Film Review – Cold Moon

“Cold Moon” is being advertised as the latest work from the man who co-wrote “Beetlejuice,” and that’s an accurate claim, as Michael McDowell wrote the original 1980 novel that’s inspired the new film. And that’s pretty much it for connective tissue to the Tim Burton classic. While “Cold Moon” does deal with the horrors of the afterlife, it does so with a sobering haunting, far from any comedic promises the marketing makes. Co-writer/director Griff Furst has an interesting challenge with McDowell’s material, striving to keep the more sellable elements of the picture alive while the story slowly creeps away from nightmarish violence and demented characters. It’s more Florida Gothic than “Beetlejuice,” so buyer beware.  Read the rest at Blu-ray.com