Scanialara
You won't be disappointed!
Brightlyme
i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.
Staci Frederick
Blistering performances.
chribren
"The Burning Moon" is an underground horror film made by Olaf Ittenbach. According to the end credits and the DVD cover I have, this film was made in 1992. This is my first review for any film being made in Germany.Basic plot: After a fight with several thugs, as well as his parents, delinquent teenager Peter (played by Olaf Ittenbach himself) is made to take care of his little sister. So he decides to read two bloody goodnight stories to her.In the first story "Julia's Love", pretty woman named Julia falls in love with a guy, only to find out that guy is actually an escapist psychopath who later brutally kills off her family.In the second story "The Purity", a priest goes on killing people at night, while serving God at day. This is the longest and the goriest segment of the film's two stories. This is also my favorite segment as well.For an amateurish film, this underground film is pretty gory whenever a killing takes place. The somewhat spectacular "hell sequence" which appears very late in the second story somehow reminds me about a similar scene which took place in "Black Past" from 1989.It is also interesting to know that Olaf Ittenbach wrote, directed and even acted in this movie as well. He did so to say the same for his directional debut film "Black Past", which I also have on DVD.This film has been released in a 98-minute uncut/unrated version on Scandinavian DVD through Another World Entertainment. In Norway this film has been rated 18, even the Danish DVD copy I have says so.Overall, I call this film a must see for any people who like to watch underground horror movies coming from Germany in general. My overall rating has to be 8/10.
ElijahCSkuggs
One day while surfing the net I happened to come upon a gif of some guy getting torn in half from his crotch up. And it was awesome. I happened to find out it was by a guy I was indeed aware of. One of the true gorehound horror directors out there. Mister Olaf Ittenbach. With that scene and the realization it was made by Olaf, it was time to watch The Burning Moon. The story is about some doucher/druggie/low-life who tells his young sister some stories before she goes to bed. Not that she wanted to hear them. He was shootin up so he thought it was a good idea. Anyways, he tells her two grim as hell stories that don't skimp out on the red stuff. The first revolves around an escaped blood-thirsty mental patient and a young girl who accidentally went out on a date with him. Bad things go down. Which is good! The second story revolves around an evil priest, an innocent young man and a bunch of angry town folk. This second story also delivers the red stuff, and the last third of this one is pretty much non-stop grue.Both stories were very grim, very evil, and just flat out what a serious horror fan should appreciate. Olaf's movies are rarely ever produced on high budgets, but what he manages to show us is pretty impressive. The atmospheres and overall tone of this flick really was very ugly and downbeat. And as usual the writing is very weak, but still, as usual, pretty funny.The Burning Moon is another gore-filled flick from Olaf that any fan of said director, gore and horror should definitely give it a peek. And did I mention a dude gets graphically ripped in half? Oh yeah.
BlasphemousMusic
yes it has been a while since I have seen the movie but I do remember it for the most part. I am a horror movie junkie and have seen my fair share. This movie has bad acting yes, some cheesy gore effects yes, but I found it to be a decent flick. The scene at the end it worth the money alone. It was very very good even with todays computer effects and such. Not really much of a plot at all in the movie but sometimes I am just in a mood to se some good gore. Not the best review but I think I should at least add a better comment than the ones I have seen. This movie is not really that bad, go rent it for yourself and don't listen to what others have to say (even me).
u-ziq
campy low-budget splatter-flick that merits a rental fee only if your VCR has a good fast-forward button. highlights include: the incredibly cheesy dream segue between the serial killer and the girl he's stalking (German shepards running through grassy fields, etc.) and the utterly gratuitous and out-of-context 10-minute gore spectacular at the end of the movie. my friend and i hypothesize that the producers of this movie came up with all the gore footage and realized they couldn't release it without at least 80 more minutes of footage. hence the first 90% of the tape - utter tripe.
