Cursed (2005)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Wes Craven

Writer (WGA):

Kevin Williamson (written by)

Release Date:

25 February 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

Plot:

A werewolf loose in Los Angeles changes the lives of three young adults, who, after being mauled by the beast, learn they must kill their attacker if they hope to change their fate to avoid becoming werewolves too.

Plot Keywords:

Horror Comedy | Hall Of Mirrors | Costume Party | Cuckoo Clock | Fortune Teller

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Portia de Rossi	...	Zela
Mya	...	Jenny
Shannon Elizabeth	...	Becky
Solar	...	Zipper
Daniel Edward Mora	...	Jose (as Daniel Mora)
Kristina Anapau	...	Brooke
Jesse Eisenberg	...	Jimmy
Milo Ventimiglia	...	Bo
Jonny Acker	...	Earl
Eric Ladin	...	Louie
Christina Ricci	...	Ellie
Joshua Jackson	...	Jake
Derek Mears	...	Werewolf
Nick Offerman	...	Officer
Ken Rudulph	...	Newscaster
Judy Greer	...	Joanie
Michelle Krusiec	...	Nosebleed Co-worker
Scott Baio	...	Himself
Shashawnee Hall	...	Wrestling Coach
Craig Kilborn	...	Himself
Emilie Odeile	...	Co-Worker (as Emily O'Deile)
Lance Bass	...	Himself
Egan Friedlander	...	Bouncer
Randolph LeRoi	...	Randy (as Randolph Le Roi)
Brian Boone	...	Frantic Bouncer
Gary Dubin	...	Police Officer #1
Chris J. Johnson	...	Police Officer #2 (as Chris Johnson)
Wilmer Calderon	...	Police Officer #3
Brett Rickaby	...	Animal Control Officer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Doug Berry	...	Paramedic (uncredited)
Erik Rodham Clinton	...	Band Member (uncredited)
Brandon Cox	...	Penguin Guy #2 (uncredited)
Jason Cox	...	Grady (uncredited)
Jason Dottley	...	Voice (uncredited)
Katherine Evagelou	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Gregory Nicotero	...	Man pushing Dracula's coffin (uncredited)
Jason Pierce	...	Nick (uncredited)
Hans Raith	...	Nightclub Security (uncredited)
Johnny Ray	...	Security guard (uncredited)
Jaret Reddick	...	Band Member (uncredited)
Michael Rosenbaum	...	Kyle (uncredited)
Bowling for Soup	...	Carnival Band (uncredited)
Christopher Van Malmsteen	...	Band Member (uncredited)
Gary Wiseass	...	Band Member (uncredited)

Directed by
Wes Craven

Writing credits (WGA)
Kevin Williamson		(written by)

Produced by
Daniel K. Arredondo	....	co-producer (as Dan Arredondo)
Stuart M. Besser	....	co-executive producer (as Stuart Besser)
Jennifer D. Breslow	....	co-producer (as Jennifer Breslow)
Dixie J. Capp	....	co-producer
David Crockett	....	co-executive producer
Marianne Maddalena	....	producer
Nicholas Mastandrea	....	associate producer (as Nicholas C. Mastandrea)
Julie Plec	....	co-producer
Andrew Rona	....	executive producer
Bob Weinstein	....	executive producer
Harvey Weinstein	....	executive producer
Brad Weston	....	executive producer
Kevin Williamson	....	producer

