Rick Baker Design of “Cursed” Werewolf

[sodacat]

Originally Posted by Shadow_Dragon

Well, bear werewolves aside, I think it was also due to the sheer cheesiness of the plot and dialogue.

When Cursed originally came out in theaters it was a PG-13 movie. There wasn't a single shot of violence in the entire movie. It was a slasher movie with no slashing. The unrated home release was just the R version of the movie, and that's the one everyone in this thread has seen and that I, personally, enjoy as a b-movie.

The way Hollywood butchers movies so that teenagers can watch them is mind-boggling. Yes, teens are the largest movie-going audience but if you take a movie where people want to see the R-rated parts of it, or a movie that teens don't want to watch anyways (like Master and Commander), and then edit it down to a PG-13 movie, that doesn't automatically make teens want to see it.

Seriously I would kill a man to see the work print for Master and Commander.

Oh what the hell the original version of Cursed had Omar Epps and James Brolin? When your editing removes those two men from a movie you know you're doing wrong.

[Hardcase]

Originally Posted by sodacat

Seriously I would kill a man to see the work print for Master and Commander.

You and me both. A seriously underrated film, Master and Commander.

On Baker's wolf, how do you reject the man that basically created the Best Makeup Effect category in film?

It boggles the mind.

[Skalla-Grimm]

Originally Posted by Hardcase

On Baker's wolf, how do you reject the man that basically created the Best Makeup Effect category in film?

It boggles the mind.

Wouldn't be the only time either. He wanted to use practical effects for the shape-shifting in The Wolf Man reboot but got over-ruled because some people are crazy for digital

[Thrillerboy]

Someone with twitter should tweet Baker and ask if there is test footage of his version of the wolf, or an early demo of a tf scene using his wolf. A guy can dream, can't he?

[johnmichael]

I remember this:

[Northwind]

Were there any pictures in Fangoria #241?

[johnmichael]

Originally Posted by Northwind

Were there any pictures in Fangoria #241?

Nope. Zip, zero, nothing, nada.

[Dr. Otto]

Originally Posted by johnmichael

I remember this:

I don't care how fucking rich you are. If you thought this sucked and preferred the CGI version seen in the movie, you're just a lucky moron who inherited the wealth from his parents.

[Wbfoot]

Originally Posted by johnmichael

I remember this:

HAWT!!

OMG what a shame .... Would have preferred that ten times more than that crappy CGI.

[Chef123]

Originally Posted by Wbfoot

HAWT!!

OMG what a shame .... Would have preferred that ten times more than that crappy CGI.

Everyone would have prefered this over the bad CGI, I guess. They even make fun of the CGI in the DVD audio commentary track. Saying that she looked like an alien, when she lost her hair in the TF scene!

Even if they didn't go with the great design of Rick Baker, they should at least have used a combination of prostetics/make-up effects and CGI and not only CGI, so the actual Tf scene would have looked a bit more realistic.