Set in spain, the film opens with scarred man named miguel attempting to rape and ultimately killing a woman at. When a city is corrupt with bloody wars every night through 12. Bill anders changed history on the flight of apollo 8. Mcbrides journey takes him first to the moon, which has been briefly reimagined as a tourist trap, complete with a subway, and then to mars. Considered shocking at the time but not so much by todays standards. As their worlds collide and the weary travelers attempt to escape, it becomes apparent that a bigger menace lurks outside on the plains. Bloody moon is a great slasher film from the master of exploitation jesus franco. It takes place after the events of the sixth novel, blood trade, has jane yellowrock and her team hunting wayward werewolves for the state of louisiana. Oct 28, 2008 as the bodycount genre stabbed its way into audiences hearts in the early 80s, eurotrash auteur jess franco sadomania, mansion of the living dead was asked to create his own saga of slaughtered schoolgirls complete with gratuitous nudity, graphic violence, and gory set pieces. This movie is basically the infamous jess franco having a go at the. Blood moon prophecy, a prophecy surrounding the tetrad of eclipses beginning april 2014.
While the huffing and puffing ends without a house blowing down, the ambition motivating the enthusiastic existence of a slimbudget cowboys and monsters mashup. Bloody moon is a 1981 slasher film directed by jesus franco and starring olivia pascal. Bloody moon films has also entered the video realm in 2007 and completed its first two music videos. Afis 100 years100 movie quotes american film institute. Personally, im not really a huge fan of francos work. Bloody moon is the demented bastard offspring, from an unholy union between the american slasher and the italian giallo. To complete that celestial poem, on the night of jesus death the moon had returned to the foot of the virgin.
Once again, the film is presented in its uncut form, and the transfer is magnificent in spite of a few obvious patches where the studio had to resort to using a different print. Three children are born at the height of an eclipse of the sun. But its definitely wellmade rather than wellwritten or wellacted and basically achieves its goals. Ten years later, they begin to murder the people around them even their family members. While it has no special astronomical significance, the view in the sky is striking as the usually whiteish moon becomes red or. Full moon will finally be completing and releasing unfinished film. Jul 15, 20 bloody moon has a pretty respectable count on kills without too much dragging in between and on this point i would say as a slasher it works.
A total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, because of the. Even if youve heard that money or career success wont necessarily make you happier, its still hard to resist the impulse to correlate your own well. Owing a bit to popular american efforts like halloween and friday the th, the film is also somewhat akin to the italian giallo genre, with similarities to mario bavas five dolls for an august moon and a bay of blood. A stagecoach full of passengers and an enigmatic gunslinger find themselves up against two bloodthirsty outlaws on the run from a deadly bank robbery. The film s original trailer has also been included for fans to view. Based on a novel by luke short, this western is about a scheming villain and a crooked indian agent who plot to make money off a local ranchers cattle and enlist the help of a friendwho turns. Bloody moon was banned in several countries such as germany, but the english censors also gave the movie a hard time in the 80s it was banned for being a socalled video nasty. Watch blood moon 2015 full movie free online streaming tubi. Bloody moon is no exception, fans of franco are often divided as to whether the film is one of his best or one of his worst. When it comes to jesus franco, his films especially for me are either hit or miss and his fans are often divided. I personally prefer 1987s faceless, 1970s count dracula, and 1973s the demons, over most of his other work.
