John McBride (played by Boyd Holbrook) is a protagonist in The Cursed.
A widowed pathologist who comes to the village investigating the curse connected to the Romani massacre. He helps Seamus search for Edward, identifies the infection, kills the transformed Anne-Marie, creates silver bullets, and ultimately protects Charlotte and Edward after their parents die. Seamus Laurent (played by Alistair Petrie) appears in The Cursed.
A brutal land baron and the father of Charlotte and Edward. He leads the slaughter of the Romani clan, making himself and his family targets of the curse. After Anais bites him and he realizes he will transform, he immolates himself before he can attack his family. Anais (played by Roxane Duran) appears in The Cursed.
Seamus's maid who becomes an early victim of the beast. She is bitten while the creature attacks the manor, hides and bandages the wound, then transforms and ambushes Seamus. He kills her creature, but not before she bites him and advances the curse's destruction of the family. Anne-Marie (played by Áine Rose Daly) appears in The Cursed.
A villager who survives an attack that kills two other townspeople but is critically bitten. She returns to the village before transforming and escaping, forcing John to trap and kill her beast. Her exposed human body convinces John that the infected victims cannot be saved.
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Characters
John McBride
(played by Boyd Holbrook) — protagonist
A widowed pathologist who comes to the village investigating the curse connected to the Romani massacre. He helps Seamus search for Edward, identifies the infection, kills the transformed Anne-Marie,...
Seamus Laurent
(played by Alistair Petrie) — supporting
A brutal land baron and the father of Charlotte and Edward. He leads the slaughter of the Romani clan, making himself and his family targets of the curse. After Anais bites him and he realizes he will...
Anais
(played by Roxane Duran) — supporting
Seamus's maid who becomes an early victim of the beast. She is bitten while the creature attacks the manor, hides and bandages the wound, then transforms and ambushes Seamus. He kills her creature, bu...
Anne-Marie
(played by Áine Rose Daly) — supporting
A villager who survives an attack that kills two other townspeople but is critically bitten. She returns to the village before transforming and escaping, forcing John to trap and kill her beast. Her e...
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
John McBride → Seamus Laurent
(Professional Investigator And Patron)
John visits the town while investigating the Romani curse and offers to stay to assist Seamus after the police lieutenant departs.
Seamus Laurent → Anais
(Professional Employer And Maid)
Anais is identified as Seamus's maid, and she bandages and hides her wounds after the beast attacks her.
Story Dynamics
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
John McBride → Anne-Marie
(Conflict Hunter And Infected Victim)
John follows Anne-Marie after she returns bitten, traps the transforming creature, and orders that she be shot after discovering her inside it.
John McBride → Anais
(Conflict Hunter And Infected Victim)
After Anais is bitten, John notices evidence of the attack and later confronts and kills her transformed creature.
Story Analysis
A legacy of violent dispossession returns as a supernatural infection that consumes a family and leaves its survivors carrying the truth.
Plot Progression
Blood on the Disputed Land
The Fangs Awaken
The Infection Revealed
Fire at the Manor
The Church and the Bullet
Directed by Sean Ellis
The Cursed (2021) · 6.6/10 · drama, horror, thriller
