Starring - Beate Neumeyer, Bernd Muggenthaler, and Ellen Fischer
Release Date - 1997
Genre - Horror
Tagline - "When the moon is full, the blood tide rises"
Format - DVD (Personal Collection)
Rating (out of 5):
Many of you may have noticed by now that I rarely venture out of my comfort zone when it comes to the movies I watch and review. I mostly stick to the American indie horror flicks that typically involve some light humor and over the top characters. I rarely venture to the dark pits of horror full of guts, violent sexual acts, and buckets of gore. However, I did step out of my comfort zone and watch a few Asian splatter flicks. These films were amazing and made me want to open my horizons so I turned to amazon.com where I found film after film of Asian splatter flicks. After looking for what seemed like hours I came across a film called The Burning Moon. It didn't look Asian so I did a little looking and discovered it was German. It was a decent price so I ordered it where it sat on my shelf gathering dust like so many other films. I decided it was time to take the plastic off it and give it a go. 
The film follows a junkie slacker who would rather get fucked up and fight a rival gang than he would get a job and be a responsible citizen. After a night of getting fucked up and whooping ass he returns home to find out that his parents are leaving town and forcing him to babysit his little sister. He fights with his dad and they leave. He shoots up and then goes to her bedroom to tell her two stories. The first story is Julia's Love. This story follows Julia who is down on her luck and thinks she will never find true love. However, that changes when she meets a young man who is smart and handsome. They go out to dinner and where they both hit it off. After dinner he is taking her home and exits the car for the moment so Julia listens to the radio. She hears an all points bulletin about an escaped murder and learns that it is the man she is with. She gets out of the car and runs home but leaves her wallet behind. Once home she forgets about her traumatic experience while her mother prepares dinner and her father watches T.V. The man enters the home and kills everyone there before revealing his love for Julia. The second story is called Purity and follows a priest who likes to rape and brutally murder young girls. However, one day he rapes a young woman and a bunch of backwoods farmers kills the wrong man. That night the priest is then taken to his own hell with his own demons and torture.
When it comes to foreign splatter one starts to think of so many other flicks but Germany has several that go unnoticed. The Burning Moon is one of those films that really need to be seen and talked about more in the horror community. This film had the splatter, as well as, a solid story which is rare when it comes to most splatter films. The acting in this one is not that great but the cast did show a lot of heart and determination. They really tried to make the film fun and succeeded but their inexperience showed in many of the scenes. The story for this one is fucking hardcore and gruesome. I was not expecting that when I threw the movie in but it was a welcomed surprise. Most splatter flicks skip on story and goes straight for the bloodshed so this film gets my respect for that. Finally, the film has a shit load of blood and gore with some decent effects. Thought they are not as good as Tom Savini or KNB Effects they still did their job. Overall, The Burning Moon is one bloody film that is bat shit crazy. If you like gore and a solid story then you will enjoy this one. Check it out!
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