Blood Moon

I've only just recently seen this movie after being referred to it in a search for original "horror" movies. After finally acquiring it, no mean feat in and of itself, I watched it and I must say that I found it extremely entertaining and very deep and poignant, not at all what I was expecting. Since I really don't like surprises, I tend to research a movie prior to watching it so I have some idea of what to expect from it. I thought I had this movie pegged from the comments posted in this forum, but oddly enough no one seemed to take away what I did from this film. First off, there was entirely too much attention to the so-called human oddities of the film, people were so busy ogling the "freaks" they totally missed the point of the whole movie. The true "freaks" of the movie were the so called "normal" kids. Each of them had their own oddities that made them much more of a freak than any of the special people portrayed in the film. This was the the most obvious point that was practically shoved down the throat of the viewer none too subtlety. The girl who looks like a monster but has a sweet and loving heart, yet becomes the monster she resembled on the outside the more "normal-looking" she became. No one else got that? The whole point of the movie is that the true "freaks" are the ones you can't tell from anyone else. Just watch the news if you want to see a real freak-show.

Saw the late showing of Wolf Girl recently on USA. It was good fun, but I'm naturally biased towards most movies with Tim Curry as he is one of my faves! On the whole, the movie was paced nicely with some good performances and some bad ones as well. Tim Curry is good as the eccentric, yet caring freak show owner, Harley. And Victoria Sanchez plays her part well also as the lonely wolf girl who just wants to be a normal teenager. She's very believable. The other performances were solid as well, with a few exceptions, most notable the group of teenagers who harass Tara. They are horribly stereotypical, egocentric and dull. (Though the running gag with the size of their "manhood" is good for a few giggles). The movie is filmed with a kind of washed out color feeling, similar to, but nowhere near as effective as Tim Burton's, "Sleepy Hollow" and the music is passable. Tim Curry even gets a chance to show off his singing skill in a wonderful little number about "plucking" that kind of reminds me of Frankenfurter from "Rocky Horror" ***

I can't believe how underrated this movie is. Not only does it work with classic horror themes, but it mingles them with a lot of smartness. It is almost perfect, if you discount the Romanian origins of the lead character (mainly, Romanians have not been stupid enough to leave firearms in the hands of regular idiot people for a long time). The story is of a hairy girl who wants to be normal. She trades her weird looks for a violent personality, driven by her liaison with a regular freak (not violent and sensible) and the continuous bullying by another freak and his clique. The cast is mixed: Earthsea's Shawn Ashmore, Tim Curry (from a zillion movies) and Grace Jones work together with the Romanian cast that provided most of the secondary and support actors. It's not that the movie is a masterpiece, but it is quite good with its depiction of freakness in all of its forms. The idea itself was masterful. I've watched the movie thinking it would be a werewolf film, but in actuality it is not, it is a story about human nature and should, by all counts, become a classic. Do watch it. It may not be high production values or insane special effects, but the story is something to behold.

(mild spoiler warning) I watched this movie on a whim. After seeing the commercials, I was expecting a campy werewolf movie but was pleasantly surprised to discover something else and much better. This is a movie about people who don't fit in and how they try to cope with it. Interlaced with this is a good mystery/horror story set in the company of a traveling freak show. It leaves you guessing right up until the end. While the movie suffers from some plots holes, sometimes thin dialogue and a few cliches, it overcomes these with good acting and a good story. The movie has good performances all around, especially Tim Curry, who plays side show host that oozes camp on stage but is the protective father figure off stage. Victoria Sanchez is excellent in the title role along with Dov Tiefenbach as the town geek who tries to help her.