Original Music by
Marco Beltrami

Cinematography by
Robert McLachlan

Film Editing by
Patrick Lussier
Lisa Romaniw

Casting by
Lisa Beach
Mark Bennett
Sarah Katzman
Greg Orson

Production Design by
Chris Cornwell
Bruce Alan Miller

Art Direction by
Andrew Max Cahn
Jeff Knipp

Set Decoration by
Douglas A. Mowat
Dena Roth

Costume Design by
Alix Friedberg

Makeup Department
Luisa Abel	....	makeup department head
Merribelle Anderson	....	key hair stylist (as Merribelle A. Anderson)
Rick Baker	....	special makeup effects artist
Rick Baker	....	special makeup effects creator
Rick Baker	....	special makeup effects designer
Howard Berger	....	additional werewolf effects creator
Anita Brabec	....	key makeup artist (as Anita Barbec)
Judy Crown	....	hair department head
Dawn Dininger	....	special makeup effects artist
Audrey Goetz	....	special makeup effects: hair
Connie Grayson	....	hair department
Ursula Hawks	....	special makeup effects: hair
Grady Holder	....	dental prosthetics: K.N.B. EFX Group
Judy Lovell	....	makeup artist
Clayton Martinez	....	mold department: Cinovation Studios
Lori McCoy-Bell	....	hair department head
Deborah Merle	....	key makeup artist
Sylvia Nava	....	special makeup effects: hair
Gregory Nicotero	....	additional special makeup effects supervisor (as Greg Nicotero)
Gregory Nicotero	....	additional werewolf effects creator (as Greg Nicotero)
Douglas Noe	....	prosthetics makeup artist
Julie Pearce	....	makeup department head
Bill Sturgeon	....	makeup effects producer: Cinovation Studios
Norman Tempia	....	special makeup effects: hair
Lynne Watson	....	special makeup effects: hair
Nacoma Whobrey	....	assistant makeup artist
Hiroshi Yada	....	mold department: Cinovation
Diana Yun Soo Yoo	....	special makeup effects artist
Michael Burnett	....	special makeup effects artist: prosthetic mask fabrication (uncredited)
Michelle Rene Elam	....	key hair stylist (uncredited)
Thomas Floutz	....	special makeup effects artist: crew (uncredited)
Jake Garber	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Adruitha Lee	....	daily hair stylist (uncredited)
Christopher Allen Nelson	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Tijen Osman	....	assistant hair stylist (uncredited)
Yesim 'Shimmy' Osman	....	assistant hair stylist (uncredited)
Yoichi Art Sakamoto	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Brad Scott	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Patrick Tatopoulos	....	creature designer and creator: final fight sequence, Patrick Tatopoulos Designs (uncredited)
Angie Wells	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Tina Anderson	....	post-production supervisor
Stuart M. Besser	....	unit production manager
Mads Hansen	....	production supervisor: second unit
Robert Leveen	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lori Ashfield	....	dga trainee
Rick Avery	....	second unit director
Andy Cheng	....	second unit director
Maximillian D. Day	....	first assistant director
Patrick Lussier	....	second unit director
Maria Mantia	....	second assistant director
Nicholas Mastandrea	....	first assistant director
Carla R. Ponzio	....	second assistant director: second unit & additional photography
Yumiko Takeya	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Laine Abramson	....	buyer
Banner Agundez	....	props
Sharon E. Alshams	....	lead set designer (as Sharon Alshams)
Chris Alvarez	....	welding foreman
Clifton Anshanslin	....	scenic designer
Michael J. Bertolina	....	on-set dresser: additional photography
Tristan Paris Bourne	....	set designer (as Tristan Bourne)
Richard Brunton	....	leadman
Gae S. Buckley	....	lead designer (as Gae Buckley)
Timothy Burgard	....	storyboard artist
Elida Cerda	....	construction medic
Skip Crank	....	assistant property master
Gene Darnell	....	set designer
Doug Devine	....	set dresser: reshoots
David Elliott	....	construction coordinator
Eva Firshein	....	buyer
Matthew Gilbert	....	props (as Matthew L. Gilbert)
Guy Hietala	....	set painter gang boss
John Paul 'J.P.' Jones	....	property master
Richard W. Jones	....	greens foreman (as Richard Jones)
Steven Kerlagon	....	paint supervisor
Holiday Landa	....	art department coordinator
Kim Lincoln	....	graphic designer
Lyle Maves	....	plasterer foreman
Barbara Mesney	....	lead set designer
Christopher Morente	....	greensperson
Christa Munro	....	graphic designer
Happy Nakamura	....	property assistant
Kathy Orlando	....	buyer
Mark Poll	....	lead set designer
Bob Renna	....	draper
Kim Richey	....	assistant property master: second unit/additional photography
Lee Ross	....	on-set scenic
Michael Ruby	....	supervising signwriter
Alex Sessing	....	on-set greensman
Chad Simpson	....	paint foreman
Andre Sowards	....	set dresser
Shannon Spinella	....	set dresser
Casandra Wasaff	....	art department assistant
Emily A. Wilson	....	art department coordinator (as Emily Meyers)
Bryan McBrien	....	greensman (uncredited)

