Hunter’s Moon has some decent bloody actors involved, even though they are past their prime time, but unfortunately a bland screenplay, dialog, effects, camera work and sets let the whole thing down and result in a movie which can be easily skipped even by the most avid lycanthrope fan. by Movie Reviews; Star Wars Guide; Awards Watch; Indie Movie Guide; Family Guide; House Of Screams; Weekend Ticket; My VIP Account. Jane’s starting point, roughly halfway through the 81-minute romp, signifies the dawn of terror and chaos in this film, or simply when things start to go bad for the characters (and viewers). So, yes, the film has its flaws, but Caissie certainly deserves some bonus points for trying to merge two classic tropes into one very original screenplay. Earn 125 points on every ticket you buy. When their parents leave town, three teenage girls decide to throw a party in their new country home. Directed by Michael Caissie. © Copyright Cryptic Rock 2019 – All Rights Reserved – User Login Website Design by Anthony Idi. Whether it's good or bad is unclear, but it's definitely fascinating. I'll be interested to see how the second half of the first season unfolds, if Hunters deepens and roots itself more clearly in a contemporary discourse in which anti-Semitism is an all-too-real specter. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Three young criminals, three beautiful blonde sisters, a serial killer, and a horrifying creature meet at a house on an orchard—what’s the punchline? Why is someone who may have been raped smile and consider it their “first time”? That's one of those things I can't tell. For this, Cryptic Rock gives Hunter’s Moon 3.5 of 5 stars, and we kindly urge you to stay through the end credits. Maybe I'll get closer to being able to make a decisive, positive or negative evaluation and hopefully I'll remain eager to talk about the series. Instead, Hunters is more aptly a genre pastiche I can only call "Jewsploitation." Actress Amanda Wyss took to her Facebook page today letting fans know that the trailer for her new film, Hunter’s Moon (2020) was just released. With a wonderfully artistic, nature-filled transition early on, excellent cinematography from Ben Kufrin (Visions 1998, Killer by Nature 2010) and Edd Lukas (The Party’s Just Beginning 2018, Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase 2019), and top notch special fx makeup and creature effects from Vincent Guastini (The Last of the Mohicans 1992, The Dark Tapes 2016), Hunter’s Moon has plenty to offer. 08/08/2020 Don't have an account? The imbalance is so emphatic that neither notion - monster/home invasion - is exposed to the full. All rights reserved. A lavish launch party for a new gaming app "Werewolves Awaken" has all the media bigwigs in attendance. This includes the film’s wonderful cast, who all do an exceptional job in their roles. Film Review: Hunter’s Moon (2020) Dan Kappa 08/08/2020 Film Reviews. It's a show with a steady background patter of Yiddish, where the matter of which family members are technically mourners at a shiva is a plot point and references to Midrash and other Jewish allegories are a big part of the reason each of the five opening episodes exceeds an hour, with the pilot running a solid 90 minutes. With Pacino, obviously Italian but a veteran Semitic masquerader, leading the way, there's something exaggerated to even the more "authentic" Jewish turns — Lerman and co-stars Josh Radnor, Carol Kane and Saul Rubinek are all Members of the Tribe — that fits the exploitation genre. Writer-director Michael Caissie clearly has a vision in place - a good one, one of a Grindhouse nature to some extent. On some level, what The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay was to excavating the intrinsic Jewishness of the Golden Age of comics, Hunters is to foregrounding the Jewishness and general diversity of the '70s Bronze Age of comics. In fact, as it nears its conclusion Hunter’s Moon truly hits its stride, delivering the Horror portion of its script and a twist ending that, though you will see it a mile off, is still fully enjoyable. Many moons ago - in what feels like a separate lifetime - Jean was co-editor of an online music magazine that afforded her great opportunities to interview and photograph some of her favorite bands/musicians: Tommy Lee, Good Charlotte, Warrant, Bring Me The Horizon, My Chemical Romance, Sevendust, New Found Glory, Deftones, Poison, VH-1 "Band On the Run" Flickerstick, an endless list of unsigned locals, and so many others. With enough twists to put Chubby Checker to shame, Michael Caissie’s Hunter’s Moon is barking full of terror, sleaze and creepiness, but not much blood and guts. When a meteor crashes on Earth, a group of people seek shelter in a bunker. Once you are gifted the main twist though, it’s an “aha” moment to all these oddities, but the boat has already sailed through the entire film and you’ve been hating the perceived crappiness of it all. While all the other roles lean more toward the serious and challenge their actors to maintain stolid faces, Jane is allowed to get a little crazy as the man with the badge. With Colm Feore, Steven Morana, Holly Deveaux, Ari Millen. The imbalance within Hunter’s Moon often fails to solidify as to whether the film is a home invasion thriller or monster movie. Tags 2020 Amanda Wyss Daniel R. Hill HUNTER'S MOON India Ennenga Jay Mohr Katrina Bowden Spencer Daniels Will Carlson. A lonely widower battles his family, ill health and time to win a competition for a golden ticket to space. Michael Caissie | Cast: “Bob” Dobbs and the Church of the SubGenius – In theaters & VOD 10/16, TOKYO GRAND GUIGNOL Finally released in USA and UK, New Trailer & Poster! Unfortunately, the twist’s pay-off is not as big as what the writer had envisioned and it doesn’t smooth over the annoyance you have festered to this point. Beast Within Lurking just outside are a ragtag trio of local criminals—de facto leader Lenny (Spencer Daniels: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008, Star Trek 2009), lady-killer Billy (Will Carlson: Killer App 2017, Robert the Bruce 2019), and silent Daryl (Daniel R. Hill: Rust Creek 2018, Point Blank 2019)—and they’re about to complete the world’s easiest home invasion. Looking for some great streaming picks? The tone of Hunters (created by David Weil) is causing troubles for Amazon, which began by promoting it as a serious-minded "based on real events"-style drama in the vein of the Nazi-hunting HBO film Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story, which a full generation of Jews watched in Sunday school. Hunter's Moon (2020) Dir: But I think the reality is that Weil and early directors, including Alfonso Gomez-Rejon and Wayne Yip, have a collage of influences that only sometimes overlap. I think it may be the flatness of the Nazi characters and their predictable goal that makes it hard for the meditations on mercy and vengeance to go as deep as they want to.