The lyrics for bloody moon by gospels of judas have been translated into 1 languages suke te yuku kanojo no kokoro ni mada kyo mo tameratteru kubisuji ni rakuin kizame ba onaji tsumi seowase te shimau aware na hakushaku no yo ni ure ta momo muragaru hae tachi utsusemi o oka shiteru kuchizuke no mitsu sae susure ba medyusa no noroi ga toke. Jess francos bloody moon original motion picture soundtrack from 1981. With lori lethin, melinda cordell, julie brown, joe penny. Firmly entrenched in the styles and sounds of the eighties listen for the weird whoop whoop whoop sound effects that make up much of the score or note that at one point a character can be seen wearing a grace jones shirt bloody moon is a decent enough slasher film. A deserted mining town lit by the glow of a reddish full moon. Though his films are widely categorized in the exploitation genre, francos. Along with combined efforts and skills of chris rucker, and mark harrington. For most of the film bloody moon is a fairly typical 80s european slasher. Bloody moon could have been a whole lot better, franco could have made a good thriller something which he proves in a couple of genuinely tense scenes. Though shot in spain, none of his acting regulars are on hand, but rather an international cast, and although the zooms are inevitable, the proceedings.
Franco has stated that rayo casablanca, who is credited as the screenwriter of the film was actually production manager erich tomek. Bloody mary, and why we think we see things in mirrors. Bloody moon was released in west germany on march 27, 1981. For fans who want to see it in its uncut form, this is the perfect chance to snap it up now on bluray. Blood on the moon is a 1948 rko blackandwhite psychological western directed by robert wise and starring robert mitchum, barbara bel geddes, and robert preston. A man who, if it could be exploited, would be there in a flash with his juddering zoom lens ready to film every last twitch of a ladies buttock. The company has competed in the nashville 48 hour film festival for the past 4 years and has won best special makeup effects for 3 of those years. Xquic, a mythological mayan heroine sometimes glossed as blood moon or blood girlmaiden in english blood moon prophecy, a prophecy surrounding the tetrad of eclipses beginning april 2014 film edit. There are a few things that make bloody moon stick out though. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. The film, starring robert mitchum, barbara bel geddes, and robert preston, has many film noir elements. Its a fairly typical franco film strange and disorganised with flashes of brilliance. The film is now complete and being released domestic distribution on tuesday december 8th, 2015.
Subject headings united states history civil war, 18611865. I hate this, so this list tries to be a warning if you feel the same. Local teens cruelly tease tara victoria sanchez, the intelligent but hairy wolf girl of harley dunes tim curry traveling freak show that has set up near a rural town. Bloody moon has a pretty respectable count on kills without too much dragging in between and on this point i would say as a slasher it works. As the bodycount genre stabbed its way into audiences hearts in the early 80s, eurotrash auteur jess franco sadomania, mansion of the living dead was asked to create his own saga of slaughtered schoolgirls complete with gratuitous nudity, graphic violence, and gory set pieces. Well, its just plain trash for sure, but franco never expects you to think it should be anything else.
It was shot in california, and some of the more scenic shots at red rock crossing, sedona, arizona. But just when you thought youd seen it all, franco shocked the world by delivering surprising style. There is really no point in denying that this wellknown filmmaker of cult eurosleaze and exploitation cinema is an acquired taste. Blood moons biggest flaw was that it lacked any real plot line that could have surprised me or possibly made me want to discuss it with someone. A stagecoach full of passengers and an enigmatic gunslinger are held hostage by two outlaws on the run from the law but events take an unexpected turn when the travelers are stalked by a mythical beast that only appears on the night of a blood red moon. An unhinged genre montage from the one time busiest man in spanish exploitation movies the redoubtable jesus franco. Beneath a bloody moon is an audio short story from the jane yellowrock series written by faith hunter and read by khristine hvam. Intrigued by the sensational vhs artwork, id been dying to see bloody moon for some time. Blood on the moon is a 1948 rko blackandwhite psychological western directed by robert wise, with cinematography by nicholas musuraca. Hunters moon, the first full moon after the harvest moon. Like many of the earlier slasher films, bloody moon keeps the identity of.
