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directed by Sean Ellis this movie came out on February 18 2022 but it was first played at film
festivals in 2021 under the name eight for silver which comes from a nursery rhyme in the film
personally i really like the name eight for silver has some mystery to it this movie puts a really
interesting spin on the werewolf curse involving some kind of magic performed by gypsies the whole
werewolf and gypsies thing in this movie did remind me of the wolfman from 2014. i didn't
hear about this film until recently and i don't know why because it's a great story and it looks
amazing from start to finish the cinematography the sets the costumes all fit so well together
i love when vampire or werewolf movies are a horror movie rather than an adventure movie or
an action movie there's almost no comedic relief great gore and there are some truly unsettling
scenes you're not going to believe the story behind this scarecrow if you enjoy videos like
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the curse came to be and these unique werewolves before we fully dive into the cursed this video is
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the film takes place in the 18th century there was a village named Gévaudan where a pathologist
named John McBride lived for some reason a group of gypsies cursed the land for revenge
john's wife and daughter were killed by a werewolf and many others as well after the creature killed
13 people on one night the gypsies returned and said the curse had had its revenge and the curse
would be locked in gypsy silver we learned later that this silver was the same silver that Judas
was paid to betray Jesus it's not clear how the gypsies acquired it but this must be the reason
the silver has special magical properties the old woman says we have protected it for generations
and it has protected our generations who are they protecting it from i wonder
after his wife and daughter were killed John began trying to track down the gypsies and
stop the curse from being released again in the 18th century the Romani people were
often referred to as Gypsies and although not always the term gypsy was often used as a slur
after the gypsies encased the curse into silver they moved on and eventually made it to a plot
of land they had a claim on from 80 years ago a woman says to prepare the silver again because a
storm is coming and we must be ready gypsies have a very rich culture and are often known for using
tarot card reading and other magic to tell future events so this is possibly how she knew something
bad was coming the man presents the silver coins and then melts some of them down creating the
individual teeth he then puts those teeth on a jawbone from a human skull creating a full set
the woman then puts the teats on some kind of altar and then cast a kind of
curse or spell on the teeth there's also symbols engraved on each tooth
the rich that own the surrounding land are in business together and want the
gypsies gone because they are laying claim to a sizable amount of their land
they offered the gypsies a lot of money to leave but they said they don't want the money
they want their land the rich landowners decide to take the money they were going
to pay the gypsies to leave and use it to hire mercenaries to drive them off the land
but one man says usually the threat is more than enough so they shouldn't have to use violence
the mercenaries ride in but the gypsies refuse to leave and so many of them are killed ran off
the land and their camp burned after we see the mercenaries posing with the dead bodies like
heroes for gunning down innocent unarmed people some of the gypsies are captured and some get away
two of them that were captured are the man and the woman who cursed the silver a mercenary holds up
the teeth and said she tried to bite me with these so she was trying to start the curse on
her own but was unable to the captain says you think you can waltz into my country with your
spells and magic and the gypsy man spits in the captain's face he says to make an example of him a
warning for his kind then he says to bury her and the teeth with her but the man says are you sure
silver worth a pretty penny but the captain says there's no worth in it just death he's
clearly familiar with the magic and curses the gypsies are capable of and has possibly seen this
same curse before since he sounds like he's dealt with the gypsies more than once he was also extra
careful to ask the man if he had been bitten by the teeth before being taken away the gypsy woman
says we will poison your sleep until you summon the dark one then you will know what death is
the male gypsy is put in a scarecrow coat and has a sack put over his head
then two men cut off his hands and feet and then stuff hay where his hands and feet used to be
while screaming in pain they time to some sticks and then hoist him up as a warning the muffled
moaning and screaming from the man with a sack on his head is quite unsettling the woman is
forced to watch the whole time then after thrown into a hole with the other dead bodies and is
buried alive but as she's being buried we see her mouthing some words and speaking cursing the land
after that day everyone in the town began having the same dreams of the field
the woman and the scarecrow then digging up a pair of silver teeth right below him some
kids are playing and singing a kind of nursery rhyme and it goes one for sorrow two for joy
three for a girl four for a boy five for a wedding six for a birth seven for a curse
that's buried in the earth eight for silver nine for gold 10 for a wolf and you won't die old
this is where the original title of the movie eight for silver comes from
eventually all the children from the village go to the field where the gypsies were killed and we
learned that they have been forbidden from coming here since the field was set on fire one kid asks
since that night how many of you have dreamt of the scarecrow and the silver teeth and they
all raised their hands we learned later that some adults were having the same dreams as well
like the woman said we will poison your sleep even john begins having the dreams about the scarecrow
and his family once he arrives on the land even though he has nothing to do with the event that
took place there these dream sequences are truly disturbing at times i like this scene where
there's a strange silence where you can't hear jon talk or yell and you see him look at the scarecrow
and then do his family with a nice glow around them but suddenly he looks back and the scarecrow
