cliff-wheatley
I'll admit that when you buy / rent / download a movie like this, you deserve everything that you get.Some low budget movies are great (Mad Max / Road Warrior was superb). Some movies are so stupid, they are funny (Bad Taste or any of Peter Jackson's earlier work). Bad Moon Rising was just really bad.I'm not going to bang on about the random camera work, yellow people or poor acting. I share the opinion of everyone else about how lousy it was.What I want to know is how the Writer / Director / Producer / Coffee Maker thought he could release the movie in the state that it was in? That mini gun scene was an anti-climax because of the Atari video game sound effects and the movie briefly entered soft porn territory with a lesbo kissing scene somewhere in the middle. Even that couldn't save it.Who encouraged Mark E Poole to make films? Dude - Get out. It's OK to admit defeat.
Elijah_Chandler
Let's get some things out of the way: I was born, and spent a lot of my youth, in Louisville, Kentucky and it was very cool to see a movie shot there (last one I can think of was STRIPES). Also, I LOVE Zombie Flicks. See how I capitalized Zombie Flick? Look, I did it again! I'm also a fledgling movie producer of really dumb short films, and not half bad industrial films. (http://www.youtube.com/elcheapofilms) On to my review... I tried, tried, TRIED to like this movie but I couldn't. The lighting was bad, the plot was shaky at best, and the acting... oh the acting. How could you live in a city that holds the best Off-Broadway theatre troupe in the country (Actors Theatre) and have acting this bad? It's got a motorcycle gang, Zombies, and SCANTILY CLAD WOMEN! What happened?! You know what really gets me though? I've got a script sitting right next to me for a great little Zombie Flick and now the absolute best title I've ever heard for a non-Romero Zombie Flick has been taken. 'Dead Moon Rising'? Are you kidding me?! That title is so brilliant it earned them an extra star (and they only got two folks)! Also, check out that poster! It's like Evil Dead meets Duke Nukem (ED+DN=AWESOME). You've cut me deep Producers of Dead Moon Rising, you've cut me deep.
benvoliolover
I may be a bit biased when it comes to my love of this movie because I'm a Louisvillian, I'm also a huge indie movie fan. However, that is not the only reason I LOVE Dead Moon Rising. It is just plain fun-a good time-(with some great characters), it's also filmed in Louisville, which to anyone born here should be really exciting. It's a local film from a great bunch of people who all have a real passion for what they're doing. The males are more than hilarious, the ladies are not only sexy but crazy/vicious and so great to watch... The movie, as a whole, is just a damn good time. Those are only a few reasons why I LOVE, with a passion, this movie!If you enjoy low-budget indie films, give this movie a chance, you won't regret it.
laserdragon
I won't say this is the worst film ever (I've seen Dark harvest 2) but in spite of the fact that it was made in my hometown, I can't give it a glowing review either. I kept having to stretch my sense of the believable a little too far in order to accept certain scenes (especially one where the bikers and monsters meet in the supposedly "deserted" city, while you can see a busy intersection up the road.However, the women were pretty hot, and the movie sometimes came off a little bit humorously, which I understand was the point - so I will give it a halfway decent grade. But this movie is probably a lot better if you've had a little to drink first.
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