Sound Department
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
Jessy Bender	....	sound utility
G.W. Brown	....	adr supervisor
G.W. Brown	....	supervising adr editor
Devendra Damon Cleary	....	sound utility: pick-ups
John T. Cucci	....	foley artist
Richard Duarte	....	foley mixer
David E. Fluhr	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gabriel Guy	....	sound recordist
Shawn Holden	....	sound mixer: additional photography
Henry Hsiao	....	synth programming
Kevin Hyde	....	boom operator
Michael Edward Johnson	....	sound effects editor
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Adam Kopald	....	sound effects editor
John Kwiatkowski	....	dialogue editor
Donald J. Malouf	....	sound effects editor
Christian P. Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Charles W. Ritter	....	foley artist
Charles W. Ritter	....	foley editor
Brian Robinson	....	boom operator
Victoria Rose Sampson	....	adr editor
Jim Stuebe	....	sound mixer
Ann L. Thornberg	....	assistant sound editor
Todd Toon	....	supervising sound editor
Mark A. Tracy	....	first assistant sound editor

Special Effects by
Rick Baker	....	special makeup effects
Jim Beinke	....	werewolf fabricator, project supervisor: Rick Baker Cinovation Studios
Roland Blancaflor	....	makeup appliance department supervisor: Rick Baker/Cinovation Studio
Ron Bolanowski	....	special effects supervisor
Darrell Burgess	....	special effects technician
Mark R. Byers	....	reshoot coordinator
Mark R. Byers	....	special effects coordinator
John Calpin	....	special effects makeup
John Calpin	....	special effects technician
Roy K. Cancino	....	special effects technician (as Roy Kim Cancino)
Sam Dean	....	special effects technician
Michael Duenas	....	special effects technician
Jurgen Heimann	....	monster mechanical department (as Jurgen Hefman)
Sean Kennedy	....	special effects moldmaker
Steve Koch	....	designer/sculptor: Cinovation Studios
Russell Lukich	....	special effects makeup
Steve Luport	....	special effects technician
Stephane Nicoli	....	seamer
Andy Schoneberg	....	project supervisor: Cinovation
Patrick Tatopoulos	....	creature designer and creator: fnal fight sequence, SPFX
Clark Templeman	....	special effects foreman
Patricia Urias	....	seaming department
Brian Van Dorn	....	mold department
Jenny Wallace	....	special effects buyer
Daniel Yates	....	special effects technician (as Daniel J. Yates)
George Zamora	....	pyrotechnician
George Zamora	....	special effects foreman (as George M. Zamora)

