Voodoo Moon tells the tale of Cole (Eric Mabius) some sort of guy who has magical powers who is seeking Daniel (Rik Young) who happens to be the devil & made the town where Cole was born murder each other, or something like that. The whole town that is except Cole & his psychic sister Heather (Charisma Carpenter) who are now on a revenge mission to kill Daniel. To aid them in this task Cole psychically summons various people whom he has used his powers to save in some capacity & owe him a favour. Erm, eventually they all meet up & fight & that's about it.
This Canadian American co-production was edited, written & directed by Kevin VanHook who also makes a cameo appearance as a 'Cemetery Gardener' & I thought it was pretty damned bad. The script is painfully slow, most of the film seems to take place in a large farmhouse where not much happens. The character's are also pretty poor, while two of the people Cole summons to help him are given stories shown in flashback none of the others are & they feel underdeveloped, inconsequential & pointless. Daniel the devil is given no motivation for anything, he doesn't seem to have any sort of plan & he dies too easily. Then there's the magical powers that some of the character's seem to have, I know Cole has magical Voodoo type abilities but it's very sketchy & why the hell does Frank Taggert (Jeffrey Combs) get his neck broken & then comes back to life? What? It's baffling & a bizarre story arc that seems at odds with the rest of the film. Why do all these events suddenly take place now? There seems to be no significant reason why everything takes place at the point in time that it does, none whatsoever. The action is lightweight & dull, there's barely any violence & gore plus it's a real chore to sit through.
Director VanHook does OK although it's all rather forgettable, flat, bland & unexciting. There's no atmosphere or scares & a lot of the CGI effects are pretty bad. Forget about any blood or gore as there isn't any.
With a supposed budget of about $2,000,000 one has to wonder where the money went, I'm sorry but this is a very bland forgettable film that doesn't distinguish itself in any area. The acting is of a suitably low standard & it's a shame to see a fine actor like Jeffrey Combs in crap low budget horror films like this & All Souls Day (2005).
Voodoo Moon is rubbish, I'm sure no one sets out to make a bad film & I'm positive no one here did but lets call a spade a spade shall wee, it's crap. Definitely not recommended.
This Canadian American co-production was edited, written & directed by Kevin VanHook who also makes a cameo appearance as a 'Cemetery Gardener' & I thought it was pretty damned bad. The script is painfully slow, most of the film seems to take place in a large farmhouse where not much happens. The character's are also pretty poor, while two of the people Cole summons to help him are given stories shown in flashback none of the others are & they feel underdeveloped, inconsequential & pointless. Daniel the devil is given no motivation for anything, he doesn't seem to have any sort of plan & he dies too easily. Then there's the magical powers that some of the character's seem to have, I know Cole has magical Voodoo type abilities but it's very sketchy & why the hell does Frank Taggert (Jeffrey Combs) get his neck broken & then comes back to life? What? It's baffling & a bizarre story arc that seems at odds with the rest of the film. Why do all these events suddenly take place now? There seems to be no significant reason why everything takes place at the point in time that it does, none whatsoever. The action is lightweight & dull, there's barely any violence & gore plus it's a real chore to sit through.
Director VanHook does OK although it's all rather forgettable, flat, bland & unexciting. There's no atmosphere or scares & a lot of the CGI effects are pretty bad. Forget about any blood or gore as there isn't any.
With a supposed budget of about $2,000,000 one has to wonder where the money went, I'm sorry but this is a very bland forgettable film that doesn't distinguish itself in any area. The acting is of a suitably low standard & it's a shame to see a fine actor like Jeffrey Combs in crap low budget horror films like this & All Souls Day (2005).
Voodoo Moon is rubbish, I'm sure no one sets out to make a bad film & I'm positive no one here did but lets call a spade a spade shall wee, it's crap. Definitely not recommended.