Director: Scott Patrick
Stars: Anne-Marie Frigon, Shelley-Jean Harrison, Brett Kelly
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Format: DVD (Multipack)
Running Time: 71 Mins
Tagline: "The moon is full...with the blood of the innocent"
(ZERO STARS!)
THE MOVIE ITSELF:
Can there possibly be a movie worse than Twilight? I never thought it would be possible, but yes, there are worse movies out there-Blood Red Moon is one of them. This movie is a perfect example of "So bad is just plain bad" genre. This flick should only be viewed simply to instruct young filmmakers on what not to do on the set of a film. Believe me, this has to be one of the worst movies I have had the displeasure of viewing. Now, don't get me wrong, I enjoy a cheesy movie as much as the next person; Blood Red Moon is definitely not one of them.
As torturous as it may be, let's talk about the "pea brain" plot of the film. The story of the film centers on two teens that barely know one another and are "madly in love". Other than the fact that they attend the same school, and are Canadian, they have nothing in common. The male lead plays the vampire who is trying to fit in with the crowd, and the female lead plays the new girl in school also adapting and trying to fit in. Very early in the movie both characters meet (awkwardly) and from night to day they become inseparable (ugh) I feel bad for the actors who had to go through filming this, because it's so obvious they have zero chemistry, plus they can't act for shit.
Before I continue, there are spoilers I am going to give out...that it matters?Aside the main love story, murders start taking place all over town. The authorities begin to blame Victor (the vamp) of the murders. We later find out that the Sheriff was behind the killings. What strikes me though, is that we literally see Victor killing people, it's not as if they show the acts off screen. So, is the sheriff a shapeshifter? Who knows! stuff like this is never addressed, and viewing Twilight didn't help one bit in understanding the ending. Do yourself a favor, avoid the movie, go rent or download a real vampire movie like Interview With The Vampire.
PICTURE QUALITY:
The only reason I own Blood Red Moon is because it's part of a 4 Horror Multipack DVD. Thank God this edition is no longer in print, I hope all copies of this movie disappear from the face of the earth! (Sigh) Okay, now that I got that out of my system, let's talk about the picture quality. The movie is presented in a 1:85:1 Non Anamorphic Widescreen-which results in zooming in order to prevent the image from looking stretched out. Overall, the colors are bland, and lifeless like the film. Not that it matters, but there is alot of issues with lighting that are hard to ignore; which is more of a production issue rather than a problem with the actual disc. As I said, quality is very poor, not just in my DVD but online aswell. If you go on Netflix, YouTube, or any other On Demand service you will notice the quality is identical, it comes from the same source. As for the other movies on this Multipack, I have no clue, and I don't care. I am positive they are just as bad, it's going to the trash
SOUND QUALITY:
The sound quality on this DVD is a 2 Channel Stereo Sound. If you see it advertised as 5.1 Surround Sound, they are lying! The movie has no real sound effects or neat special effects for one to be impressed by it's sound, quite the contrary. I have a feeling that some of the sound effects were done live or through the same audio mix as the dialogue, because there isn't a real balance in audio. That's just an observation I made, I am no sound technician.
BOTTOM LINE:
There is only one reviewer online that has anything positive to say about the film. Gates of Gore, an independent reviewer like myself is the only reviewer that praised this movie.But, curiously enough, his review doesn't even exist! In the cover of the DVD-Gates of Gore said "If you liked Twilight, you'll love Blood Red Moon" But, as I mentioned, the review is no where to be found on his site. My bottom line on this movie is: run far away from it. You see a copy at K-Mart, Walmart, FYE, or wherever-help the community in destroying this garbage movie. Even if you are a fan of Twilight, don't be fooled, this is human torture. There are people out there that might find some of the stuff in this movie hilarious, but the unintended humor doesn't compensate the time wasted on the rest of the film. Sorry folks, this one is a stinker.
Stars: Anne-Marie Frigon, Shelley-Jean Harrison, Brett Kelly
Genre: Horror
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Format: DVD (Multipack)
Running Time: 71 Mins
Tagline: "The moon is full...with the blood of the innocent"
(ZERO STARS!)