is gone and now it's with his family and there's no more glow only gray but he can't make a sound
when the kids are in the field one of them decides to dig to see if the teeth are actually there
and they are but once he opens the container he loses control of himself and begins hearing voices
he puts the teeth into his mouth and seems overcome with something the kids are scared
and backing away but he suddenly turns and attacks Edward and everyone else runs
Edward is the son of Seamus the man who gave the ok to have the gypsies killed Edward becomes very
pale and breaths heavily the doctor says the wound seems to be infected and he has a fever
that night Edward's sister hears him making strange noises and when she goes to check on
him he seems to have some kind of tentacle or vine looking things growing out of his body she
runs to get her parents but her brother suddenly disappears this is how the curse begins to spread
something that's interesting is that the boy who wore the teeth does not become cursed but has no
memory of the event he is the one who figures out that the silver used in the teeth was the same
silver given to Judas so the teeth or the dreams must have had some kind of effect on him they also
find that he had a bible page on him with a verse underlined as silver is melted in the furnace so
will you be melted in its midst and you shall know that i the lord have poured out my fury upon you
Ezekiel 22 22 the curse that was put on the land was put there specifically to kill and destroy
Seamus family because he's the reason the gypsies were killed i mean all these other guys were
probably just as responsible but that's life but this is why Edward was attacked first and why
Seamus was being actively hunted by the infected Edward and the others forcing him to board up
his entire mansion like a zombie apocalypse now let's talk about the actual werewolves
these werewolves are very unique compared to any other I've seen in looks and biology
they are large wolf-like creatures that run on all fours but unlike other werewolves they have
no hair or very little they have very strange looking skin and their head almost looks demonic
these creatures are extremely strong and have enhanced senses and seem to only have one weakness
silver however they can be killed with regular weapons they're just much less effective
pretty much useless unless you really know what you're doing like john when someone is bitten or
scratched they become sick like Edward very weak pale and within the first day begin growing these
strange tendrils and usually run away into the forest these tentacles must be what begin to form
the body of the actual werewolf when this girl's turned she's in great pain when the tendrils come
out of her back she is screaming and saying i need water and she makes her way toward the river
she climbs in and once she does the tendrils pull her underwater and wrap around her putting
her into a kind of cocoon so everyone that gets turned might also have to be in the water for
the full transformation to complete this kind of reminds me of the ancient ritual Arcadians told
where they would swim across a river or pool and come out the other side a werewolf
we see John able to set a trap and kill one of the creatures
it seems to be dead but he brings the body to show the landowners what they're really dealing with
and they're terrified John warns the men to be prepared he cuts open the abdomen of the creature
and inside something seems to be moving the woman who has turned breaks out but is not the same
one of the men tries to approach her but John says don't touch it they never come back the same the
woman begins screeching and coming towards the man as the others yell to shoot and he finally does
the creature was dead but the woman inside was still alive
this means possibly given enough time the werewolf could regenerate again and make a new body
they don't seem to be affected by the full moon but they only come out at night time
they also have no ability to change at will once you become a werewolf you're stuck that way
they find the cursed silver and John has a blacksmith melt down the teeth in order to be
turned into silver bullets when John is attacked by the creature and it realizes he has silver
bullets it hides from him like it recognizes them these bullets were made specifically from
the cursed silver so I'm not sure if just any old silver would have the same effect
but probably when the village is hiding from the creature in a building it was able to speak
in Edward's voice to trick his mother into opening the door so the werewolf is able to
mimic the voice of the person that was turned like a demon pretending to be an innocent child
although this is a supernatural curse there is some kind of biological aspect to it john takes
a sample from a scratch on the door and looks at it under a microscope and it does nothing
but when he adds some of his blood to it it begins changing the blood so it could possibly
be spread through a bite or a scratch or by even just coming in contact with this infected tissue
there does seem to be a cure though Edward becomes the first werewolf and at the end of the film is
shot by john with a silver bullet somehow the silver bullet reverts the curse and he is alive
and normal not like the girl that came out of the other one and with Edward being turned back into
a human that's where the curse ended the movie actually begins with the scene of Edward when
he is much older and fighting in world war one he gets shot and while being operated on they
pull out the large silver bullet so that bullet stayed in them for decades it made me wonder
if the silver bullet staying in him was keeping the curse at bay for all those years
well that's my video on the werewolves from the curse or eight for silver i tried not to spoil
every detail of the story so you could still watch it for yourself if you're interested
and if you like werewolf movies i definitely recommend it i can't praise enough how much i
enjoyed the horror and the serious nature of this film it seems like vampire and werewolf
movies can't help but be campy sometimes and I'm glad this one was nothing like that
if there's any movies or tv shows you'd like me to cover please leave them in the comments below
i always love reading through what you guys recommend one series I've been thinking about
covering is the van housing series from Netflix if you enjoyed leave a like and if you haven't maybe
subscribe I really appreciate it thanks so much for watching and I'll see you in the next video