Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Blood Moon’

Written by Scott Edwards

It can be interesting to discover exactly how well you actually know someone else. When you first meet them, you try to figure out as much as you can about them, so you can decide if you want to create a relationship with them, but there can be so much more being hidden from you. It happens more often than not that when you know the person for several years, they will let something slip that will be a surprise to you, even after you think you know them. There is nothing wrong with asking questions about someone’s past and where they came from, but just make sure you are ready for the answer, because sometimes it will be something that you did not want to hear.
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After a getting away free and clear from a robbery, Jeb and Hank Norton are on easy street and making their way down to Mexico. Knowing that the local marshal will not be able to keep up with them, they decide to make a little stop in Pine Flats to rest up and get a little food in them before their trip south of the border. Little do they know however that they will not only be met by a group of travelers, but something else that will change their outlook on a local legend for the rest of their days.

As the carriage ride continues to be bumpy, newlyweds Jake and Sarah Norman are more than happy to converse with their fellow riders. With Father Dominic, bar owner Marie, and a reporter from England in Henry Lester, the group seems to be getting along just fine, but when they hear a gunshot in the distance, they start to worry. Bringing on a stranger from the road is not sitting well with the group, but they quickly come to trust him when the mysterious Calhoun starts to take control. With their next stop being Pine Flats, they have no idea what they are entering into.

Arriving in the one-horse town, the group quickly find out that there is something or someone strange looking over their shoulders after finding the only resident torn up behind the bar. Laying the man to rest and trying to get along with their travels, the group is rushed by the Norman brothers who are more than happy to shoot their way through town. As the group of travelers gets taken hostage by the bank robbers, they start to notice something strange in the air and Hank Norton is feeling it as well. After spotting something strange in the red moon light, nobody in the bar will be safe from what appears to be a Skin Walker that is looking for the feast of a lifetime. As the hours pass and a transfer of power takes place, getting out of the little town alive takes precedence, but if the legend about the Skin Walker is true, it will be easier said than done.

This is a pretty good Werewolf/Skin Walker movie overall with plenty of good performances and some faces you have seen before. I really liked the group of travelers, but the real star of the movie was Black Deer, the Navajo tracker who has a secret of her own and should have been featured much more. I liked the lore that was laid out for the Skin Walker legend, so even if you did not know about them, you have enough to go on to be pretty informed about what they are capable of. With plenty of gun fire, a Skin Walker stalking a small town, some blood, some burials, some missing bodies, a hunt and a tracker who is not what she seems, it’s just a good little western/horror movie that will keep you wondering if anyone could possibly get out alive. Stay Scared.

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