Bad Moon (1996)

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Pretty Good

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

I first accidentally saw this movie when I was 9 and I liked this movie ever since. It has the best werewolf design I've ever seen and the main character in this film is a German Shepherd (my favorite dog breed). It might not be the scariest werewolf flick out there, but it is enjoyable. If u want to see a film where a large, smart and powerful dog fights a paranormal shape-shifting creature like the werewolf, then this is the film for you of If u want just wanted to watch a horror film that won't make you sick or scare the absolute crap out of you then I highly recommend this.

This movie is a wonderful example of 90s monster horror. had I seen this movie when it first came out, I would of been scared poop-less(granted I would of only been 8) but seeing it nearly 20 years later its comes in at pretty campy. The Acting: Out of the two stars I give for acting. it receives one 1. Convincing. Not award winning.Plot: Out of the three stars I give for plot, this earned 2. Believable. Entertaining. But not too original.Special Effects: The special effects are pretty good for 1996. No use of CGI gives the movie the feel that I think helps it stand the test of time. Even though I do not believe it meets my standard to get the star in SFX

This is one of the best werewolf movies around. The always legendary Michael Pare (Eddie and the cruisers, Streets of fire) stars as Ted, a normal man by day...but by night he is a flesh craving werewolf. Ted moves in with his sister (Mariel Hemingway) and her kid, hoping to end the curse with the power of love (a pretty stupid idea). Ted's sister and nephew may be oblivious to his condition, but the family dog, Thor, is not. A deadly game of dog vs. werewolf begins and in the end...only one will live. The werewolf effects are excellent and watching Pare playing a man tormented with a deadly curse is fun to watch. There is some surprising gore and the dog vs. werewolf idea is interesting and fun. The film is just a good old monster movie with some fun twists on the legends. A solid horror film.

I have not read the novel, nor do I particularly intend to. It isn't too difficult to tell that this is basically(that would be completely fine, if it was just, you know, good) a dog movie(right down to the usual near-ending scene of such), with the addition of a werewolf. That likes to play with its food, tends to be utterly incapable of closing its mouth, and the effects of which scream "we paid for this animatronic and darn it, we're gonna use it". The framing seems odd. The pacing only gets to be painful when this tries to build suspense(meanwhile, did it ever occur to them to go for an effective reveal on the creature? Or at least attempt to hide how obviously fake it looks?), with it merely being decent apart from that. The characters, motivations and credibility could use more consistency and quality writing. The script jumps straight into all the pitfalls of clichés and predictable developments, and after it makes an effort to change the familiar rules of the lore(presumably to tailor them to what they wanted to do in this), it proceeds to follow them instead of going with what they changed it to. The music isn't always dreadful, but it is considerably grander than the visuals it's put to, once or twice. The acting is adequate, no one really stands out as either strongly positive or negative(and they didn't have a lot to work with). The actor playing the being does have the voice and the appearance to match it. The kid isn't that expressive. This at most barely reaches the running time of a feature-length production. The camera and editing are powerfully uninspired, when at their best. There's some gratuitous sex and violence, and a little language. This can be fun to MST3K, though beyond that, hope for and expect little satisfaction from this mutt of a picture. I recommend this solely to the biggest fans of canine(think Lassie) and/or undead flicks. 5/10