Ellie's brother, Jimmy, played believably enough by Jesse Eisenberg, becomes "cursed" when he and his sister get into a car wreck on Mulholland Drive and are subsequently attacked by a werewolf. The two become creatures themselves, of course, and begin to use their powers to get back at those people in their life that are keeping them down.

Jimmy goes after the wrestling bullies who enjoy calling him a "fag." Ellie has it out for a fellow worker at "The Craig Kilborn Show." Now that's scary! A cameo by Scott Baio, of all people, does little to enliven this tired take on an old legend.

"The Howling" successfully modernized the werewolf epic years ago. It's a movie with atmosphere and real terror...oh yeah, and a good story. "Cursed" is too ridiculous to be scary.

Joshua Jackson is the "love interest" in this film, if that tells you anything. He is opening a club like the Hard Rock Café, only this club is centered around horror films. Why it's called "Tinsel" is beyond me. It looks a lot like the theme restaurant Jeckyl and Hyde to me. Jackson sleepwalks through this picture with his half-closed eyelid routine getting more and more annoying as the story progresses. Once again, here's a movie with a boy playing the part of a man. He looks like he should be opening a school locker, not a club.

I would tell you who done it, but I think everyone deserves the chance to be "cursed."

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