduled 15-week shoot. 
The set used for the high school is [[Torrance High School]],<ref name="Location">{{cite web |url=http://movielocationsandmore.blogspot.com/2014/06/cursed-2005.html |title=Cursed (2005) |work=Jet-Setter.com |first= |last= |date=June 29, 2014 |access-date=February 3, 2022}}</ref> the same used for [[Sunnydale High]] on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', and West Beverly High on ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' and its spin-off ''[[90210 (TV series)|90210]]''. Filming also occurred at [[Verdugo Hills High School]] for the scenes involving Jimmy Myers, Jesse Eisenberg's character.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Verdugo_HS/j4fun/location/films.html|title=VHHS On Location! Feature Films|website=Lausd.k12.ca.us|access-date=September 2, 2017}}</ref> Mandy Moore's opening scene was shot over a 2-night period on the roof of The Bel Age Hotel in Hollywood. Singer [[Sheila E.]] appeared in this scene as herself, playing with her band at the costume ball for PETA.<ref name="Pop Singer">{{cite web |url=http://www.moviehole.net/news.php?newsid=1345 |title=Pop Singer Gets "Cursed" |work=MovieHole |first= |last= |date=March 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031229032658/http://www.moviehole.net/news.php?newsid=1345 |access-date=February 3, 2022|archive-date=December 29, 2003 }}</ref> The car accident was shot on [[Mulholland Drive]] and some interiors were built inside the L.A. Center Studios.<ref name="Horrorcult">{{cite web |url=http://www.horrorcult.it/news.asp |title=La Maledizione di Wes Craven |work=HorrorCult.com |first=Francesco |last=Roder |date=September 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040610100448/http://www.horrorcult.it/news.asp |access-date=February 3, 2022|archive-date=June 10, 2004 }}</ref> More scenes were filmed at the [[Santa Monica Pier]] and in [[Hollywood Boulevard]].
''Entertainment Tonight'' did interviews with Ulrich and Ricci when original version was being filmed, and their report included behind the scenes footage of some scenes from it, like Ulrich's character Vince walking near the pier at night, another scene in same location showing him jumping down on beach and landing on all fours, scene where he and Ricci's character Ellie are running out of her house and another scene after that one where they jump down to the streets which based on the original script, was the beginning of the scene where werewolf chases after them but they get to Vince's limousine and ultimately manage to escape.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV2m4QPBtU8|title=Bit of Cursed (original version) behind-the-scenes footage from "Entertainment Tonight"|date=June 16, 2010 |access-date=February 23, 2022|via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thehorrorsyndicate.com/2020/01/a-different-beast-the-original-script-for-cursed/|title=A Different Beast: The Original Script for 'Cursed'|first=Seth T.|last=Miller|website=Thehorrorsyndicate.com|date=January 9, 2020|access-date=February 23, 2022}}</ref>

In early June 2003, after 54 days of filming and with only about six days left to shoot the final confrontation at the Hollywood Wax Museum, Dimension Films decided to put the movie on hold because top executives at the company were not happy with the film's ending or how the special effects were progressing, specifically the look of the film's lead lupine.<ref name="Hollywood Reporter">{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1948322 |title='Cursed' foiled, but temporarily |work=[[Hollywood Reporter]] |first= |last= |date=August 5, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031224214215/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1948322 |access-date=February 3, 2022|archive-date=December 24, 2003 }}</ref>

[[File:Rick_Baker_February_2015_(cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Academy Awards|Academy Award winner]] [[Rick Baker]] created the original design of the werewolf.]]

Rick Baker was preparing the final transformation effects when production stopped and asked Weinstein to let his team finish the work in order for it to be ready for the reshoot.
"We were doing some really cool transformation stuff [but] it wasn't quite done so I said, 'Listen, if you ever think the film's gonna pick up again, if you can keep a number of my people on for another month we can have this transformation stuff, we'll put it in a box and we'll be ready to go. If they disperse now it's gonna be like starting again because I need to have the same people." Weinstein eventually refused.<ref name="Baker"/>

