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Dark Moon Rising

Dark Moon Rising

Love is a six letter word - "HORROR"

20094.62h 4m

Overview

Small-town girl meets mysterious drifter boy, they fall in love. Only in this case, the boy brings with him a family curse and unimaginable horror that rains hell upon the small town

Directed by Dana Mennie
Written by Ian Cook, Dana Mennie
Produced by Dana Mennie, Lance H. Robbins, Richard Cueto
Box OfficeBudget: $3.0M0

Top Cast

Max Ryan

Max Ryan

Darkman / Bender

María Conchita Alonso

María Conchita Alonso

Sheriff Sam Pantoja

Chris Mulkey

Chris Mulkey

John

C

Chris Divecchio

Dan / Dan Creature

Ginny Weirick

Ginny Weirick

Amy

Sid Haig

Sid Haig

Crazy Louis

Billy Drago

Billy Drago

Thibodeaux

Rikki Gagne

Rikki Gagne

Stacy

Lin Shaye

Lin Shaye

Sunny

Arielle Vandenberg

Arielle Vandenberg

Nicole

Themes & Keywords

small townlovecurseserial killerwerewolfextinctionre-bornfather son relationship

About Dark Moon Rising

Dark Moon Rising is a horror film released in 2009 exploring themes of small town, love, curse, serial killer, werewolf, extinction. Directed by Dana Mennie, it stars Max Ryan, María Conchita Alonso, Chris Mulkey. Small-town girl meets mysterious drifter boy, they fall in love. Only in this case, the boy brings with him a family curse and unimaginable horror that rains hell upon the small town

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