Bloodmoon is an Aussie slasher movie, these were hugely popular in the late 1970's to the mid 80's but by 1990 the genre had all but run out of steam (or should that be blood!?). The plot centres around a Catholic boarding school for girls and a psycho who is killing courting couples engaged in night time sex at a nearby lovers' lane. The maniac's choice of murder is to garrote using barbered wire, sometimes followed by the gouging out of victims' eyeballs. The killings are quite brutal and bloody, they also include stabbing and one girl has her head smashed on a desk until she is dead. Within minutes we are treated to an all girl communal shower scene with some full frontal nudity, several sex scenes throughout the film also provide more nudity. The school is run by Head Teacher Virginia Sheffield (played by the very attractive Christine Amor), who likes to bed male students from a nearby boys' school on her days off, and her very creepy husband and science teacher Myles (Leon Lissek). Without giving anything away it is obvious who the killer is and their identity is revealed long before the end. Between moments of sex and horror the rest of the movie feels more like an Australian soap, filmed on the Gold Coast. One of the main characters is Kevin, he was played by Ian Williams who appeared in Aussie soap opera "Neighbours" for a couple of years. Despite being released in 1990 the film does have a cheesy mid-80's look, in particular a prom night scene that features a big haired soft rock band and some very corny dancing. Bloodmoon ticks all of the slasher movie boxes, it's not great but I have now enjoyed watching it twice now and will no doubt give it another viewing in the future.
Review of Bloodmoon