Editor [[Patrick Lussier]], a frequent collaborator of Craven, had just finished working on re-shoots of ''[[Darkness Falls (2003 film)|Darkness Falls]]'' when he was brought in to work on ''Cursed'', which was nearing the end of its principal photography. According to Lussier, the unfinished original version of the film ran about 90 minutes long, and the only thing it was missing, besides the ending, was the score and all the visual effects.<ref name="Lussier"/> 
The movie was put back into a development phase during which all parties discussed on the outcome. Several options were considered, including shooting the final confrontation as it was originally written or transform the script into something different, saving as much filmed footage as possible. One alternative was to turn the characters of Jesse Eisenberg and John C. McGinley into werewolf hunters.<ref name="Lussier"/>
Ultimately, the original screenplay went under a major rewrite that turned Ellie and Jimmy into estranged siblings and morphed Vince into Ellie's mysterious boyfriend Jake. From those 90 minutes, the new version only included about 12 minutes of the original footage.<ref name="Lussier"/>

After a tentative September restart, the movie officially went back into production on November 17, 2003. "Quite an extraordinary amount of new material is going to be shot, and a lot of material is going to be thrown away," Craven said at the time.<ref name="syfy">{{cite web |url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-film.html?2003-09/10/13.00.film |title=Cursed Reshoots; Baker Quits |work=[[Syfy]] |first= |last= |date=September 3, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031211210705/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-film.html?2003-09/10/13.00.film |access-date=February 3, 2022|archive-date=December 11, 2003 }}</ref> [[Rick Baker]], who had created the original werewolf design, left the project because of scheduling conflicts<ref name="Baker"/> and [[KNB EFX Group]] came on board to oversee all the new makeup effects.<ref name="syfy"/>
The exteriors for Jake's new club Tinsel were shot in Vine Street, next to [[Capitol Records Building|The Capitol Records Tower]], [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] and Jimmy and Ellie's house was built on the [[Universal Studios Lot|Universal Studios backlot]].<ref name="Location"/>
In the film, Ellie works among the crew of ''[[The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn]]'', with Kilborn making a [[cameo appearance]] and [[Scott Baio]], as himself, being booked to appear on the show. Kilborn left the show a few months after shooting wrapped, in August 2004, before the film's release, and was replaced by [[Craig Ferguson]]. Originally, during the rewrites, Bob Weinstein wanted the movie to open with an animated opening sequence similar to [[Scooby-Doo]], he wanted to get Disney animator [[Eric Goldberg (animator)|Eric Goldberg]] to make the sequence, But Goldberg declined twice.

