It's always fun unearthing obscure slashers, especially British ones, there are quite a few gems out there, but amongst them is also a load of crap that deserves to be buried. "Killer's Moon" however falls somewhere in-between, it's not a terrible movie by any means, there are hints of greatness and potential in there, but it's just wedged between mediocrity.
The storyline has four escaped mental patients who under the influence of LSD roam the English country side and comes across a bus load of school girls stranded at a hotel in the middle of nowhere.
The first half of the movie is quite subdued and does well at keeping the mental patients mysterious, by not showing them, instead showing what they've done (especially to the dog), which was very disturbing and upsetting but it did keep the viewer intrigued and then when they do finally show their faces as they enter the hotel, it is quite terrifying and exciting. The acts of rape and violence are quite unsettling to watch, but sadly none of the school girls standout, as none of them are concentrated on long enough for me or any-one to care about, to be honest I couldn't even remember any of their names. Then of course there's characters that disappears for such long lengths of time, that by the time you do see them, well they are just forgotten about and of course what did happen to the games-keeper, he just seemed to vanish and also the hotel owner (who does turn up at the end) like an after thought, but when did that happen.
All in all "Killer's Moon" is not a bad movie, but not that great either and if you're into this sort of movie, well let's just say there are much better out there.
The storyline has four escaped mental patients who under the influence of LSD roam the English country side and comes across a bus load of school girls stranded at a hotel in the middle of nowhere.
The first half of the movie is quite subdued and does well at keeping the mental patients mysterious, by not showing them, instead showing what they've done (especially to the dog), which was very disturbing and upsetting but it did keep the viewer intrigued and then when they do finally show their faces as they enter the hotel, it is quite terrifying and exciting. The acts of rape and violence are quite unsettling to watch, but sadly none of the school girls standout, as none of them are concentrated on long enough for me or any-one to care about, to be honest I couldn't even remember any of their names. Then of course there's characters that disappears for such long lengths of time, that by the time you do see them, well they are just forgotten about and of course what did happen to the games-keeper, he just seemed to vanish and also the hotel owner (who does turn up at the end) like an after thought, but when did that happen.
All in all "Killer's Moon" is not a bad movie, but not that great either and if you're into this sort of movie, well let's just say there are much better out there.