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Bad Moon
DVD/APPROX. 79 MINS/1996/USA R18+
DVD/APPROX. 79 MINS/1996/USA R18+
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Ever heard of finding a needle in a hay stack? Well that is one way to describe this little overlooked gem of furry goodness. This K9 by night
number was purchased by yours truly in the tossed and forgotten bin at my local record movie hut and could not have been a better find. Plain and
simple character acting along with the story makes this a great Saturday afternoon pic or a come over to my place and watch a movie date film.
The nice not to over the top scenes of gore caps the scenes with what a werewolf should look like man beast brining terror to the Great Pacific
Northwest.
The story open as Ted Harrison (Michael Parй) photojournalist is in Africa on assignment when he and his girlfriend are attacked by a werewolf.
Fighting for there survival, Ted is ravaged on the shoulder as his lady friend is dealt a rather gory little demise at the claws of this towering
creature. Back in the states, Ted hiding his now deadly secret contacts his sister Janet (Mariel Hemingway) and his nephew Bret (Mason Gamble)
after a lengthy period of no communication upon his return. Ted moves down to say with his sister has local authorities are searching for the killer
of 5 hikers in his area, and fears that his secret will be told. While trying to come to grips of his sister now possibly being his next victim, Ted starts
to blame the grizzly slayings on another possibility and even starts to act as if his nephew’s pet German Sheppard Thor could be the cause. As the
rampage continues Janet and Bret are forced in to survival mode do to the witness of Bret’s changing. Taking a different view towards the ending,
we find the hero being the Sheppard Thor and not the typical silver bullet we have all grown to expect.
The film is nicely down and holds the scenes of gore to a minimum, but does have some tasteful decapitations, skull crunches, and
dismemberments which help this werewolf tale sore in a slick cool way. Also the design of the beast is how a werewolf should look, 7+ feet tall,
drooling, just plain no holds bared animal horrific. The fact that nontraditional actions, where taken in this telling as have been done many times
before, such as no silver bullet, and every night Ted turned into a werewolf, not just when the moon was full. Another plus for this film was a little
hint of a horror fan making a film was the confronting of Ted with his nephew Bret as he watched Universal’s classic Werewolf of London (1935)
on TV and started to discuss the ways of the werewolf which was actually quoted in Universal’s Wolfman (1941) not Werewolf Of London.
A plus for any collection, and one that should be watched numerous times.
number was purchased by yours truly in the tossed and forgotten bin at my local record movie hut and could not have been a better find. Plain and
simple character acting along with the story makes this a great Saturday afternoon pic or a come over to my place and watch a movie date film.
The nice not to over the top scenes of gore caps the scenes with what a werewolf should look like man beast brining terror to the Great Pacific
Northwest.
The story open as Ted Harrison (Michael Parй) photojournalist is in Africa on assignment when he and his girlfriend are attacked by a werewolf.
Fighting for there survival, Ted is ravaged on the shoulder as his lady friend is dealt a rather gory little demise at the claws of this towering
creature. Back in the states, Ted hiding his now deadly secret contacts his sister Janet (Mariel Hemingway) and his nephew Bret (Mason Gamble)
after a lengthy period of no communication upon his return. Ted moves down to say with his sister has local authorities are searching for the killer
of 5 hikers in his area, and fears that his secret will be told. While trying to come to grips of his sister now possibly being his next victim, Ted starts
to blame the grizzly slayings on another possibility and even starts to act as if his nephew’s pet German Sheppard Thor could be the cause. As the
rampage continues Janet and Bret are forced in to survival mode do to the witness of Bret’s changing. Taking a different view towards the ending,
we find the hero being the Sheppard Thor and not the typical silver bullet we have all grown to expect.
The film is nicely down and holds the scenes of gore to a minimum, but does have some tasteful decapitations, skull crunches, and
dismemberments which help this werewolf tale sore in a slick cool way. Also the design of the beast is how a werewolf should look, 7+ feet tall,
drooling, just plain no holds bared animal horrific. The fact that nontraditional actions, where taken in this telling as have been done many times
before, such as no silver bullet, and every night Ted turned into a werewolf, not just when the moon was full. Another plus for this film was a little
hint of a horror fan making a film was the confronting of Ted with his nephew Bret as he watched Universal’s classic Werewolf of London (1935)
on TV and started to discuss the ways of the werewolf which was actually quoted in Universal’s Wolfman (1941) not Werewolf Of London.
A plus for any collection, and one that should be watched numerous times.
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