Wildlife film-maker Ted (Michael Paré) and his tasty girlfriend Marjorie (Johanna Marlowe) are happily having it off in their jungle tent when they are rudely interrupted by a massive werewolf that proceeds to savage the naked woman with its massive jaws and slash at the poor bloke with its razor-sharp claws. Too late to save his lover, a wounded Ted grabs his shotgun and blows the creature's head off in a welter of gore.Sexy, bloody, and with one hell of an impressive looking monster, writer/director Eric Red's opening scene to Bad Moon is a real corker, which makes it all the more frustrating when the film settles into a more mundane mode, Ted having a hairy time of it coming to terms with being a lycanthrope while putting those he loves most in mortal danger. Thankfully, a couple of cool kills by the gnarly werewolf keep the film ticking along until the fun finalé, in which loyal hound Thor (talented German Shepherd Primo, who puts in the best performance of the film) risks his life to protect Ted's sister Janet (Mariel Hemingway) and her son Brett (Mason Gamble) from being eaten alive by the beast.

You have a good life. Nice home, nice yard. But one day a relative comes to visit, and you know something's not right about him. You come to find out he's a werewolf. The only problem is, you're the only one who knows. And you're a dog.Werewolves are one of those monsters that come and go in films. After a decade which saw the release of many good werewolf films (the 1980s), there just weren't many films about them in the 1990s. Bad Moon is one of the few good ones that were made during this period. Not an outstanding film by any stretch, but a fun film nonetheless. It features an excellent performance by a German Shepherd as the protagonist, Thor. Worth a look if you're a fan of the genre. Probably not very exciting if you're not.

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.

~Spoiler~ Bad Moon is a mid 90's werewolf movie directed by Eric Red I never got around to seeing until recently. I revisited Red's earlier film Body Parts and found it very enjoyable. He's also written some great genre movies, including The Hitcher and Near Dark. So I don't think I was wrong to expect more out of Bad Moon. The film starts off with a bang. And by bang I mean a graphic display of sex and violence with one of the coolest werewolves I've ever seen. Seriously, the practical creature effects in this one rock. It's Stan Winston level stuff in my opinion. However, later in the film there is a transformation sequence that uses that computer morphing technique which drains a lot of the coolness from the film. There's also not enough story here, which I certainly didn't expect from an accomplished writer like Red. The main story is about a guy who is struggling with lycanthropy who believes his salvation lies within the love of his family. Where in the hell did he get that idea? It's downright goofy. And the family dog, Thor, is the main protagonist. No joke. The acting is also questionable. Michael Pare plays the wolfman, and I usually like him (before he hooked up with Uwe Boll). The Eddie and the Cruiser movies are guilty pleasures around my house but I had a hard time believing him in this role. On the other hand, I've never liked Mariel Hemingway, who plays Pare's sister with some very odd incestuous overtones. And don't get me started on the Dennis the Menace kid. I have to say the dog is the best actor in the film. I would recommend seeing this once just for that amazing werewolf. Red has been apart of better films in the past, and lets hope he has a few more left in him better than this one.