On January 17, 2004, the extensive reshoot wrapped. The new ending of the film was much more emotional and tragic, and featured Jackson's character begging his girlfriend Ellie to kill him to end the curse. An article about the film in ''Fangoria'' #241 included pictures of a head prop for Jake's original death scene. From all versions of the film which were test screened to audiences (excluding the original version, which was never test screened), this one scored the highest, but Dimension Films was dissatisfied with it and demanded a new one. Actor Jesse Eisenberg, who, along with Christina Ricci, was one of the few actors to work in all the different versions, stated: "The crazy part is that after we filmed the whole second version of the film, we had to go back for a third re-shoot which lasted about 20 days. That's like the length of an independent movie. And then we had to go back a fourth time for like 10 days and they made shirts that said ''Cursed 4: Back for More''."<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|last=Thurman|first=Trace|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3589191/jesse-eisenberg-recalls-cursed/|title=[Interview] Jesse Eisenberg Recalls the Troubled Production of Wes Craven's ''Cursed''|date=October 16, 2019|website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|access-date=November 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Flowers|first=Maisey|url=https://screenrant.com/cursed-movie-wes-craven-version-changes-differences-release-future/|title=''Cursed'': Wes Craven's Original Plan Was The Best Werewolf Movie Never Made|date=January 7, 2021|website=ScreenRant|access-date=July 20, 2021}}</ref>
The new ending depicted Jake as the main villain, willing to kill both Ellie and Jimmy.
According to Patrick Lussier, the final budget for the film was close to $90–100 million.<ref name="Lussier"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/Fangoria_241_Mar_2005_Cursed_HQS_c2c/page/n37|title=''Fangoria'' Exclusive Interview: ''Cursed'' Controversy - Wes Craven Tells All|date=March 2005|work=Fangoria|access-date=July 19, 2021}}</ref> In the final round of reshoots, werewolf actor [[Derek Mears]] improvised the infamous shot of the werewolf flipping off Ellie and Jimmy during rehearsal with Craven.<ref>{{cite AV media|last=Samuelson|first=Edwin|title=A Sheep In Wolf's Clothing – An Interview With Actor Derek Mears|publisher=Scream Factory|year=2022|type=Interview}}</ref> [[Scott Nimerfro]] was at one point brought in during reshoots to script new scenes, including an opening sequence of the werewolf jumping through the [[Hollywood sign]] that was scrapped due to budget limits.<ref name="Samuelson 2022">{{cite AV media|last=Samuelson|first=Edwin|title=A Movie That Lives Up To Its Title – An Interview With Editor Patrick Lussier|publisher=Scream Factory|year=2022|type=Interview}}</ref> In 2014, [[Judy Greer]] spoke of the film in an interview: "I don't know why that movie got so fucked up. I don't understand it. I thought the script was fine. Honest to god, I didn't get the big deal. I don't know who kept making them fuck with it. Then we shot the movie for, like, seven years. I think they said we had four movies worth of footage. It was so fun, but so weird. I don't get it. I couldn't figure it out."<ref>{{cite web|last=Wieselman|first=Jarett|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/jarettwieselman/how-judy-greer-became-hollywoods-most-in-demand-best-friend|title=How Judy Greer Became Hollywood's Most In-Demand Best Friend|website=[[BuzzFeed]]|date=April 23, 2014|access-date=September 2, 2017}}</ref> In 2018, Christina Ricci also spoke briefly about the film in an interview: "It was one of those studio movies that just got horribly screwed up."<ref>{{cite web|last=Harris|first=Will|url=https://www.avclub.com/christina-ricci-on-sleeping-over-at-cher-s-and-the-impo-1826995324|title=Christina Ricci on Sleeping Over at Cher's and the Importance of Being Wednesday|date=June 28, 2018|website=AV Club|access-date=June 28, 2018}}</ref> In 2019, Jesse Eisenberg gave his thoughts about the troubled production and the film: "The first movie was more interesting and provocative. I don't know why it wasn't working. Now that we know the behind-the-scenes of the Weinstein company, it makes sense as to why it was so chaotic." About the troubled production, he said: "They filmed 90% of the bigger budget version… the first movie was this very splashy thing. The second version was definitely cutting corners in a lot of different ways. And the plot? I thought it was so stupid. I thought the plot was so cliché. They made us brother and sister? The things that they kept [from the original film] were little snippets. Like a car rolling down a hill. They kept that shot."<ref name="auto1" />

===Post-production===
Editor Patrick Lussier was supposed to work on the film for only six weeks in summer 2003, but ended up working on it for 19 months. He also worked as a second unit director during the extensive reshoots.
All Rick Baker's designs were cut and most of KNB practical effects were replaced by CGI, including Judy Greer's transformation. Nevertheless, Rick Baker's name was displayed in the opening credits as the sole special makeup effects designer and creator.<ref name="bloody-disgusting.com"/>

In the fall of 2004, Dimension Films cut the film to a PG-13 rating instead of the planned R rating. Speaking to the ''[[New York Post]]'', Craven commented, "The contract called for us to make an R-rated film. We did. It was a very difficult process. Then it was basically taken away from us and cut to PG-13 and ruined. It was two years of very difficult work and almost 100 days of shooting of various versions. Then at the very end, it was chopped up and the studio thought they could make more with a PG-13 movie, and trashed it ... I thought it was completely disrespectful, and it hurt them too, and it was like they shot themselves in the foot with a shotgun."<ref name="thisdistractedglobe.com"/> Jenny's death scene in the elevator was originally much gorier, her dead body shown with her belly ripped apart, although not even the R-rated DVD version included this scene. A picture of her mutilated body was, however, shown in a ''Fangoria'' article published before the film's release covering the infamously troubled production.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/marcobeltrami/media/scream/cursedmya.jpg.html|title=Photo by marcobeltrami|access-date=September 2, 2017|via=[[Photobucket]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222163145/http://smg.photobucket.com/user/marcobeltrami/media/scream/cursedmya.jpg.html|archive-date=December 22, 2015}}</ref> Craven and Lussier would move on to ''[[Red Eye (2005 American film)|Red Eye]]'', and during that film's post-production they would learn that ''Cursed'' would be edited down to accommodate a PG-13 rating. A nightmare sequence featuring Jake's throat getting ripped out by Ellie was redone without Craven, instead with [[Joel Soisson]] serving as director.<ref name="Samuelson 2022"/> In 2008, Craven was quoted saying, "...the ''Cursed'' experience was so screwed up. I mean, that went on for two-and-a-half years of my life for a film that wasn't anything close to what it should have been. […] I did learn from the ''Cursed'' experience not to do something for money. They said, 'We know you want to do another film, we'll pay you double.' And we were 10 days from shooting, and I said fine. But I ended up working two-and-a-half years for double my fee, but I could have done two-and-a-half movies, and done movies that were out there making money. In general, I think it's not worth it and part of the reason my phone hasn't rung is that that story is pretty well known."<ref name="thisdistractedglobe.com"/><ref name="auto"/>