THE MOVIE ITSELF:
Can there possibly be a movie worse than Twilight? I never thought it would be possible, but yes, there are worse movies out there-Blood Red Moon is one of them. This movie is a perfect example of "So bad is just plain bad" genre. This flick should only be viewed simply to instruct young filmmakers on what not to do on the set of a film. Believe me, this has to be one of the worst movies I have had the displeasure of viewing. Now, don't get me wrong, I enjoy a cheesy movie as much as the next person; Blood Red Moon is definitely not one of them.
For anyone familiar with the plot of Twilight, don't be surprised by the amount of similarity between both films. So much are the comparisons that you might as well watch Twilight before Blood Red Moon in order to fill in the gaps this movie failed to address. I encourage "the brave" that would like to view this film to sit down and watch Twilight in order to fully comprehend this tripe. Actually, I take that back, avoid both films like the plague!
As torturous as it may be, let's talk about the "pea brain" plot of the film. The story of the film centers on two teens that barely know one another and are "madly in love". Other than the fact that they attend the same school, and are Canadian, they have nothing in common. The male lead plays the vampire who is trying to fit in with the crowd, and the female lead plays the new girl in school also adapting and trying to fit in. Very early in the movie both characters meet (awkwardly) and from night to day they become inseparable (ugh) I feel bad for the actors who had to go through filming this, because it's so obvious they have zero chemistry, plus they can't act for shit.
Also, I have the strong feeling that this movie was shot entirely throughout the course of a day or two. I say that due to the fact that everyone in this movie is wearing the same clothes in every scene. Now, if the movie's setting was to take place through the course of one day, then it could perhaps be acceptable, but we see characters go to bed with the same clothes they went to school with (yuck) Looks like these youngsters have not discovered hygiene yet.
Before I continue, there are spoilers I am going to give out...that it matters?Aside the main love story, murders start taking place all over town. The authorities begin to blame Victor (the vamp) of the murders. We later find out that the Sheriff was behind the killings. What strikes me though, is that we literally see Victor killing people, it's not as if they show the acts off screen. So, is the sheriff a shapeshifter? Who knows! stuff like this is never addressed, and viewing Twilight didn't help one bit in understanding the ending. Do yourself a favor, avoid the movie, go rent or download a real vampire movie like Interview With The Vampire. 
The only reason I own Blood Red Moon is because it's part of a 4 Horror Multipack DVD. Thank God this edition is no longer in print, I hope all copies of this movie disappear from the face of the earth! (Sigh) Okay, now that I got that out of my system, let's talk about the picture quality. The movie is presented in a 1:85:1 Non Anamorphic Widescreen-which results in zooming in order to prevent the image from looking stretched out. Overall, the colors are bland, and lifeless like the film. Not that it matters, but there is alot of issues with lighting that are hard to ignore; which is more of a production issue rather than a problem with the actual disc. As I said, quality is very poor, not just in my DVD but online aswell. If you go on Netflix, YouTube, or any other On Demand service you will notice the quality is identical, it comes from the same source. As for the other movies on this Multipack, I have no clue, and I don't care. I am positive they are just as bad, it's going to the trash
SOUND QUALITY: The sound quality on this DVD is a 2 Channel Stereo Sound. If you see it advertised as 5.1 Surround Sound, they are lying! The movie has no real sound effects or neat special effects for one to be impressed by it's sound, quite the contrary. I have a feeling that some of the sound effects were done live or through the same audio mix as the dialogue, because there isn't a real balance in audio. That's just an observation I made, I am no sound technician.
BOTTOM LINE:
There is only one reviewer online that has anything positive to say about the film. Gates of Gore, an independent reviewer like myself is the only reviewer that praised this movie.But, curiously enough, his review doesn't even exist! In the cover of the DVD-Gates of Gore said "If you liked Twilight, you'll love Blood Red Moon" But, as I mentioned, the review is no where to be found on his site. My bottom line on this movie is: run far away from it. You see a copy at K-Mart, Walmart, FYE, or wherever-help the community in destroying this garbage movie. Even if you are a fan of Twilight, don't be fooled, this is human torture. There are people out there that might find some of the stuff in this movie hilarious, but the unintended humor doesn't compensate the time wasted on the rest of the film. Sorry folks, this one is a stinker.
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