Full Moon Fever

There are filmmakers who are famous for being so inept people watch their movies with a mixture of astonishment and amusement since the movies these floppers make wind up being so unintentionally entertaining by being so completely awful!

Added to the list of goofball filmmakers that includes Ed Wood, Uwe Boll, Tommy Wiseau and James Nguyen is David L. Madison who may not only be the worst of the bunch but also the one with the biggest ego.

Madison's previous entry was an indie horror movie shot on digital called "Mister Hush" that somehow got limited theatrical showings. The reviews from critics and audiences were scathing. The Fandango page for the movie is filled with furious reviewers who thought they bought tickets for a horror film, but instead saw a horrible film. One reviewer took to You Tube screaming in rage, ending his review with a frantic warning to "stay away!"

Unfortunately, Mr. Madison hasn't learned from his mistake and went and made another movie.

And this time he stars in it.

For every classic werewolf movie like "An American Werewolf in London" there are terrible ones like "The Werewolf of Washington" but the makers of that stinker are now officially off the hook. Madison has most likely made the world's worst werewolf movie.

The plot of this thing is a mishmash of every werewolf story you've ever seen. Madison plays the main character Hunter (get it?) who gets the mark of the beast in the usual fashion and then proceeds to become irritable with all those around him and proceeds to have unintentionally hilarious hallucinations while whining about his fate and seeking answers to what happened.

Madison's performance makes Tommy Wiseau seem like Kenneth Branaugh. He tries in vain to look like a leading man but has a voice that sounds like Kermit the Frog. David Naughton in "An American Werewolf in London" was cast because he was a dancer in great shape. David Madison doesn't move well and looks pallid, almost like he's matching the pale of the moon.

The actual werewolf effects look like they were bought from a Halloween store in a lonely strip mall.

This is the sort of movie ready made for a comedy group like Riff Trax to perform against, mocking it at every incompetent turn. Without the riffs, this feels like a very long eighty minutes or so to sit through.

David Madison shares many of the same traits as a werewolf in that they unintentionally turn the people around them into victims. In this case, the victims are everybody that worked on "Full Moon Fever".

Very well made movie! Heart and soul was put into it! We definitely need more movies like this! The beautiful scenery was amazing! Creepy scary!! Great actors! You all definitely need to see this movie! Watched it many times and I never get tired of it! Support independent movies! Those are the best ones!!!!! Special effects were spot on! There are other movies by the same actor David Madison..Mr. Hush, Wits End...check out those two films, you won't be disappointed!! Let's all get Full Moon Fever! I know I have it!!!! As a legend once said... Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright!!!

As many of us were, in a way, literally about to lose our minds during the "Covid-19" pandemic it's great to see an example of the kind of creative work this crisis stimulated amongst artists from different Genres and know that it's recorded for posterity.

Here is a new twist on the old "Werewolf" theme. Hunter Dunne is beyond an "Average Joe" with a daughter attending college. He is experiencing something usually reserved for exotic European locales.

The actors do a great job, and the scenery is beautifully shot as well. I was touched by scenes with his wife.

Scott Schiaffo from the cult classic "Clerks" is excellent as a sympathetic Psychologist. Schiaffo also performs much of the score as he is also a musician.

Went to see this in the Theater not really knowing what to expect. The movie clearly is low budget, but had some interesting people attached to it, so I gave it a chance. I am glad I did. The story follows a recently widowed man who lost his wife to Covid. As he is trying to adjust to this, his daughter leaves home to go to college. One fall night, as he is exercise walking, he is attacked by a huge wild animal who takes a chunk out of his arm. Over the next couple of weeks, the man starts to get sick, hallucinate, and have nightmares. None of this is reinventing the wheel, but where this movie really succeeds is in the claustrophobic feel it has. You feel like you are inside this guy's head. And the transformation seen though not high tech, is really disturbing for some reason. Scott Schiaffo (Clerks 1-3) does a particularly good job as the widowed man's psychiatrist Dr. Larry. For a small low budget movie, it is quit a formidable entry into Werewolf lore. Give it a look.

Full Moon Fever is a fun character study about a man dealing with loss and the increasingly primal urges associated with lycanthropy. The protaganist Hunter Dunne is portrayed perfectly by director David Madison as an everyman who encounters an extraordinary circumstance and shares his dramatic emotional experience with the audience. Showing his vulnerability and grief while slowly descending into the hallucination fueled madness of his affliction. This modern folk tale pays homage to werewolf classics like The Wolf Man and American Werewolf In London while staying true to its indie horror roots. The cast does a fine job of bringing this story to life with appearances by Marianne Hagan of Halloween 6 fame and CLERKS Chewlies Gum guy Scott Schiaffo as Dr. Larry.

Another noteworthy performance to look out for is Amanda Madison as Jackie Dunne. Sit back grab some popcorn and enjoy a late night Halloween inspired creature feature that explores themes of sanity, loss, the unintended consequences of brushes with the paranormal and satisfyingly different transformation scene.