Todd invented the low-speed Ford Bronco chase a year before O.J. Simpson's famous run. Todd was also nearly killed when two characters having a fist fight between two moving cars almost fell on top of him as he was lying in the middle of the road filming the chase scene. Decent story line. Less blood and gore. More optimistic approach to subject matter. Filmed on a zero budget, but doesn't look that bad. I was involved in the production, so I am biased here. Todd has a talent for mustering large casts of dedicated amateurs willing to work for the fun of seeing themselves on screen. I don't know of any other low budget video types who squeeze that many people and locations into their work. Look for "Violent New Breed" to see an example of Todd Sheets at his most extreme.
5 Reviews
This movie could be fatal to watch!
larrystopmo-114 November 2002
This amateur production is appalling. Shot on video, everything about this so called movie is amateurish. The acting is a joke. The actors are a joke. The costumes were left over from Halloween. The car chases were incredible. They must have been going 10 mph at their top speed. How could this production be offered to the public? And it said it was based on a story from the Bible? This is sacrileges.
Moonchild
BandSAboutMovies13 October 2022
Warning: Spoilers
"Moonchild, hear the mandrake scream
Moonchild, open the seventh seal
Moonchild, you'll be mine soon child
Moonchild, take my hand tonight!"
Yeah, any movie inspired by Iron Maiden - it says so right in the credits - deserves all of your money.
Directed and written by Todd Sheets, Moonchild is a movie that realizes that the best post-apoclyptic movies didn't need huge budgets, just sets that looked like the end of the world, some wildness to set them apart and all the heart you can muster. More 2019: After the Fall of New York, less Children of Men.
Also, you can sum up this movie in three more words: Werewolves are awesome.
Jacob Stryker (Auggi Alvarez) is a man who has had his genes spliced with those of a wolf and is therefore one of those awesome werewolves. He's lost his son Caleb after he escaped the government ghouls who operated on him. And oh yeah, he has a bomb ready to blow his guts up in 72 hours, which is taking Snake Plissken cosplay taken as far as you can take it.
He's being tracked by cannibals, bounty hunters, a ninja, a cyborg grandmother and an entire army with only a small group of rebels like Talon and Athena helping him. But you know, Stryker doesn't need anybody. He's a werewolf in the time after the fall of man.
This movie doesn't have any budget, but there are still car chases and people throwing themselves out of moving vehicles which is at once awesome and wreckless and you know, I'll go with awesome. More people should be willing to face death for the joy of post-apocalyptic cinema.
Yeah, any movie inspired by Iron Maiden - it says so right in the credits - deserves all of your money.
Directed and written by Todd Sheets, Moonchild is a movie that realizes that the best post-apoclyptic movies didn't need huge budgets, just sets that looked like the end of the world, some wildness to set them apart and all the heart you can muster. More 2019: After the Fall of New York, less Children of Men.
Also, you can sum up this movie in three more words: Werewolves are awesome.
Jacob Stryker (Auggi Alvarez) is a man who has had his genes spliced with those of a wolf and is therefore one of those awesome werewolves. He's lost his son Caleb after he escaped the government ghouls who operated on him. And oh yeah, he has a bomb ready to blow his guts up in 72 hours, which is taking Snake Plissken cosplay taken as far as you can take it.
He's being tracked by cannibals, bounty hunters, a ninja, a cyborg grandmother and an entire army with only a small group of rebels like Talon and Athena helping him. But you know, Stryker doesn't need anybody. He's a werewolf in the time after the fall of man.
This movie doesn't have any budget, but there are still car chases and people throwing themselves out of moving vehicles which is at once awesome and wreckless and you know, I'll go with awesome. More people should be willing to face death for the joy of post-apocalyptic cinema.
Far more fun than it has any right to be
kannibalcorpsegrinder24 December 2022
After escaping from a government facility, a soldier seeks refuge in a secret sewer-dwelling society of rebels looking to overthrow the government, and when he discovers what's happening with his son teams up with them to infiltrate their compound and save him using a secret power to do so.
This was an exceptionally enjoyable shot-on-video effort. Among its better features is the striking and engaging setup, providing this with a highly effective storyline featuring the dystopian society at play within here as the various pieces involving the government operation that plagues him, the lengths to which they go through to bring him back and the numerous goings-on that highlight this universe. Featuring the underground society of rebels that live in the sewers offering everything from child bodyguards, bare-knuckle boxing, and a life outside of government regulations, this provides a great background that goes alongside the desire to retrieve him through the androids that are sent after him. This is all entirely ambitious and far grander in scope than what would be expected in this type of genre outing which goes hand-in-hand with the type of action on display as well. The early scenes here provide a fine mix of Action and more traditional genre fare with the exciting car chase through the city ruins or the brawl with the robot that signals what he really is. The main part of the film, with the assault on the military compound involving all sorts of confrontations and shootouts with the numerous mutant guards in the facility or brawling with the forces on both sides along the way, has quite a lot to like while also setting up the low-budget special effects to generate a highly-effective atmosphere of cheese. That all manage to keep this one enjoyable enough to overcome the fact that the microbudget origins are on full display here which might be an issue for some but isn't a full-on issue here considering what it does with that budget.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence.