In July 2021, Brian Collins from [[Screamfest Horror Film Festival|Screamfest]] blog did a review and comparison between the final film and both the Craven's original unfinished cut and first reshot version, which were surfaced from VHS workprints, and both versions were praised as superior to the final film. This is not the first time when news about alternate versions of ''Cursed'' existing were reported. Some years ago when he was asked by fans about the film, Patrick Lussier mentioned how he still has copies of three unreleased versions of the film (Craven's unfinished cut, first reshot version, and fully uncut reshot version with all the deleted gore and practical effects by KNB from before most of their work was cut as well), and in October 2018, former Dimension COO Cary Blanat confirmed that all original and deleted footage from ''Cursed'' still exists.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://screamfestla.com/blog/thoughts-original-version-cursed|title=Thoughts On The Original (!) Version Of CURSED|first=Brian|last=Collins|date=July 2, 2021|website=Screamfestla.com|access-date=February 23, 2022|archive-date=February 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216195013/https://screamfestla.com/blog/thoughts-original-version-cursed|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name       = Music from and Inspired by Cursed
| type       = compilation
| artist     = various artists
| cover      =
| alt        =
| released   = February 25, 2005
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| genre      =
* [[Alternative rock]]
* [[electronica]]
| length     = 70:44
| label      =
* Silva Screen
* Treadstone
| producer   =
| prev_title =
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}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = {{AllMusic|album|mw0000361008|pure_url=yes}} | title = Review of ''Cursed - Original Soundtrack'' | work = [[AllMusic]] | publisher = [[All Media Guide]] | first = Johnny | last = Loftus | access-date = October 16, 2016}}</ref>
}}

{{Track listing
| headline  = CD
| extra_column  = Artist
| title1  = [[Li'l Red Riding Hood]]
| extra1  = [[Bowling for Soup]]
| length1  = 2:30
| title2  = [[Better Now (Collective Soul song)|Better Now]]
| extra2  = [[Collective Soul]]
| length2  = 3:10
| title3  = Are You Ready
| extra3  = [[Three Days Grace]]
| length3  = 2:46
| title4  = You'll Never Catch Me
| extra4  = [[Steve Harwell]]
| length4  = 3:20
| title5  = Stadium Parking Lot
| extra5  = [[Apollo 440]]
| length5  = 3:51
| title6  = Fine Without You
| note6  = [[Carmen Rizzo]]/Jed Smith Indian Summer Remix
| extra6  = [[Alkaline Trio]]
| length6  = 4:52
| title7  = Spirits
| note7  = featuring [[Saffron (singer)|Saffron]]
| extra7  = [[Junkie XL]]
| length7  = 4:40
| title8  = This Is a Forgery
| extra8  = [[Dashboard Confessional]]
| length8  = 3:37
| title9  = Still Need Your Love
| extra9  = Reno
| length9  = 3:26
| title10  = If You Don't Jump (You Are English)
| extra10  = [[GusGus]]
| length10  = 4:59
| title11  = Bound Too Long
| note11  = Hyper Remix
| extra11  = [[The Crystal Method]]
| length11  = 4:59
| title12  = Freaks Come Out at Night
| note12  = Carmen Rizzo "Nocturnal" Remix
| extra12  = [[Whodini]]
| length12  = 4:29
| title13  = Sick
| extra13  = [[Fallzone|Seven Wiser]]
| length13  = 3:06
| title14  = Let Me Out
| extra14  = MBD
| length14  = 3:42
| title15  = On the Edge of the World
| extra15  = [[Balligomingo]]
| length15  = 3:23
| title16  = Cursed Suite
| extra16  = [[Marco Beltrami]]
| length16  = 5:35
| title17  = [[After All (Delerium song)|After All]]
| note17  = featuring [[Jaël]]
| extra17  = [[Delerium]]
| length17  = 4:51
| title18  = Silent Engagement
| extra18  = Q South
| length18  = 3:28
| total_length  = 70:44
}}