Like the oddities and curiosities depicted in "Blood Moon", the movie succeeds because it is odd and a curiosity itself. Going against the tide of mindless slice and dice horror movies, some actual thought went into this story of a sideshow wolf girl who takes an experimental drug to try and become normal. The side effects however are rather unpleasant. One problem is that the freak show attractions are featured far too often and grind the film to a halt. Certainly an above average movie, that is somewhat diminished by the start and stop pacing. What you wind up with is part circus act, part musical, part horror film, in essence, almost three separate acts. - MERK

I stumbled across this out of sheer mistake. I am so surprised I have never seen it before. Possibly because it paints Shawn Ashmore in a negative way... Some actors try to bury movies they are ashamed of. Anyway. This movie was great! Even Shawn's character. It had an excellent message and an excellent story. Any reference says this is a TV movie but I can not see this being played on regular TV with some of the visuals. It has a really good message for teens(visuals aside). Really some people are too hung up on nudity anyway... Violence should get more of a reaction than nudity any day. The female lead should of had a career upgrade from this. She was very good. Who ever buried the traces of this movie are to blame. Watch This Movie!!!

The back of the box at the video store made this movie look like a typical werewolf horror film, but that's definitely not what it is. That would have been much better. Instead, the movie primarily focuses on some girl in a traveling freak show with some bizarre disorder that causes hair to sprout in every imaginable spot of the body. Some similarly freakish kid happens to have a mother (played by Leslie Ann Warren) who developed a hair-removal serum. You can pretty much guess what happens from here. As the wolf girl loses her hair, she starts to act more like an animal. You would think some of the violence would start that the DVD's box had promised. Unfortunately, it sticks to the road of drama, which works for the first hour or so. The final act of the movie, however, quickly becomes cliched and ridiculous. I was laughing, although whether or not humor was the intention of the filmmakers, I couldn't tell you. And why is it that every movie Tim Curry appears in needs to feature multiple * shots? Is it some sort of clause in his SAG contract? I can definitely tell you that Home Alone 2 would have been much better without those male * scenes. Anyway, I found this movie to be rather interesting up until the last half hour or so. I wouldn't recommend it unless you happen to catch it on TV. I rented this under the title "Blood Moon", so beware of that also.

Wow, I will never forget this movie. It is about the freakiest freak show I have ever seen or heard of. So you have the world's fattest woman, not too odd, a half man-half woman who sings, too almost beautiful * girls, uhhh, wait until you see them naked. The main character though is Tara, the sweet little wolf-girl. She is like a daughter to the owner of the strip show, a somewhat kind hearted business man. Well, Tara wants nothing more than to be rid of her body hair and be normal. This is amplified when some cruel teenagers come to her show and hurl dog dung at her. Well, this is where the movie really gets started. I won't go any further, for I hate spoilers. But, I will say this, whoever wrote this movie is either a pervert, a genius, or a lot of both. This shock of this movie makes up for the mediocre script. I rated it 7 our of 10. I don't know if I will ever watch it again, but I will certainly never forget. I suppose it wouldn't be very good a second time. I can't be shocked twice by it after all. Oh, and DO NOT WATCH THIS WITH CHILDREN OR TEENS EVEN!!!

Lili, the Real Wolf Girl, sends her Greetings. She saw the movie when it first aired. We would like to know when it will air again. Here her comments: "The movie was fun, but a little violent. Tim Curry was great as the Outside Talker. Victoria was wonderful and beautiful. Her hair pattern was was well done. My brother and I, and several cousins were born with Hypertrichosis, including my uncle, and his granddaughters. So we know what is like to be in the sideshow. So we did not like the "cage scenes." Believe or not, No wolf people, including Jo-Jo the Dog Face boy, were ever introduced in a cage. Over all the movie was fun to watch. A sequel would be nice, especially, with a happy ending. Lili" As translated and posted by Dieguin

It would seem that Tim Curry would welcome the role of a kind-hearted, singing, dancing sideshow entrepreneur, roving through the European woods in a gypsy caravan. He seems to be enjoying himself greatly being able to be the understanding father figure to the physically impaired entertainers who also seem to be enjoying their work. It is also a coming-of-age story. Most teenage girls seem to think of themselves as grotesque until love is in the air. I had a little trouble with the ending. Without giving it away I can say that, with a good character, sometimes it's best to leave well enough alone. I give it 10 points, so there.