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Blood Moon River
USA 2017
produced by Tom Komisar, Daniel Murphy for HM&M Films
directed by Daniel Murphy
starring R.J. Cecott, Cara McConnell, Stan Traylor, Naphatia St Pierre, Eric Reaume, Sydney Dean, Linda Schrader, Sara Ingram, Tom Komisar, Cameron Scott, James Michael, Daniel Murphy, Jack Norman, Rebekah Erb, Tony Walters, Edward Diersen, Lindsey McIntire
story by Daniel Murphy, Tom Komisar, screnplay by Tom Komisar, creature effects by Jack Norman, Travis Dahn, Daniel Murphy
review by Mike Haberfelner
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A young filmteam (R.J. Cecott, Cara McConnell, Stan Traylor, Naphatia St
Pierre, Eric Reaume, Sydney Dean) running the show "D'Bunk't" that's famous for debunking
urban legends wants to debunk yet another urban legend, that of the
titular "Blood Moon River" where people are said to have
disappeared, allegedly dragged away by wolves, and some even blame
werewolves. Of course, our heroes think that's total baloney, utterly
unaware to the fact that two of their associates (Linda Schrader, Sara
Ingram) have indeed been attacked by someone - or something - and dragged
off their campsite. Of course, apart from a few strange noises our
youngsters witness exactly nothing the first night, and despite most of
them being too drunk or stoned to put up a good fight ... there isn't
anything to fight. But when they want to leave ... they find their cars'
gas having been siphoned off - which considering they're in the backest of
the backwoods can't be just a coincidence or the action of professional
gas thieves but an action to keep them local - and then they're attacked
and killed or dragged off one by one, and it seems the legends of the wolf
beast (werewolf?) are true ... but if so, how come a hillbilly family (Tom
Komisar, Daniel Murphy, Cameron Scott, James Michael) have been living
here for a lifetime pretty much unscathed? I fully admit, the
found footage approach of Blood Moon River might be quite a bit of
a turn-off to a lot of folks from the get-go, but this movie manages to
make good use of it and properly integrate it into the story, relying on
more than just shaky camera to fake excitement but instead trying to get
some cinematic shots out of it even though, and creating a creepy
atmosphere due to the comparatively little we see due to the filmmaking
approach. And the plottwists leading into the finale will very much
surprise everyone for sure, and also how it's played out. Worth a look
at least.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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