==Release==
=== Theatrical ===
The original target release date was August 8, 2003, but delays in getting the production ready in time pushed the target date back six months to February 13, 2004.<ref name="Gregg Preview"/> When the movie was sent back to development and three different reshoots were scheduled, the release date was pushed back again. In December 2004, ''Fangoria'' reported that the movie was scheduled to open nationwide February 25, 2005, with a [[Motion Picture Association film rating system|PG-13]] rating.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/wes-cravens-cursed-goes-pg-13/|title=Wes Craven's Cursed goes PG-13?|first=Brian|last=B|date=December 9, 2004|website=Screamfestla.com|access-date=February 23, 2022}}</ref>

Christina Ricci's face served as the backdrop in the movie's key art, that evoked [[Drew Barrymore]]'s close-up in ''[[Scream (1996 film)|Scream]]'''s iconic official poster. The tagline for the movie was "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger". The first official trailer premiered on January 7, 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://movies.channel.aol.com/ |title=Trailer Premiere|first=|last=|date=January 7, 2005|website=Moviefone.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050108085552/http://movies.channel.aol.com/|access-date=February 23, 2022|archive-date=January 8, 2005}}</ref>

=== Home media ===
When released on DVD in the United States on June 21, 2005, two versions were available: the original theatrical version (rated PG-13; 97 minutes), and also an unrated version which contains the footage cut to obtain a PG-13 rating and runs approximately two minutes longer than the original release. In Canada, [[Alliance Atlantis]] released the unrated (marketed as "Uncensored") version only on DVD (as opposed to [[Dimension Films|Dimension Home Video]] in the United States) and the DVD cover was changed to match the original theatrical poster.

In 2005, Dimension was sold by [[The Walt Disney Company]], with Disney then selling off the parent label Miramax in 2010. Miramax and the rights to the pre-October 2005 library of Dimension were subsequently taken over by private equity firm [[Filmyard Holdings]] that same year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/jul/30/film-industry-privateequity|title=Disney sells Miramax to investment group for $660m|first=David|last=Teather|work=The Guardian |date=July 30, 2010}}</ref> Filmyard sublicensed the home video rights for several Dimension/Miramax titles to [[Echo Bridge Entertainment]]. The film received its [[Blu-ray]] release on September 11, 2012, through Echo Bridge Entertainment, in a double feature with another Wes Craven "presented" film, ''[[They (2002 film)|They]]'' (2002). The disc only contains the theatrical cut.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/They-and-Cursed-Blu-ray/49078/|title = They / Cursed Blu-ray (Miramax Double Feature)|website=Blu-ray.com}}</ref>

Filmyard Holdings sold Miramax to Qatari company [[beIN Media Group]] in March 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/02/bein-media-group-miramax-film-studio-acquisition|title=Iconic film studio Miramax sells to Doha-based beIN Media Group|first=Nigel M.|last=Smith|work=The Guardian |date=March 2, 2016}}</ref> In April 2020, [[ViacomCBS]] (now known as [[Paramount Skydance]]) acquired the rights to Miramax's library and Dimension's pre-October 2005 library, after buying a 49% stake in Miramax from beIN.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/viacomcbs-closes-acquisition-miramax-stake-375-million-deal-1286478/|title=ViacomCBS Closes Acquisition of 49 Percent Miramax Stake in $375 Million Deal|first=Georg|last=Szalai|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=April 3, 2020}}</ref> The film has been distributed by [[Paramount Pictures]] since April 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://parkcircus.com/film/107541-Cursed|title=Cursed|website=Park Circus}}</ref> Paramount later included it in a collection titled "Paramount Scares", which included other horror films they owned,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.paramountmovies.com/collections/Paramount-Scares|title=Paramount Scares Collection &#124; Watch on Blu-ray & Digital}}</ref> in addition to including it on their subscription streaming service [[Paramount+]] and on their free streaming service [[Pluto TV]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.techradar.com/streaming/paramount-plus/everything-new-on-paramount-plus-in-september-2024|title=Everything new on Paramount Plus in September 2024|author1=Rowan Davies|date=August 30, 2024|website=TechRadar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/new-movies-and-shows-streaming-in-january-2025-what-to-watch-on-netflix-max-prime-disney-and-more/|title=New Movies and Shows Streaming In January 2025: What to Watch on Netflix, Max, Prime, Disney+ and more|first=Fred|last=Topel|website=editorial.rottentomatoes.com}}</ref>

