Mixing jump scares with some nice tension based spookiness, the ghostly side of the movie has some fun & exciting moments. It helps keep the spooky shenanigans grounded in a bit of reality. On the one hand evil & sadistic, on the other clearly under huge pressure to live up to expectations.Ī strong cast that all excel in their roles helps make the events feel more real. Nothing is black & white, even the killer’s motives are drenched in grey areas. Heavily weighted towards building credible characters with layered motives & emotions, it’s a slow burner of a movie but is better for it. The second about the killer being haunted by his victims. The first all about the mystery of the killers’ identity. Things get worse for the family when sixteen-year-old Margaret Larkin (Sara Kathryn Bellamy) is murdered & her body found in the lake tied to her bicycle.Įarly on the killer’s identity is actually revealed as Cold Moon is basically a movie of two parts. The family are under pressure owing money to the bank run by the unfeeling Nathan Redfield (Josh Stewart). Cold Moon is based on the novel Cold Moon Over Babylon by the late Michael McDowell, author Beetlejuice and The Nightmare Before Christmas.Ĭold Moon introduces the Larkin family who live in the small town of Babylon. As well as Robbie Kay (Once Upon a Time, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides), Candy Clark (Twin Peaks, Zodiac), Rachele Brooke Smith (Center Stage: On Pointe, The Nice Guys) and Frank Whaley (Luke Cage, The Doors). Starring Josh Stewart (Shooter, The Dark Knight Rises) & Christopher Lloyd (the Back to the Future series). Co-written and directed by Griff Furst, in theatres and VOD from Uncork’d Entertainment. A chilling tale of supernatural vengeance arrives this October with Cold Moon.

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