Cursed Films

Besides the episode on The Twilight Zone which digs a little bit deeper into the topic of on-set safety and what actually took place that tragic night, Cursed Films feels as basic and cursory as a click-bait article on cursed productions.

If you've never heard of most of these so- called curses, it's possible that you'll find some of this interesting, but most horror fans who already know most of this information will get bored quickly. For example, there are wonderful E True Hollywood Stories out there on both The Exorcist and the Poltergeist films that cover far more ground and are way more interesting.

If you're a newbie, you might enjoy it. It's still well produced and edited.

"Shudder" really made a nice stab with it's latest doc series "Cursed Films" a five part doc series that examined strange and fatal happenings on the set of some of Hollywood's most famous horror films. Featured in each episode is interviews with those involved and never before seen film footage is often shown of the behind the scenes making. Also featured are pop culture and paranormal and religious experts who give their take on why these things happened to people or why this certain kind of film set seems to be cursed! Episodes are entertaining and informative it takes any horror fan back in time as most episodes involve telling the tragic deaths of actors who worked on the set of their film. "The Crow" episode tells how Brandon Lee was fatally shot by a weapons malfunction and how it was a curse as a demon haunted the Lee family as from his father Bruce's death they all seemed doomed. And the footage of the plane crash from the Twilight Zone episode was tough and crazy to watch as the crash and explosion killed Vic Murrow. Was it that John Landis pushed things to hard and ignored safety? Watch this and be the judge were things just meant to happen or was the devil involved or was a curse meant for these legendary pictures. A must for any horror buff and film history fan!

All the episodes are very entertaining/intriguing. A couple episodes have moments where they go on misdirected tangents, but it all still works. That said, I thought The Crow episode was the most effective. And that shot in the Twilight Zone episode... Holy crap. I'll remember that footage for the rest of my life. I'd love to see another season of this show. Jay Cheel is a talented filmmaker.

This an ok documentary series, however it's not very explorative so you end up with a feeling that something is missing, because actually it is. It turns out that everything is mostly vague and some episodes are even filled with people that have absolutely nothing to do to the films or even with the industry, even so apart from a couple of episodes it's entertaining

REVIEW - CURSED FILMS

Shudder Original

The Exorcist The Poltergeist The Omen The Crow Twilight Zone - The Movie

There are quite a few rumours or urban myths around surrounding some films and apparently that they were cursed.

This short series explores if these are true and actually, wether you believe in such things or not actually some of the events do seem more than coincidence.

Very interesting and enjoyable watch especially as some of the facts surrounding these films are more scary than the films themselves.

Rating 9 out of 10