The film was released individually for the first time in the United States on Blu-ray by [[Shout Factory]], under license from Paramount. This release occurred in April 2022 and featured both the theatrical and extended cut.<ref>{{cite web|last=Squires|first=John|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/home-video/3701281/wes-cravens-cursed-never-before-seen-version-coming-to-scream-factory-blu-ray/|title=Wes Craven's ''Cursed'' Coming to Blu-ray for the First Time! [Updated]|date=January 31, 2022|website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|access-date=February 1, 2022}}</ref>

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Cursed'' opened in 2,805 theatres on February 25, 2005, taking $9,633,085 in its opening weekend and averaging a mild $3,434 per site.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeguru.com/022805.htm|title=Weekend Box Office (February 25 - 27, 2005)|first=Gitesh|last=Pandya|date=February 27, 2005|website=Boxofficeguru.com|access-date=February 23, 2022}}</ref> It placed fourth on the box office rankings, following ''[[Diary of a Mad Black Woman]]'' (opening that weekend as well), ''[[Hitch (film)|Hitch]]'' and ''[[Constantine (film)|Constantine]]''.<ref name=BoxOfficeMojo>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed796263428/|title='Diary of a Mad Black Woman' Comes Out Swinging at Number One|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=February 23, 2022}}</ref> The following weekend, the movie crumbled 60%, grossing $3,867,052 and finishing seventh in the box office charts, with a 10-day sum of $15.3M. ''Box Office Guru'' dubbed the film's performance as "disappointing”.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeguru.com/030705.htm|title=Weekend Box Office (March 4 - 6, 2005)|first=Gitesh|last=Pandya|date=March 6, 2005|website=Boxofficeguru.com|access-date=February 23, 2022}}</ref> On its third week, the film placed tenth, falling 60% to $1,564,363 for a $17.7 total, marking its last week in the national top ten. ''Box Office Guru'' predicted a final gross of about $21 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeguru.com/031405.htm|title=Weekend Box Office (March 11 - 13, 2005)|first=Gitesh|last=Pandya|date=March 13, 2005|website=Boxofficeguru.com|access-date=February 23, 2022}}</ref>

''Cursed'' ended its theatrical run after 11 weeks on May 12, 2005, with a cumulative domestic gross of $19,297,522. An additional $10,324,200 internationally brought the worldwide total to $29,621,722.<ref name="auto3"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3897394689/|title=Cursed|website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref>

===Critical response===
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 16% based on 96 reviews, with an average rating of 3.70/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "A predictable plot and cheesy special effects make ''Cursed'' a less-than-scary experience."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1142569-cursed|title=Cursed (2005)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media]]|access-date=13 March 2025}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] reports a weighted average score of 31 out of 100 based on 21 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/cursed|title=Cursed Reviews|website=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=July 17, 2019}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "C−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemascore.com|title=Find CinemaScore|format=Type "Cursed" in the search box|publisher=[[CinemaScore]]|access-date=January 30, 2022}}</ref>

The ''San Francisco Chronicle'' wrote, "''Cursed'' is a third-rate effort, with a weak script, cheap-looking effects and no genuine frights."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Craven-Cursed-by-predictability-in-werewolf-tale-2726688.php|title=Craven 'Cursed' by predictability in werewolf tale|website=Sfgate.com|date=February 28, 2005|access-date=September 2, 2017}}</ref> ''[[Film Threat]]'' stated, "Not that it doesn't make movie history. Until this past Friday, the worst werewolf film ever made was, hairy hands down, [[Mike Nichols]]' ''[[Wolf (1994 film)|Wolf]]''. ''Cursed'' now assumes that dubious distinction and someone is going to have to try very hard to wrestle it away."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/7146/|title=Reviews|website=Filmthreat.com|access-date=September 2, 2017}}</ref>

