October Moon (2005) (V)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Jason Paul Collum

Writer:

Jason Paul Collum (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Horror

Tagline:

Love is NOT patient, Love is NOT kind.

Plot:

A straight man's life becomes disastrous - and obsessively dangerous - when his family, fiancee and friends all begin to reject him after he realizes he has fallen in love with another man. |

Plot Keywords:

Gay Thriller | Gay | Art House | Coming Out | Rape

Cast

Judith O'Dea	...	Mrs. Hamilton (Elliot's Mom)
Brinke Stevens	...	Nancy
Sean Michael Lambrecht	...	Corin Buckman
Jeff Dylan Graham	...	Jake
Jerod Howard	...	Elliot
Tina Ona Paukstelis	...	Marti
Darcey Vanderhoef	...	Maggie
Michael Lecce	...	Johnny
Chad J. Morrell	...	Sean / Chantal
Joel Duffrin	...	Josie Lynn
John Grzegorczyk	...	Detective / Man in Hat
Ashley J. Anderson	...	Farmer Red
Ariauna Albright	...	Operator (voice)
Lorrie Ferguson	...	(voice)
James Hauser	...	Redneck #1

Runtime:

USA:112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Burlington, Wisconsin, USA

Company:

B+BOY Productions

Movie Connections:

References "The Facts of Life" (1979)

Soundtrack:

The Prodigal

A lost opportunity

Here's Fatal Attraction for the gay set with a few additional twists. The basic premise holds some definite potential but it's soon stamped out by severe reality-killing amateur acting (Sean Michael Lambrecht and Jeff Dylan Graham being the worst offenders there) and mediocre writing, and ends up basically coming off like a rushed production job. The character of Elliot is potentially interesting but he's not fleshed out to the point where his sexual transition or obsession is at all convincing.

Shot on video with the lowest production values you're likely to stumble across (I stumbled across them on Netflix), best I can say here is that the filmmakers tried but failed to come up with something a little different, though it's nice seeing Judith O'Dea again after such a long absence from films. Other than that, this offers very little of value and is instantly forgettable. I will not discount the director's future endeavors on behalf of this weak effort but will just advise him to sharpen up on his writing and hire better actors next time. It's also fishy that there are currently five glowing reviews for this film on IMDb. Even more fishy is that four of them were submitted in the same day!