Product Description

Full moon crescent moon quarter moon...each is a Bad Moon for Ted Harrison. By day he's a photojournalist enjoying a stay with family in the Pacific Northwest. By night he transfigures into a horrific half-human--a werewolf. Writer/Director Eric Red (The Hitcher Body Parts) delivers a new infusion of thrills with this roaring red-blooded shocker. Michael Pare portrays Ted hiding his accursed condition from his sister (Mariel Hemingway) and nephew (Dennis the Menace's Mason Gamble) Year: 1997 Director: Eric Red Starring: Mariel Hemingway Michael Pare Mason GambleRunning Time: 84 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR UPC: 085391491026

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7097 in DVD
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2000-10-03
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English, French
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 79 minutes

Customer Reviews

Disappointing
After hearing about how Bad Moon was one of those "overlooked gems of the 90's", and realizing that Eric Red (one of the minds behind 80's cult classics The Hitcher and Near Dark) had directed it and wrote the screenplay, I finally decided to check it out. Werewolf movies are generally a dime a dozen, regardless of the era. Besides classics like An American Werewolf in London and the original Howling, there isn't a whole lot else that stands out in the genre. Bad Moon sadly isn't any different. 80's star Michael Pare stars as a photojournalist that gets bitten by a werewolf in Nepal, and soon enough begins going on a bloodthirsty rampage. After failing to find ways to cure himself, he decides that if he may rid himself of his curse if he spends time with his sister (Mariel Hemingway) and her young son (Mason Gamble). Naturally, that doesn't work out so well, as his dark secret is uncovered by the family's ultra-intelligent German-shepard Thor, and it isn't long before dog and werewolf have a bloody face-off. The story is predictable, and the only actor that comes across as remotely believable is Pare who is surprisingly good here. The gore effects are nice, as is the werewolf design, but Pare's transformation moment is utterly laughable as the CGI shows it's budget constraints. The film flies by in a breeze though, and die hard fans of the werewolf sub-genre may find some enjoyment here, but for other horror fans, there isn't much to see here.

Lycanthropy: The disease that keeps on giving!
First off, I must disagree with many other reviewers. I think the acting in this film is mostly servicable and even quite good at moments and all of the actors in this film gave the director exactly what he wanted. I just think that what the Director (Eric Red) wanted wasn't very good (whether due to time/financial constraints or inexperienced directing I can't say). All of that said and despite Eric Red's rushed pace, Michael Pare had a couple of shining moments, the highlight taking place at the very beginning of one of the worst transformation scenes ever. This movie is very uneven, it goes from mindless logic (or at least too brief exposition as to why things are happening) to interesting and clever moments (mostly centered around the dog Thor/aka Primo). A fantastic lead into the final transformation turns into a werewolf fanboy's nightmare of comical made-for-TV CGI/Matte work. The fantastic werewolf suit in which Eric Red was proud to show off throughout the entire film, left me with a love/hate affection toward this piece as other moments seemed to lack any logic that even the best expostiton could explain. All in all though, if you are a fan of the werewolf genre, this one understands what John Landis said about a good werewolf film, (paraphrasing) Lycanthropy is like cancer except instead of killing you, it kills everybody else.

An often overlooked horror gem.
I saw this in the theater when it came out.
I wasn't expecting much, another werewolf movie...whoopee!
I came away surprised and entertained.
A tad corny in places, but otherwise fast paced, well acted, and well written.
Worth a rental on a stormy summer night.