Bad Moon [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Spain ]

If you had a made for TV werewolf movie (like rated PG), then added some brutal attack/death scenes, great gore and monster effects, this is what you’d end up with. But guess what? Those creature effects and gore and attacks… they were pretty awesome! So I’ll give this a soft recommendation for werewolf movie fans.Bad Moon opens with the kind of jungle sets and film quality you’d expect from a TV movie. I’m beginning to wonder just how serious of a movie this is until that poor woman is torn from her tent by a hulking werewolf and lacerated to bloody scraps on-screen. So, perhaps I misjudged this movie.The bloody attack isn’t at all brief, boasts a lot of good latex wound work, and culminates in the beast having its head explode (again, all on-screen) from a gunshot. In a span of 4 minutes I went from dreading watching the rest of this probably softcore adult movie, to thinking it’s already awesome!After the brutal loss of his girlfriend, Ted (Michael Paré; 100 Feet) was wounded by the wolf-like creature before dispatching the monster into a chunky mess. So now infected with lycanthropy, Ted stays with his sister Janet (Mariel Hemingway; Superman IV) out in the woods to lay low as the dead bodies of hikers pile up in the surrounding forest.Unlike most werewolf movies, we know right away who the werewolf is, and little is left to subtlety. Ted’s camper has a microscope, vials of dark red fluids and occult trinkets beside a book entitled “Werewolf Lore.” Yup, the filmmakers were indeed that worried the audience wouldn’t be able to keep up. Were it not for the graphic visceral gore, you’d almost mistake this for a kids’ horror movie.The werewolf special effects is a man in a suit with an animatronic head, and it looks pretty darn good! For whatever reason, it sounds like a creature from Jurassic Park (1993).Not unlike Skinwalkers (2006), this has the look, feel, photography and scoring of a made-for-TV werewolf movie for the Hallmark Channel. But unlike Skinwalkers (2006), this had many redeeming scenes and I actually enjoyed this. Much of the photography seems amateur, but the gore and horror shots deliver every bit of entertainment we were looking for. Director Eric Red (100 Feet, Body Parts) did well by us.The gore action isn’t super abundant, but when it’s there, it’s there! Mostly severed fingers dangle by fleshy strips from their hands, throats slash and spew blood, and flesh readily parts from its owner. And again, this werewolf monster suit looks great. After countless CGI werewolves, some better than others, it’s nice to see an old school tangible monster in the frame.Other than the TV-ness, the major weakness of this movie is the transformation scene. It’s all cheap CGI (maybe the only CGI of the movie) and so bad they shouldn’t have even tried. This is perhaps the most woefully bad transformation scene I’ve endured. But for all the other perks of this movie, I completely forgive this misstep.Far from great, but definitely satisfying to this old school werewolf movie fan, I enjoyed this as a light work-night viewing.

Eric Red has written some great screenplays: The Hitcher, Near Dark, Blue Steel (the 2 latter co-written with Kathryn Bigelow). Bad Moon is no exception to the list. Based on the book "Thor", Bad Moon is well written and it's strength lies in the conflict between Ted and Thor the dog.First off kudos to the dog trainers, they did a great job. Thor is the most developed character in the whole film and I relished every "stare downs", "fight scenes" and intimidation tactics he had versus Ted. I have never seen a dog in a movie with so much personality and so much emphasis accorded to him, very original, very entertaining. The rest of the film is fairly standard Werewolf fare. Yes they discard a few Werewolf rules, in this flick the wolf changes every night not just on a full moon and regular bullets are as effective as silver ones. Those little "variations" don't affect the movie either way. What hurts the film is the chemistry between Pare and Hemingway. It's non existent. Having Pare call Hemingway "sis" all the time made me feel as if they were trying to force feed the fact that they're siblings. I know she's supposed to be his sister...enough with that "sis", "little brother" shite. Pare could call her "sis" 200 times and the chemistry still won't be there.Another problem the film suffers from is the werewolf himself; he looks good BUT he looks fake. Especially in the scenes with the dog. Having a real animal stand next to a fake one doesn't help the illusion. Putting the werewolf in the shadows a bit wouldn't have hurt...the wolf puppet reminded me that I was watching a movie...not good when you're trying to rake in some scares. But the biggest disappointment is the "transformation" finale, they used computer morphing and it looks like...well...computer morphing. No "American Werewolf In London" transformation sequence here - not even a Michael Jackson's "Thriller" transformation. The morphing looks sloppy and feels awkward. But I will give merit when merit is due. The pace of the film is fast, what's going on between Ted and Thor is fascinating too watch, there's some nice gore and the last 15 minutes will take your breath away. I can count on one hand, how many decent werewolf flicks are out there...yes it has it's faults but I still have a finger on that hand reserved for Bad Moon. Howl at this...As for the actors: Michael Pare (Ted) really downplays it -- a lot. Sometimes it works, sometimes he looks like he wants to go home, call his agent and fire him. On a whole I bought it, specially the scenes with the dog but when he shares scenes with "Hemingway" he shifts into "mediocre acting", spitting lines and not seeming to care. Mariel Hemingway (Janet) is good when she's not sharing scenes with Pare. Her performance with Pare seems forced (filled with phony giggles)...did these too hate each other off set?? Was Pare nailing Hemingway on the side??? Something is very off. "Sans" Pare she does fine. Mason Gamble (Brett) is a little kid and he's not much different than other child actors...you guessed it...he's annoying. Primo (Thor) should get the best Canine actor award. His eyes are so expressive and we always see the character...impressive...woof woof.Red does ok directing this film, but he stands out when he directs "suspense/action" sequences. We get lots of dog POV shots (don't dogs see in black and white?), lots of close ups (specially dog eyes and Pare eyes) and one slow motion. The last 15 minutes is an edge of your seat ride. The movie looks good but I for one would have liked a bit more style.The film boasts an excellent score, very eerie... the music is excellent and sets the tone very, very well.In a world full of lousy "Howling" sequels, and CGI werewolves like "American Werewolf in Paris" and the "Underworld" series, it's refreshing to see a werewolf movie that's actually good. Yes we've seen all this before but this film has a "gimmick" that really works: the werewolf's foe is a dog. The tension between the dog and Pare makes it all worth it and the final fight scene is a kick-ass canine boxing match. Check this one out...it'll give you a few things to howl about.

Excelente película de terror, para ser del género de hombres lobo muy subestimada, se las recomiendo ampliamente tienen que verla!!

The film was ok but obvious

Excellent

Ein richtig toller Werwolffilm, die Verwandlung ist zwar miserabel, aber davon sollte man sich nicht abschrecken lassen, da dieser Film richtig spannend und gut ist. Ein goßes Lob an den Tiertrainer von Hund Thor, das war en wirklich tollle Szenen! Respekt!!!Ich denke, ,dass dieser Werwolffilm zusammen mit "an American Werewolf in Londen" auf den Platz eins der besten Werwolffilme gehört!Wer sich als Werwolf-fan diesen Film entgehen lässt, SCHLECHT!IM GROSSEN UND GANZEN:-richtig geiler Werwolffilm, muss man gesehen haben, allein schon wegen Thors Auftritt:-) !-ein toller Werwolf, sieht realistisch aus!-spannend durch und durch-TOLL! GEIL! :-) :-) :-)!!!!Würde ich immer wieder kaufen!außerdem lässt er sich mit einem belgischen DVD gerät abspielen, also auch mit alllen anderen

Un des tres bon film de loupgarou......mais c est le chien policier dans ce film qui remporte la palme antant que comedien. Les effets sont tres reusssis.