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DVD Review: Seventh Moon – Dir. by Eduardo Sanchez

DVD Review – Seventh Moon
Directed by Eduardo Sanchez
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Here we have director Eduardo Sanchez (The Blair Witch Project series) taking a stab at an Asian-inspired look into what could be a part of The Descent franchise. Pale-white ghastly ghouls who are bald and like flesh and who live in caves, are prancing about rural Chinese provinces, snatching up live offerings from the locals, which occur every seventh moon. Amy Smart and Dennis Chan star as the newlyweds who decide to hoof it over to China for some cultural awareness on their honeymoon, and get caught in the “Hungry Ghost Festival”. Nothing exceptionally original here, effects are minimal, but the spook factor gets a 6 as far as, well…spookiness.

Great little rental if you have your missus in tow, however the plot thins quickly, the storyline is predictable and the blood does not flow nearly enough. Nocturnal cave-dwelling skinheads who are doused in Robin Hood flour has The Descent comparisons come to mind more than once. Shame, as this could have been a keeper had the script let itself run wild, beyond her trying to rescue her soon-to-be kidnapped husband. Love is in the air, but the horror is not. Not much more to be said without spoiling. Also the “too-dark-use your imagination” bit (as with Blair Witch) is quite present and quite annoying, as you already know who and what – the goblins are . So this becomes useless, almost instantly.

Hopefully it will be 7 more moons before Sanchez decides to steal the public’s money during the ‘Hungry Director for Dollars Festival”

By E. S. Day

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