Bloodmoon (1990 film)
| Bloodmoon | |
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| Directed by | Alec Mills |
| Written by | Robert Brennan |
| Produced by | Stanley O'Toole |
| Starring | Leon Lissek Christine Amor Ian Williams Helen Thomson Craig Cronin |
| Cinematography | John Stokes |
| Edited by | David Halliday |
| Music by | Brian May |
Production companies | Michael Fisher Productions Village Roadshow Pictures |
| Distributed by | Roadshow Entertainment |
Release date | 22 March 1990 (Australia) |
Running time | 100 min. |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Box office | A$419,769 (Australia)[1] |
Bloodmoon is a 1990 Australian slasher film directed by Alec Mills. It was featured in the famous documentary Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!.
Plot
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A serial killer is at large in a catholic school, stalking the students and killing them.
Production
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It was shot on the Gold Coast.[2]
Release
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In Australia, the film was released with a "fright break" towards the end where the audience had a chance to walk out and claim a refund.[3]
Critical reception
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AllMovie called it a "silly Australian slasher film".[4] Jim Schembri wrote in Cinema Papers that:
It is an unspeakably funny film, but in the saddest possible way. It is a film promoted as a horror film, and it is for anyone with any faith left in Australian mainstream film... For a film as awful, as cliche ridden, as derivative as unimaginative and as poorly made as Bloodmoon to be made in Australia in 1990 is a cause of national mourning.[3]
References
- ^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine accessed 24 October 2009
- ^ Jim Schembri, "Bloodmoon", Australian Film 1978-1992, Oxford Uni Press, 1993 p294
- ^ a b Jim Schembri, "Bloodmoon", Cinema Papers May 1999 p66-67
- ^ Firsching, Robert. "Bloodmoon (199) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved 18 August 2012.