Bad Moon

Bad Moon
Directed by	Eric Red
Produced by	James G. Robinson
Written by	Wayne Smith (novel Thor) Eric Red (screenplay)
Starring	Mariel Hemingway Michael Paré Mason Gamble
Music by	Daniel Licht
Cinematography	Jan Kiesser
Editing by	Carroll Timothy O'Meara
Studio	Morgan Creek Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	November 1, 1996 (USA)
Running time	80 min.
Language	English
Budget	$7,000,000 (estimated)
Box office	$1,055,525 (USA)

Bad Moon is a 1996 American horror film written and directed by Eric Red and produced by James G. Robinson. The plot involves a family man who struggles to overcome his curse. The film stars Mariel Hemingway, Michael Pare and Mason Gamble.

The film is based on the novel Thor by Wayne Smith, which tells the story from the dog's viewpoint. Thor was published in the United States (Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's Press hardback, Ballantine paperback), and in the U.K., Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Norway, in German, Dutch, Swedish and Norwegian.

Plot

While on an expedition in Nepal, a photo-journalist (Michael Paré) and his girlfriend are attacked by a werewolf that kills her and savagely bites him. The researcher moves back to the Pacific Northwest to live in isolation with his lycanthropy until his well-intentioned sister (Mariel Hemingway) invites him to stay with her and her son (Mason Gamble) to get over the grief of losing his lover. Things soon begin to go bad, especially when the family dog, a big German Shepherd named Thor, just can't accept the werewolf among them, so they decide to fight among themselves.

Cast

• Mariel Hemingway — Janet
• Michael Paré — Uncle Ted
• Mason Gamble — Brett
• Ken Pogue — Sheriff Jenson
• Hrothgar Mathews — Flopsy
• Johanna Lebovitz — Marjorie
• Gavin Buhr — Forest Ranger
• Julia Montgomery Brown — Reporter
• Primo — Thor

Rating

The MPAA rated this film an R for "horror violence and gore, brief language, and a scene of sexuality". Originally, the film was issued an NC-17 rating, so a few seconds of graphic sex and violence were cut from the pre-title sequence.

External links

• Bad Moon at the Internet Movie Database
• Bad Moon at AllRovi
• Bad Moon at Box Office Mojo
• Bad Moon at Rotten Tomatoes

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