Bad Moon (1996)

Director:

Eric Red

Writers (WGA):

Wayne Smith (novel)
Eric Red (screenplay)

Release Date:

1 November 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Half man. Half wolf. Total terror.

Plot:

One man's struggle to contain the curse he hides within... and his last-ditch attempt to free himself with the love of family...

Plot Keywords:

Werewolf | Dog | Thor | Trailer | Human Animal Relationship

Cast

Mariel Hemingway	...	Janet
Michael Paré	...	Uncle Ted (as Michael Pare)
Mason Gamble	...	Brett
Ken Pogue	...	Sheriff Jenson
Hrothgar Mathews	...	Flopsy
Johanna Lebovitz	...	Marjorie (as Johanna Marlowe Lebovitz)
Gavin Buhr	...	Forest Ranger
Julia Montgomery Brown	...	Reporter
Primo	...	Thor

Also Known As:

Thor (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence and gore, brief language and a scene of sexuality.

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Germany:16 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-16 | South Korea:18 | UK:18 (video premiere) | USA:R (certificate #34872) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Ansmore Village, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Morgan Creek Productions

Trivia:

In the scene in which Janet makes breakfast, her son Brett is watching Werewolf of London (1935) on the television, and he and his Uncle Ted argue about werewolf lore. Actually, the lore that Brett argues that "everyone knows about", such as details about silver bullets and wolfsbane, comes from The Wolf Man (1941), which Curt Siodmak totally made up.

Goofs:

Continuity: Thor sustains a head wound in a night fight but there is no sign of the injury the next day.

Quotes:

Uncle Ted: [to Brett, who is sulking because his dog Thor was sent to the pound] Come here.
[when Brett reluctantly comes to sit on his lap, Ted says with evil irony:]
Uncle Ted: There'll be other animals in your life.

Movie Connections:

Features Werewolf of London (1935)

..On the rise

...as Creedence Clearwater Revival would sing.

The subject is as old as the hill and I'm sure that 99% of the users have seen at least ten other movies about werewolves ,provided that they are horror and fantasy movies buffs ,of course.

This one hits rock bottom.the only originality is that the hero was bitten (why by the way?) in the jungle,while making love with his girl friend who was less lucky and got eaten by the beast.

He chooses his sister's wife as a convalescent(?) home ;this woman (Mariel Hemingway is a limited actress,to put it mildly) has a boy (of course very clever) and a dog that gives the best performance of the movie: he looks very intense when he gazes upon Ted's trailer.

The rest of the movie is so trite,so hackneyed and so "déjà vu " it's extraordinary people should produce such drivel.One may think that the crook ,at the beginning of the story,will play an important part in the plot: he won't.