BA_Harrison
Wildlife film-maker Ted (Michael Paré) and his tasty girlfriend Marjorie (Johanna Marlowe) are happily having it off in their jungle tent when they are rudely interrupted by a massive werewolf that proceeds to savage the naked woman with its massive jaws and slash at the poor bloke with its razor-sharp claws. Too late to save his lover, a wounded Ted grabs his shotgun and blows the creature's head off in a welter of gore.Sexy, bloody, and with one hell of an impressive looking monster, writer/director Eric Red's opening scene to Bad Moon is a real corker, which makes it all the more frustrating when the film settles into a more mundane mode, Ted having a hairy time of it coming to terms with being a lycanthrope while putting those he loves most in mortal danger. Thankfully, a couple of cool kills by the gnarly werewolf keep the film ticking along until the fun finalé, in which loyal hound Thor (talented German Shepherd Primo, who puts in the best performance of the film) risks his life to protect Ted's sister Janet (Mariel Hemingway) and her son Brett (Mason Gamble) from being eaten alive by the beast.
sydneyswesternsuburbs
Director and screenplay writer Eric Red who also wrote and directed another classic flick, Cohen and Tate 1988 and also wrote other classic flicks, Near Dark 1987 and The Hitcher 1986 has also created another gem in Bad Moon.Starring Michael Pare who has also been in other classic flicks, Rampage 2009, Direct Contact 2009, Seed 2007 and Home Room 2002.Also starring Mariel Memingway.Also starring Mason Gamble.I enjoyed the attack scenes.If you enjoyed this as much as I did then check out other classic werewolf flicks, Big Bad Wolf 2006, Dog Soldiers 2002, Ginger Snaps 2000, Ginger Snaps: Unleashed 2004, Silver Bullet 1985, An American Werewolf in London 1981, Full Eclipse 1993, Wer 2013, Late Phases 2014 and The Wolfman 2010.
dbdumonteil
...as Creedence Clearwater Revival would sing.The subject is as old as the hill and I'm sure that 99% of the users have seen at least ten other movies about werewolves ,provided that they are horror and fantasy movies buffs ,of course.This one hits rock bottom.the only originality is that the hero was bitten (why by the way?) in the jungle,while making love with his girl friend who was less lucky and got eaten by the beast.He chooses his sister's wife as a convalescent(?) home ;this woman (Mariel Hemingway is a limited actress,to put it mildly) has a boy (of course very clever) and a dog that gives the best performance of the movie: he looks very intense when he gazes upon Ted's trailer.The rest of the movie is so trite,so hackneyed and so "déjà vu " it's extraordinary people should produce such drivel.One may think that the crook ,at the beginning of the story,will play an important part in the plot: he won't.
TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews
I have not read the novel, nor do I particularly intend to. It isn't too difficult to tell that this is basically(that would be completely fine, if it was just, you know, good) a dog movie(right down to the usual near-ending scene of such), with the addition of a werewolf. That likes to play with its food, tends to be utterly incapable of closing its mouth, and the effects of which scream "we paid for this animatronic and darn it, we're gonna use it". The framing seems odd. The pacing only gets to be painful when this tries to build suspense(meanwhile, did it ever occur to them to go for an effective reveal on the creature? Or at least attempt to hide how obviously fake it looks?), with it merely being decent apart from that. The characters, motivations and credibility could use more consistency and quality writing. The script jumps straight into all the pitfalls of clichés and predictable developments, and after it makes an effort to change the familiar rules of the lore(presumably to tailor them to what they wanted to do in this), it proceeds to follow them instead of going with what they changed it to. The music isn't always dreadful, but it is considerably grander than the visuals it's put to, once or twice. The acting is adequate, no one really stands out as either strongly positive or negative(and they didn't have a lot to work with). The actor playing the being does have the voice and the appearance to match it. The kid isn't that expressive. This at most barely reaches the running time of a feature-length production. The camera and editing are powerfully uninspired, when at their best. There's some gratuitous sex and violence, and a little language. This can be fun to MST3K, though beyond that, hope for and expect little satisfaction from this mutt of a picture. I recommend this solely to the biggest fans of canine(think Lassie) and/or undead flicks. 5/10
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