Visual Effects by
Ohkba Ameziane-Hassani	....	visual effects consultant: Mokko Studio
Scott Anderson	....	visual effects editor
Chih-Jen Chang Andy	....	digital compositor: Luma Pictures
Cynthia Aragon	....	lead rotoscope artist: SPI (as Cynthia E. Aragon)
Jared Barber	....	animator
Alfredo R. Barcia	....	lead production services technician: SPI
Yakov Baytler	....	character pipeline technical director: SPI
Jill Berger	....	senior technical director
Danny Bergeron	....	visual effects executive producer: MOKKO Studio
Melissa Best	....	2D compositor: Frantic Films
Rob Blue	....	digital artist: SPI
Jorge Bobadilla Jr.	....	senior production services technician
Jason Booth	....	lead compositor
Francois Bordez	....	senior modeler: SPI
Carole Bouchard	....	executive producer: FX Cartel
Christian Boudman	....	digital compositor
Brent Breedveld	....	visual effects animator
Jeremy Cantor	....	animation supervisor: SPI
Kyle Cassidy	....	visual effects: Luma Pictures
Oscar G. Castillo	....	visual effects
Irfan Celik	....	technical director: The Orphanage
Annie Cliche	....	visual effects assistant: FXCartel
Spencer Cook	....	animation supervisor: SPI
Etienne Daigle	....	digital compositor
Sumit Das	....	character setup technical director: SPI (as Sumit Davis)
Shane Davidson	....	digital compositor
Peter Demarest	....	digital artist
Frank D'Iorio	....	digital compositor: Mokko Studio
Roxanne Dorman	....	visual effects editor: SPI
David S. Dranitzke	....	visual effects
Conrad Dueck	....	CGI supervisor: Frantic Films
Karin Eunson-Ross	....	visual effects producer: Frantic Films
Saeed Faridzadeh	....	digital compositor
Kristen Farlow	....	visual effects assistant coordinator: SPI
Jenny Fulle	....	visual effects executive producer: SPI
Jamison Scott Goei	....	visual effects supervisor: Rez-Illusion
Ryan Grobins	....	digital compositor
Chloe Grysole	....	visual effects producer: FXCartel
H Haden Hammond	....	visual effects: Luma Pictures
Max Harris	....	digital compositor: SPI
Kevin Tod Haug	....	visual effects designer: additional sequences
Ki Jong Hong	....	creature technical director
Richard R. Hoover	....	visual effects supervisor
Ben Houston	....	fluids researcher: Frantic Films
Kevin Hudson	....	lead modeler: SPI
Adnan Hussain	....	hair technical director
Christian Irles	....	digital artist: Klon Films
Sully Jacome-Wilkes	....	texture artist
Sarahjane Javelo	....	digital paint/rotoscope artist
Justin Johnson	....	visual effects
Bruce Jurgens	....	CG supervisor: Luma Pictures
Yun Geuk Kang	....	senior modeler
Bill Kent	....	2D visual effects supervisor
Kathryn Kerr	....	visual effects assistant: additional sequences
Wendy Klein	....	visual effects: Luma Pictures
Sean Konrad	....	digital compositor
Stephen Kowalski	....	systems architect
Luis Labrador	....	senior modeler: SPI
Alain Lachance	....	digital compositor: Mokko Studio
Daniel La Chapelle	....	digital effects artist
Lea Lambert	....	rotoscope artist: SPI
Sylvain Lebeau	....	digital artist
Tom Leckie	....	digital compositor
John J.S. Lee	....	lead production services technician: SPI
Woei Lee	....	digital compositor
Jonathan Legris	....	digital artist: Klon Films
Danny Levesque	....	digital artist: Mokko Studio
Randy Link	....	animation
Francis Liu	....	CG lookup development lead technical director: SPI (as Francis P. Liu)
Kevin Manning	....	visual effects: Luma Pictures
Christopher Mapes	....	visual effects
Simon Marinof	....	motion tracking
Benoit Martel	....	visual effect producer: FOGstudio
Jean-Yves Martel	....	executive producer: FX Cartel
Artin Matousian	....	system administrator
Jason McDade	....	previsualization: zipper sequence, SPI
Paul McGhee	....	digital color timer: SPI
Leslie McMinn	....	visual effects producer: FX Cartel
Gustav Melich	....	technical director: SPI
Evangeline Monroy	....	visual effects coordinator: SPI
Glenn Morris	....	digital effects producer: Luma Pictures
Amanda Morrison	....	lead compositor: SPI
Alex Murtaza	....	lighting artist: Frantic Films
Maks Naporowski	....	senior digital artist
Ian Noe	....	digital effects producer: Luma Pictures
Natalie Nolan	....	compositor
Ethan Ormsby	....	technical director
Myrko Piche	....	digital artist: FOGstudio
Yvan Pinard	....	digital artist
Susan Polk Little	....	tehnical director: hair pipeline (as Suzi Hammon)
Jay Randall	....	visual effects supervisor: FX Cartel
Pavani Rao	....	matchmove artist: The Orphanage
Jean-Pierre Riverin	....	digital artist: Mokko Studio
Trey Roane	....	compositor: Luma Pictures
David Schoneveld	....	digital compositor: Luma Pictures
Vincent Serritella	....	senior technical director
Payam Shohadai	....	digital effects supervisor: Luma Pictures
Thanapoom Siripopungul	....	visual effects artist: Luma Pictures
Rob Sischy	....	visual effects compsitor
David A. Smith	....	CG supervisor: SPI
Keith W. Smith	....	animator
Kevin Andrew Smith	....	CG lookup development lead technical director: SPI
Omar Smith	....	character setup lead technical director: SPI
Diana Stulic	....	visual effects producer: SPI (as Diana Stulic Ibanez)
Allen Tracy	....	visual effects coordinator: Frantic Films
Mathieu Tremblay	....	visual effects coordinator: Mokko Studio
