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USA, 2008, 87 Min, Rated R Directed by EDUARDO SANCHEZ East Coast Premiere/2nd US showing Producer Robin Cowie expected to be in attendance. |
On the full moon of the seventh lunar month, the gates of hell open
and the spirits of the dead are freed to roam among the living. - Chinese mythYul (Tim Chiou) is an American of Chinese descent but only has a marginal grasp of the language and culture. He convinced his new wife, Melissa (Amy Smart, Mirrors, The Butterfly Effect), however, to forego the tropics for a more adventurous and exotic honeymoon: a guided tour of China during the Hungry Ghost Festival. But after a wonderful day of fantastic celebrations and perhaps too much drinking, night falls and they drift off to sleep in a taxi on the way to Yul's grandmother's house in a rural area. Waking up abandoned in the middle of nowhere, they soon come to realize that the folk legend is all too real and they have been plunged into an ancient ritual they cannot comprehend. Back once again to scare the crap out of American moviegoers and rattle audiences' nerves, the collective of filmmakers that brought us The Blair Witch Project (including Eduardo Sanchez) returns with a supernatural thriller of the highest order. Shot on location in rural China, SEVENTH MOON brilliantly captures the frustration and fear, confusion, and most certainly, horror of being in a very foreign place with absolutely no one to assist you.
