The Accursed (2021) is a horror movie centering on Hana, a woman who spends twenty years suppressing a maleficent curse that was placed upon her bloodline, only to have a family member knowingly release it forcing her to kill or to be killed.
Inspired by Eastern European folklore, an unthinkable betrayal leads to a maleficent curse being placed upon a family’s bloodline. Decades later, a wedding unites the next generation of the estranged family. When one of them knowingly awakens the dark forces that start picking them off one by one, matriarch Hana must figure out who is working against them before the bloody curse takes hold of them forever.
This is the debut feature film by the tandem of filmmakers formed by Kathryn Michelle and Elizabeta Vidovic, who have been the writers and producers of several short films and gained some recognition for their mystery short May I Die (2015). They are also the writers and producers of The Accursed (2021).
The role of Hana is performed by Yancy Butler, who became a mild popular face in the 1990s thanks to her appearance in thriller and action films including Hard Target (1993) alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme, and later starred in the Witchblade (2001–2002) TV series. Recently she has participated in Kick-Ass (2010) and Kick-Ass 2 (2013) as Angie D’Amico. Together with her, Izabela Vidovic, Goran Visnjic, Melora Walters, Maiara Walsh, George Harrison Xanthis, Brianna Joy Chomer, and Miraj Grbic complete the main cast.
The movie is having a digital and theatrical release in the USA on November 12, 2021, by Gravitas Ventures. Watch here the trailer for The Accursed (2021).
