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 Killer's Moon (DVD)
Description: DVD released 12 November, 2007 / Features of the DVD: PAL Newest Review: ... teachers, the Scottish gamekeeper who doesn't like city folk and the chirpy coach driver could all come from some nightmare ... more  ... 70s sitcom. The heroic campers are ugly and ridiculous, and are always leaving defenceless women alone in areas known to be crawling with murderous thugs. The girls themselves (none of whom looks a day under 23) are irritating, with their exaggerated squeals of what's meant to be innocent, girlish delight. The acting is uniformly poor - everyone's line readings are slightly over-emphasised, as if the performers are worried we won't realise what emotions they're experiencing unless they make them a bit too loud. I don't ...more |
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Killer's Moon (DVD): "Of course it's a dream. And stuffed full of jailbait!" (1416 words)
by hogsflesh - written on 12.12.07 (Very useful, 133 readings)
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(A review of just the film. I'm not aware of this being available in any format at the moment.) This is a sleazy, peculiar and often hilarious British horror movie from 1978. By that time, the British film industry was in terminal decline. The few horrors being made had none of the charm of Hammer. This is the era of Exposé, Inseminoid and other disreputable postscripts - films that ramp up the outrageousness in a desperate attempt to be noticed. Killer's Moon is one of the most obscure of British horrors, but it's slowly clawing itself a cult following; hopefully it'll get a DVD release someday. Four escaped psychopathic murderers on LSD - who are ...
