- Actors: Mariel Hemingway, Michael Paré, Mason Gamble, Ken Pogue, Hrothgar Mathews
- Directors: Eric Red
- Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
- Language English, French
- Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- DVD Release Date: 3 Oct 2000
- Run Time: 79 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- ASIN: 0790751658
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 86,862 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Product details |
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Okay, this movie has had it's fair share knocks and bad reviews. I admit it's not the best werewolf movie in the world, but it's certainly not the worst (Just take a look at some of those HOWLING sequels). Director Eric Red has had a great genre career, what with screenwriting such 80s gems as THE HITCHER and NEAR DARK and directing the underrated BODY PARTS, he knows how to craft a decent horror movie. This movie however, suffers from what seems to be a low budget and quite surprisingly from Eric Red, an underwritten script.
Lead actors Mariel Hemingway and Michael Pare equip themselves fine with the stilted dialogue and try to bring the movie out of the B movie realm. Jan Kiessers' cinematography is atmospheric and Steve Johnson's animatronic werewolf suit is great (it's just a pity the rushed CGI doesn't come up to scratch - the painful scene where Pare transforms into the creature using CGI is terrible and quite frankly, needed to be cut from the film, especially when the non-digital work in the movie is largely excellent).
Warner Bros. dumped this movie straight to tape in the UK, and we never got the chance to see the movie at the theatres. Now, with DVD I can view the movie as it was meant to be seen. It benefits greatly from the digital format, what with a bright sharp picture (highlighting that cool, autumnal look of the cinematography) and the chance to see Steve Johnson's great creature effects. Reviewers moaned about this movie when it came out, and to a point I can see why, but when other dull "horror" movies like 'Cabin Fever' and the latest 'Saw' rip-off are released at the cinema, this low-budget flick doesn't seem so bad after all. Granted, it's not a great film by any means, but it's not a bad one either . . . I look forward to whatever Eric Red puts out in the future, at least his horror heart is in the right place. Recommended.
Lead actors Mariel Hemingway and Michael Pare equip themselves fine with the stilted dialogue and try to bring the movie out of the B movie realm. Jan Kiessers' cinematography is atmospheric and Steve Johnson's animatronic werewolf suit is great (it's just a pity the rushed CGI doesn't come up to scratch - the painful scene where Pare transforms into the creature using CGI is terrible and quite frankly, needed to be cut from the film, especially when the non-digital work in the movie is largely excellent).
Warner Bros. dumped this movie straight to tape in the UK, and we never got the chance to see the movie at the theatres. Now, with DVD I can view the movie as it was meant to be seen. It benefits greatly from the digital format, what with a bright sharp picture (highlighting that cool, autumnal look of the cinematography) and the chance to see Steve Johnson's great creature effects. Reviewers moaned about this movie when it came out, and to a point I can see why, but when other dull "horror" movies like 'Cabin Fever' and the latest 'Saw' rip-off are released at the cinema, this low-budget flick doesn't seem so bad after all. Granted, it's not a great film by any means, but it's not a bad one either . . . I look forward to whatever Eric Red puts out in the future, at least his horror heart is in the right place. Recommended.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
well now i saw this film when i was living in jamaica a few years ago but recently purchased it from amazon.
now Mariel hemingway happens to be on of those actresses who is extremely talented yet barely recognised in hollywood as for micheal pare, well the man is as sexy as hell.
all in all the storyline is well done, sister helping out the brother and completly unaware that the brother is a werewolf. the film does well on being intresting and catching the viewers attention but the film it self is not that great it slows down then picks up visa versa but still does the job nevertheless. the howling is a much better horror film however if your having a night in with the girls and you want something entertaining but not really all that scary then this is the film for you.
the film does deliver and i reccomend any buyer to purchase it but dont expect to be terrified to the point where you cannot sleep cause the film itself refuses to give you that.
if you want something scary but easy going at the same time where you can acknowledge allright acting and a storyline to get into then buy every means possible go for this film.
As allways marion hemmingway gives a great performence as well as the ever sexy micheal pare and even chase gamble does well himself. at the end you can actually feel sorry for micheal pare. the is entertaining just not that much in a terrifying way nethertheless the film is watchable.
Kevin J. Williams
now Mariel hemingway happens to be on of those actresses who is extremely talented yet barely recognised in hollywood as for micheal pare, well the man is as sexy as hell.
all in all the storyline is well done, sister helping out the brother and completly unaware that the brother is a werewolf. the film does well on being intresting and catching the viewers attention but the film it self is not that great it slows down then picks up visa versa but still does the job nevertheless. the howling is a much better horror film however if your having a night in with the girls and you want something entertaining but not really all that scary then this is the film for you.
the film does deliver and i reccomend any buyer to purchase it but dont expect to be terrified to the point where you cannot sleep cause the film itself refuses to give you that.
if you want something scary but easy going at the same time where you can acknowledge allright acting and a storyline to get into then buy every means possible go for this film.
As allways marion hemmingway gives a great performence as well as the ever sexy micheal pare and even chase gamble does well himself. at the end you can actually feel sorry for micheal pare. the is entertaining just not that much in a terrifying way nethertheless the film is watchable.
Kevin J. Williams
Format:DVD
Bad Moon [DVD] [1996] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
This movie has received some rather good reviews here on amazon, and not quite deservedly, if my opinion matters. The creature effects are good, but they and the fact that the ever-so-trite mandatory, gratuitous sex scene is over and done with in the intro sequence, are the only remarkable qualities to this movie. It is just not emotionally engaging, before it is much too late, and when it finally becomes emotionally engaging, it's because it becomes annoying.
Don't spend money on this, if it can be helped.
The one possible exception is if you are genre fundamentalist and simply must own every werewolf movie ever made.
This movie has received some rather good reviews here on amazon, and not quite deservedly, if my opinion matters. The creature effects are good, but they and the fact that the ever-so-trite mandatory, gratuitous sex scene is over and done with in the intro sequence, are the only remarkable qualities to this movie. It is just not emotionally engaging, before it is much too late, and when it finally becomes emotionally engaging, it's because it becomes annoying.
Don't spend money on this, if it can be helped.
The one possible exception is if you are genre fundamentalist and simply must own every werewolf movie ever made.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Bad Movie more like !
This is just plain boring from start to finish, if you want to watch a good werewolf flick then watch American Werewolf in London or The Howling, this is just a sleep inducer.
Published 9 months ago by The Chief
A Great werewolf horror thriller!
This movie was great! It has pretty good acting, a great story, a man who turns into a werewolf- not every full moon, but every night. And it's got lots of blood and gore! Read more
Published on 20 Jun 2009 by ladyjames
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
