Seventh Moon (2008)

Melissa and Yul, Americans honeymooning in China, come across the exotic 'Hungry Ghost' festival. When night falls, the couple end up in a remote village, and soon realize the legend is all... See full summary »

Director:

Eduardo Sánchez

Writers:

Jamie Nash (story), Eduardo Sánchez (story and screenplay)

Stars:

Amy Smart, Dennis Chan, Tim Chiou

Cast

Credited cast:
Dennis Chan	...	Ping
Tim Chiou	...	Yul
Amy Smart	...	Melissa

Storyline

Melissa and Yul, Americans honeymooning in China, come across the exotic 'Hungry Ghost' festival. When night falls, the couple end up in a remote village, and soon realize the legend is all too real. Plunged into an ancient custom they cannot comprehend, the couple must find a way to survive the night of the Seventh Moon.

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Plot Keywords:

china | lost | legend | goat | blood | 

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Taglines:

On the full moon of the seventh lunar month, the gates of hell open and the spirits of the dead are freed to roam among the living.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and violence/terror

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 September 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Maldição da Sétima Lua

Company Credits

Production Co:

Haxan Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Phelous & the Movies: Seventh Moonpie (Across Phelous' Eye) (2012)

User Reviews

Hellish Honeymoon

In accordance with the Chinese Myth, on the full moon of the seventh lunar month, the gates of hell open and the spirits of the dead are freed to roam among the living.

Melissa (Amy Smart) and her husband Yul (Tim Chiou) are spending their honeymoon in the month of the ghosts in China, where they intend to visit his relatives. They participate in the Senwun (Ghost Festival) during the day, where they drink a lot of booze, and their driver Ping (Dennis Chan) heads to Anxian when the nights falls. A couple of hours later, Ping parks his car and tells that he is lost. He asks the couple to wait for him in his car while he asks for directions in a small village in the countryside. One hour later, Melissa and Yul decide to seek out Ping in the village, and they see the houses closed with live offering and the locals saying something in Cantonese. Yul does not understand what they are saying and the couple returns to the car and drive away trying to find the way back to the city. Sooner they meet a stranger, Wei, wounded on the road and Melissa decides to help the man. They are attacked by creepy creatures and they discover that the spirits of the dead are hunting the living. Melissa and Yul try to find a way to protect themselves and survive the hellish night.

"Seventh Moon" is a forgettable low-budget horror movie with a reasonable story and basically four characters only. Unfortunately the camera work is awful, with excessive use of closes and blurred while showing the fiends, maybe due to the limited budget for special effects. My vote is four.

Title (Brazil): "A Maldição da Sétima Lua" ("The Curse of the 7th Moon")