This was an exceptionally enjoyable shot-on-video effort. Among its better features is the striking and engaging setup, providing this with a highly effective storyline featuring the dystopian society at play within here as the various pieces involving the government operation that plagues him, the lengths to which they go through to bring him back and the numerous goings-on that highlight this universe. Featuring the underground society of rebels that live in the sewers offering everything from child bodyguards, bare-knuckle boxing, and a life outside of government regulations, this provides a great background that goes alongside the desire to retrieve him through the androids that are sent after him. This is all entirely ambitious and far grander in scope than what would be expected in this type of genre outing which goes hand-in-hand with the type of action on display as well. The early scenes here provide a fine mix of Action and more traditional genre fare with the exciting car chase through the city ruins or the brawl with the robot that signals what he really is. The main part of the film, with the assault on the military compound involving all sorts of confrontations and shootouts with the numerous mutant guards in the facility or brawling with the forces on both sides along the way, has quite a lot to like while also setting up the low-budget special effects to generate a highly-effective atmosphere of cheese. That all manage to keep this one enjoyable enough to overcome the fact that the microbudget origins are on full display here which might be an issue for some but isn't a full-on issue here considering what it does with that budget.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence.
Moonchild (1994)
jonahstewartvaughan20 November 2023
Warning: Spoilers
NOctoberween #13 (The Week of Gutter Trash 4): Moonchild (1994)
(8/10): First Impressions are everything and Todd Sheets made a good first impression on my part.
Moonchild is about an escaped prisoner from a government experimentation facility in a dystopian future.
He now has cybernetic soldiers pursuing him as he is seeking help from a rebellious group to rescue his trapped son.
Finding out that he is both a subject of gene splicing with a wolf and can turn into a werewolf and also the fact that now he has escaped he has literally become a ticking time bomb with 72 hours left he joins forces with the rebellion to rescue his son and find the trigger system to deactivate the bomb before it's too late.
Filled with such love, Todd Sheets imbues a sense of spirit and creativity to his little sov action/horror epic.
The story is more complex than your average sov effort as it defies the usual conventions of your typical werewolf film. It also has a sense of world building that makes it a lot more interesting.
The effects are crude but the "can do" attitude is high and even though it has sub-par acting the film really gives it its all and has some genuinely heartfelt moments.
The werewolf effects are pretty goofy looking but have that low budget charm that makes films like these so appealing.
It's got some solid action for its budget and decent costume design as well that makes the world feel more realized.
The soundtrack is actually pretty kick-ass for its budget as well, surprisingly, it's got many guitar riffs and banger tunes.
It's got the all or nothing, high concept and genuine love for the genre that, with the right crowd will surpass all its flaws and make it just a fun ride.
(8/10): First Impressions are everything and Todd Sheets made a good first impression on my part.
Moonchild is about an escaped prisoner from a government experimentation facility in a dystopian future.
He now has cybernetic soldiers pursuing him as he is seeking help from a rebellious group to rescue his trapped son.
Finding out that he is both a subject of gene splicing with a wolf and can turn into a werewolf and also the fact that now he has escaped he has literally become a ticking time bomb with 72 hours left he joins forces with the rebellion to rescue his son and find the trigger system to deactivate the bomb before it's too late.
Filled with such love, Todd Sheets imbues a sense of spirit and creativity to his little sov action/horror epic.
The story is more complex than your average sov effort as it defies the usual conventions of your typical werewolf film. It also has a sense of world building that makes it a lot more interesting.
The effects are crude but the "can do" attitude is high and even though it has sub-par acting the film really gives it its all and has some genuinely heartfelt moments.
The werewolf effects are pretty goofy looking but have that low budget charm that makes films like these so appealing.
It's got some solid action for its budget and decent costume design as well that makes the world feel more realized.
The soundtrack is actually pretty kick-ass for its budget as well, surprisingly, it's got many guitar riffs and banger tunes.
It's got the all or nothing, high concept and genuine love for the genre that, with the right crowd will surpass all its flaws and make it just a fun ride.
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