Scott LeBrun Four escaped mental patients go on your standard issue rampage, in the English wilderness. These maniacs have been drugged out and have gone through therapy that has convinced them that they're all in a dream state. As a result, they don't bother with anything resembling a moral filter. Dressed all in white, they soon are tormenting a gaggle of schoolgirls / choir members whose bus had broken down on the road.Yes, "Killer's Moon" is sleazy and nonsensical, but damn if it isn't also atmospheric and sinister as well. The crude filmmaking and obviously low budget merely add to the ambiance. True enough that the script, by director Alan Birkinshaw, has its share of jaw dropping moments, such as when one character is advised that she should be grateful that she was "merely" raped (!). Therefore, it's not likely to appeal to horror and thriller fans across the board.The scenario allows the men playing our merry band of maniacs to ham it up and engage in philosophical discussion on dreams vs. reality. Nigel Gregory, as Mr. Smith, David Jackson, as Mr. Trubshaw, Paul Rattee, as Mr. Muldoon, and Peter Spraggon, as Mr. Jones, are all fun. Anthony Forrest and Tom Marshall play Pete and Mike, our young heroes who coincidentally happen to be in the area, camping. The girls are all quite appealing and sympathetic. Jean Reeve, as Mrs. Hargreaves, and Elizabeth Counsell, as Miss Lilac, are amusing as the girls' chaperones.Loopy and depraved entertainment overall, best recommended to trash aficionados.Seven out of 10.

acidburn-10 It's always fun unearthing obscure slashers, especially British ones, there are quite a few gems out there, but amongst them is also a load of crap that deserves to be buried. "Killer's Moon" however falls somewhere in-between, it's not a terrible movie by any means, there are hints of greatness and potential in there, but it's just wedged between mediocrity.The storyline has four escaped mental patients who under the influence of LSD roam the English country side and comes across a bus load of school girls stranded at a hotel in the middle of nowhere.The first half of the movie is quite subdued and does well at keeping the mental patients mysterious, by not showing them, instead showing what they've done (especially to the dog), which was very disturbing and upsetting but it did keep the viewer intrigued and then when they do finally show their faces as they enter the hotel, it is quite terrifying and exciting. The acts of rape and violence are quite unsettling to watch, but sadly none of the school girls standout, as none of them are concentrated on long enough for me or any-one to care about, to be honest I couldn't even remember any of their names. Then of course there's characters that disappears for such long lengths of time, that by the time you do see them, well they are just forgotten about and of course what did happen to the games-keeper, he just seemed to vanish and also the hotel owner (who does turn up at the end) like an after thought, but when did that happen.All in all "Killer's Moon" is not a bad movie, but not that great either and if you're into this sort of movie, well let's just say there are much better out there.

Coventry "Quite possibly the sleaziest film ever made in Britain". These aren't my words but a quote from a certain I.Q. Hunter, who's a respectable author and acclaimed cult cinema expert. Mr. Hunter was a guest at the local film festival in my country and provided this film – as well as a few other flamboyant British horror outings – with an interesting foreword. This man surely knows what he talks about and I definitely enjoyed listening to the trivia items that he shared with the audience, but I'm really not sure if I agree with this review's opening statement. "Killer's Moon" is a sleazy piece of work, no argument there, but I still don't think it compares to – for example - "House of Whipcord", "Prey" or "Inseminoid". What struck me most about "Killer's Moon" is how much better and more significant it easily could have been… This film doesn't necessarily require a bigger budget, nor a more professional cast or even more action/atmosphere. It already has everything, only a slightly more skillful direction and a bit of coherence in the script would have been welcome. The ramshackle bus of a school of choir girls and their two uptight teachers breaks down in the middle of the godforsaken English countryside, and they are forced to spend the night in a castle-hotel that normally is closed for the season. Not a problem, you'd think, except for the fact that four escaped asylum patients are at large in the area. As a result of oddball drug-experiments, these four are high on LSD and under the impression they tripping around in a dream. They break into the hotel and joyously begin raping, murdering and philosophizing, whilst the shrinking group of girls seeks the help of two tough campers. It's a rather preposterous and laughable to assume that mental patients are fed LSD as treatment, let alone that they can freely run around without any kind of authorities searching for them. There are numerous of other improbabilities in the script, like characters suddenly vanishing and that sort of stuff, but I advise not to let them bother you too much. Furthermore "Killer's Moon" is stuffed with gratuitous nudity and "incorrect" misogynic dialogs ("you were only raped, as long as you don't tell anyone about it you'll be alright. You just pretend it never happened"), like a truly rancid product of the late 70's ought to be! Writer/director Alan Birkinshaw's decision to dress up the four lunatics and let them behave exactly like Alex DeLarge and his companions in "A Clockwork Orange" is either a funny homage or a shameless imitation, I don't know. My guess is that it was just a silly idea that popped up in his mind, like the heroic three-legged dog.

simest Dreadful. Truly, madly, deeply dreadful. Inept on every level and amateurish in the extreme. Atrociously shot, edited, acted(!) and written, this is the closest the world will ever get to a Carry-On movie directed by Ed Wood - but not quite as accomplished. The plot: Schoolgirls stranded in the Lake District are terrorised by perverse mental escapees who believe they're acting out a dream. Throw in some cheap gore and a cast of British non-actors and you emerge with a mesmerising crash course of how to fail at film-making on every level. Some laughs are there to be had, but you have to be drunk enough to find them.