Jared Prophet The opening is OK with Michael Paré's team being attacked by a werewolf. And then Michael Paré heads home to see his sister and her son, and their dog and the movie more or less stops at that point. It gets long and boring with nothing happening for a really long time. Mariel Hemingway is Michael Paré's sister, and she is super single with no prospects, and there isn't anyone else in the movie so there is not even the chance of a sex scene to get us through the boring part. And then when the action eventually picks up, the movie quickly becomes Lassie vs The Werewolf. And who would pay to see that. Some how this movie actually screened in theaters.

revere-7 You have a good life. Nice home, nice yard. But one day a relative comes to visit, and you know something's not right about him. You come to find out he's a werewolf. The only problem is, you're the only one who knows. And you're a dog.Werewolves are one of those monsters that come and go in films. After a decade which saw the release of many good werewolf films (the 1980s), there just weren't many films about them in the 1990s. Bad Moon is one of the few good ones that were made during this period. Not an outstanding film by any stretch, but a fun film nonetheless. It features an excellent performance by a German Shepherd as the protagonist, Thor. Worth a look if you're a fan of the genre. Probably not very exciting if you're not.

ManBehindTheMask63 This is one of the best werewolf movies around. The always legendary Michael Pare (Eddie and the cruisers, Streets of fire) stars as Ted, a normal man by day...but by night he is a flesh craving werewolf. Ted moves in with his sister (Mariel Hemingway) and her kid, hoping to end the curse with the power of love (a pretty stupid idea). Ted's sister and nephew may be oblivious to his condition, but the family dog, Thor, is not. A deadly game of dog vs. werewolf begins and in the end...only one will live. The werewolf effects are excellent and watching Pare playing a man tormented with a deadly curse is fun to watch. There is some surprising gore and the dog vs. werewolf idea is interesting and fun. The film is just a good old monster movie with some fun twists on the legends. A solid horror film.

Michael_Elliott Bad Moon (1996) *** (out of 4)Highly entertaining film from writer-director Eric Red has Janet (Mariel Hemingway) allowing her brother Ted (Michael Pare) to move in with her and her young son Brett (Mason Gamble). Everyone is happy about the idea except for her German Shepard dog who seems to have something against Ted. What Janet doesn't realize is that her brother was attacked by a werewolf and is now one himself.I didn't see BAD MOON when it was originally released even though I love werewolf movies. I finally caught up with it on DVD and really enjoyed the movie so I decided to revisit it yet again on Blu-ray and I think it has gotten even better. Is the movie flawless? Of course not but at the same time there's no question that it's an entertaining horror film.What I enjoyed most about the film is that there's not a tremendous amount of dialogue as the main "action" takes place between the uncle and the dog. I really loved this aspect of the story and it was fascinating watching the dog and his reaction to the Uncle. I loved the way the dog could see the dnager that his owners were in and this aspect of the film brought an original touch to a genre that has had countless movies in it.The werewolf effects were quite good and I'd consider them old-fashion, which certainly isn't a bad thing. Some of the violence is quite graphic for its time and there's no question that the three leads are a lot of fun and work well together. The real star has to be Primo the dog who plays THor. He is such a great dog actor and you can't help but say he's one of the best in the history of cinema. Yeah, that's high praise but he's really that great and his reactions to things going on around here was just flawless.BAD MOON isn't going to win any major awards but there's no doubt that it's a very good and highly entertaining film.