Rafe Telsch of CinemaBlend, giving the film 2 out of 5 stars, felt that "''Cursed'' isn't a bad film, and actually takes a unique approach to modern day genre movies by styling itself as an older one... The film is a fun little romp in the werewolf world, although ''Cursed'' never really sets any rules for the creatures themselves, leaving itself open to keep cute faces like Ricci's uncovered by makeup, but leaving the audience unsatisfied that there aren't really many werewolves in this werewolf movie."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/reviews/Cursed-878.html|author=Telsch, Rafe|title=Cursed|publisher=CinemaBlend|access-date=December 14, 2015}}</ref>

==Potential director's cut==
Since the film's release, there had been calls from fans for a release of Wes Craven's original cut.<ref name="Screen Rant Lussier">{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/cursed-movie-craven-cut-complete-unfinished-ending/|title=Why Cursed's "Wes Craven Cut" Is Impossible|first=Padraig|last=Cotter|work=[[Screen Rant]]|date=February 27, 2022|access-date=October 28, 2025|url-status=live|archive-date=October 28, 2025|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20251028021048/https://screenrant.com/cursed-movie-craven-cut-complete-unfinished-ending/}}</ref> On October 30, 2018, former Dimension COO Cary Blanat revealed in an interview with ''[[Bloody Disgusting]]'' that the original footage still exists.<ref>{{cite web|first=Fred|last=Topel|title=Former Dimension Exec Says the First Cut of Wes Craven's 'Cursed' Still Exists and Should Be Released [Exclusive]|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3530211/former-dimension-exec-thinks-first-cut-wes-cravens-cursed-totally-released-exclusive/|date=October 30, 2018|website=Bloody Disgusting|access-date=March 23, 2021}}</ref> Writing for the site, Meagan Navarro added the film to her list of potential director's cut yet to be released, calling for those responsible to "release the Craven Cut."<ref>{{cite web|first=Meagan|last=Navarro|title=Release the Craven Cut: We're Still Waiting on the Director's Cuts of These 9 Horror Movies|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3618255/move-snyder-cut-release-directors-cuts-9-horror-movies/|date=May 27, 2020|website=Bloody Disgusting|access-date=March 10, 2021}}</ref>

Editor [[Patrick Lussier]] commented on the movement in July 2021, stating that a release of the original cut of the film was very unlikely due to the ending never being shot, and also due to a lack of popularity, as opposed to a film like ''[[Zack Snyder's Justice League]]''. Lussier claimed he had no idea who owned the rights to the film due to various [[Miramax]] properties reverting to other companies, leaving any future of an alternate cut in doubt.<ref name="Screen Rant Lussier"/><ref name="auto2">{{cite AV media|host=Pizowell|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gum1tB2D4Eo|title=''Patrick Lussier on'' Cursed ''(2005) - The Disastrous Production, The Many Cuts & Will We Ever See Them''|date=July 14, 2021|via=YouTube|access-date=July 19, 2021}}</ref>

In 2022, images from the Craven cut were posted on the website ''Hello Sidney''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hellosidney.com/content/exclusive-photos-from-cursed-the-craven-cut/|title=Exclusive Photos From 'Cursed: The Craven Cut'|first=Rodrigo|last=Kurtz|work=Hello Sidney|date=February 16, 2022|access-date=October 28, 2025|url-status=live|archive-date=October 28, 2025|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20251028021009/https://hellosidney.com/content/exclusive-photos-from-cursed-the-craven-cut/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3703839/cursed-the-craven-cut-never-before-seen-photos-surface-of-skeet-ulrich-and-more/|title='Cursed: The Craven Cut' – Never-Before-Seen Photos Surface of Skeet Ulrich and More!|first=John|last=Squires|work=Bloody Disgusting|date=February 16, 2022|access-date=October 28, 2025|url-status=live|archive-date=October 28, 2025|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20251028021042/https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3703839/cursed-the-craven-cut-never-before-seen-photos-surface-of-skeet-ulrich-and-more/}}</ref>

==References==
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