The film was made available on dvd for the first time in the united states by severin films in 2008. I have a question concerning the moon phase skills. Check this one out and have some nasty fun with it. While it has no special astronomical significance, the view in the sky is striking as. As described by the huffington post, blood moon, in case you dont know, is a small publishing house on staten island that cranks out hollywood gossip books, about two or three a year, usually of five, six, or 700page length, chocked with stories and pictures about people who used to consume the imaginations of the american public, back when we actually had a public. Dec 06, 2015 bloody moon is worth seeing in its uncut form, especially for the spectacular power saw scene. Banned in britain as a video nasty and barely shown in theaters anywhere, bloody moon would make a perfect companion film to other early 80s outrages like pieces or nightmare thanks to its unrelenting onslaught of. Four sexobsessed girls in a spanish language school are being picked off one by one by a mystery stalker etc etc. Nov 23, 2016 when a city is corrupt with bloody wars every night through 12. Bloody moon hearkens forward to francos treatment of the 1980s.
The sun and moon grow dark, and the stars lose their brightness. The video history of bloody moon winds through a number of different international companies since the early 80s, and finding a decent, uncut copy has been nearly impossible. Bloody moon is a quality release from severin for fans of horror and as one of the best jess franco films. Like any other jesus franco feature, the enjoyment level of bloody moon will largely depend on the viewers fondness for the directors other works and tolerance for his particular brand of shoestring productions. If jess francos name werent listed in the credits of this notorious german slasher film, you might be hard pressed at first to guess its director based on the evidence at hand. Bloody moon is worth seeing in its uncut form, especially for the spectacular power saw scene.
Triple gatefold sleeve, handmadehandglued in germany. Animals were harmedkilled in the making of these films. In the spanish resort of the costa del sol, a disfigured maniac goes on a rapemurder spree to eliminate anybody knowing. This version restores all of the gore scenes, including the infamous circular saw, beheading scene. The story of the charles bandproduced scififantasy film the primevals dates all the way back to 1978, when director david allen began production on a project he had spent many years trying to.
Its a pity that blood moon stops shoveling coal into its engine and runs out of steam before reaching full stride, though a bulk of components still work in the film s favor. With olivia pascal, christoph moosbrugger, nadja gerganoff, jasmin losensky. He also had ample opportunity to make the film even more berserk, but the oddball touches including manuela exposing her breasts to the moon as a nightly ritual are chucked into the story. A roller skatingsock hopdisco dance, plenty of outfits involving. Produced by gerhard heinz, orchester michel dupont. Jess franco was truly a master of visual perversion, and he gives us a good dose of it here. Bloody moon is not a movie which id call great, it is too shallow and obvious for that. Along with combined efforts and skills of chris rucker. The lack of substance at the end of the film was a little disheartening, but everything made up for this so it was something i could overlook in favour for all the gruesome good bits. Lance polland slices, bloody bloody bible camp, david c. The sky at christs birth can be viewed as a kind of visual poetry, with the new moon symbolically birthed at the foot of virgo, the virgin. Hayes machined, bloody bloody bible camp, blood moon rising steven richards pain is beautiful. The best option for years was the scarce canadian vhs release from cic, which was intact and obviously squeezed rather than cropped to keep the entire image intact which.
Like those two, greed is the reasoning behind the growing body count, and bloody moon checks in as one of francos more. Oct 03, 2012 jess francos bloody moon is one of my best slasher films. In astrology, full moons are a time for clarity and completion, a time. When i killed the 7th apostle, the moon switched to phase 2, though the strange thing was, he did the moon phase skills every turn first he snorted a unit, then he nuked my team, afterwards my ejected unit came back and he used i guess the fullmoon skill. Bloody moon was a workforhire production for jesus franco. The weakest and silliest of the twilight films is the one that caused team edward and team jacob to take off. Bloody moon aka the bloody moon murders and the saw of death is a slasher movie from the year 1981. Their second feature film wolfsbayne went through a long metamorphis, filmed. The prolific purveyor of exploitation the spanish filmmaker the late jesus franco whose 160 titles body or work is a spectrum of great and better film seen on teeth wanted in on the usa slasher action with an earlier attempt at replicating its conventions while also employing elements of gialli. A blood moon happens when earths moon is in a total lunar eclipse.