Dana Vanhove	....	digital production management
Martial Vincent	....	executive producer: FX Cartel
Dan Walker	....	compositor
Tamara Watts Kent	....	visual effects producer
Barry Weiss	....	senior staff: SPI
Mary Beth Worzella	....	associate visual effects producer
Kevin Baillie	....	associate visual effects supervisor: The Orphanage (uncredited)
Matt Broeska	....	lead matchmove artist: Frantic Films (uncredited)
Michael Duhatschek	....	character modeler (uncredited)
Trevor Hazel	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Alex Henning	....	digital compositor: The Orphanage (uncredited)
Geneviève Labelle	....	digital compositor: Mokko Studio (uncredited)
Thomas Mathai	....	data manager (uncredited)
Donny Rausch	....	digital compositor: SPI (uncredited)
Marc A. Rousseau	....	visual effects producer: Mokko Studio (uncredited)
Rosendo Salazar	....	technical director (uncredited)
Jane Sharvina	....	compositor: Frantic Films (uncredited)
George Taylor	....	compositor (uncredited)
Blair Werschler	....	visual effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Hank Amos	....	stunt double
Daniel Arrias	....	stunt performer
Brian Avery	....	stunt double
Joni Avery	....	stunt performer
Michael Avery	....	stunt performer
Tammie Rae Baird	....	stunt double
Matt Baker	....	stunts
Terry Bartlett	....	stunt performer
Jake Brake	....	stunt rigger
Craig Branham	....	stunt performer
Alex Chansky	....	stunts
Andy Cheng	....	action coordinator
Brycen Counts	....	stunt performer
Charles Croughwell	....	stunt coordinator (as Charlie Croughwell)
Joshua Croughwell	....	stunt performer
Michelle Croughwell	....	stunt performer
Danny Downey	....	stunt double
Paul Eliopoulos	....	stunt performer
Richard Epper	....	utility stunts
Debbie Evans	....	stunt performer
Bill Forchion	....	stunt double
Sean Graham	....	stunt performer
Tabby Hanson	....	stunt performer (as Tabby Hanson Graham)
Anita Hart	....	stunt double: Shannon Elizabeth
Jim Hart	....	stunts
Alisa Hensley	....	stunt performer
Kanin Howell	....	stunt performer
David Hugghins	....	stunt rigger (as David Huggins)
Michael Hugghins	....	stunt rigger
Li Jing	....	stunt performer
Bevin Kaye	....	stunt performer
Lauren Kim	....	stunts
Paul Lacovara	....	stunts
Dan Lemieux	....	stunts
Janie Liszewski	....	stunts
Dina L. Margolin	....	stunt performer (as Dina Margolin)
Karine Mauffrey	....	stunt double: Christina Ricci
Buck McDancer	....	stunts
Angela Meryl	....	stunt double
Chris Monberg	....	stunt performer
Billy Morts	....	stunt performer
Sonja Munsterman	....	stunt performer
Daniel T. O'Brien	....	stunt rigger
Doug O'Dell II	....	stunts
Chris O'Hara	....	stunt performer
Chase Penny	....	stunt performer
Darrin Prescott	....	stunts
Ian Quinn	....	utility stunts
Mika Saito	....	stunt performer
Felipe Savahge	....	stunts
Felipe Savahge	....	utility stunts
Joanna Shelmidine	....	stunt double
Tony Snegoff	....	stunts
Scott Sproule	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Jesse Tannenbaum	....	stunt performer
Frank Torres	....	stunts
Xuyen Valdivia	....	stunt performer
Mark Aaron Wagner	....	stunt performer
Boni Yanagisawa	....	stunt performer
Greg Anthony	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Kevin Beard	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Cassandra McCormick	....	stunt performer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Alexonis	....	best boy grip
Brian Bartolini	....	electrician
Lisa Bonaccorso	....	camera loader
Brad Boyer	....	best boy grip
Eric Budlong	....	grip
Sean Callan	....	video tape operator
John S. Campbell	....	rigging grip
Gary L. Camp	....	Steadicam operator: additional photography
Gary L. Camp	....	camera operator: "a" camera, additional photography
Dan Carpluk	....	company grip
David Chameides	....	Steadicam operator
Vincent Contarino	....	dimmer board operator
William Coss	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Mark Cueto	....	lighting technician
Thomas M. Dangcil	....	lighting technician
Frank Dorowsky	....	rigging gaffer
Michael S. Endler	....	first assistant camera
Shawn Ensign	....	company grip
David Gasperik	....	camera operator: second unit
Jeff Gatesman	....	gaffer: second unit
Daniel C. Gold	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Russell Griffith	....	gaffer: second unit
Mark Gutterud	....	camera technician: VistaVision camera
R. Dana Harlow	....	company grip
Stan Harrison	....	video assist operator
Jimmy Harritos	....	rigging electrician
Casey Hotchkiss	....	camera operator
Paul Hughen	....	director of photography: second unit
Jacques Jouffret	....	Steadicam operator
Gary Kelso	....	grip
Scott C. Keys	....	rigging electrician
Eric Lee	....	still photographer
Jesse MacDonald	....	camera loader
Richard Masino	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit
Don McCuaig	....	director of photography: second unit, additional photography (as Donald M. McCuaig)
Darin Moran	....	assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit
Luis Moreno	....	lighting technician
David Morenz	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Matthew Moriarty	....	assistant camera
Jeff Murrell	....	gaffer (as Jeffrey Murrell)