Frequently Bought Together
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images? |
Special Features
None.
Editorial Reviews
Review
AN ANTI-HUMAN MASTERPIECE... Satanism. Disembowelment. Sexual assault. A particularly notorious segment appears to have actually been shot in Hell. There's zero doubt that Olaf Ittenbach was destined to either make this film or rape wolves. Zack Carlson, editor/author of DESTROY ALL MOVIES --Zack Carlson, Editor/Author of DESTROY ALL MOVIES
AN ALL-OUT SPLATTER BLOW-OUT... A pathologically inventive, heinously clever slate of some seriously bent sh*t. Chas. Balun, Gore Score --Chas. Balun, Gore Score
HARDCORE GORE.... A must see for those who think HOSTEL was the beginning of this kind of stuff. HorrorNews.net --HorrorNews.net
AN ALL-OUT SPLATTER BLOW-OUT... A pathologically inventive, heinously clever slate of some seriously bent sh*t. Chas. Balun, Gore Score --Chas. Balun, Gore Score
HARDCORE GORE.... A must see for those who think HOSTEL was the beginning of this kind of stuff. HorrorNews.net --HorrorNews.net
Product Description
In 1997, writer/director/special effects master Olaf Ittenbach changed the face of video horror, force-fed its ripped-out eyeballs to screaming audiences, then used a drill, machete and shotgun on its still-twitching torso: Ittenbach himself stars as a degenerate junkie who babysits his young sister with two bedtime stories of the damned. First, an escaped serial killer turns date night into a graphic family massacre. Then a country priest on a rape and murder spree leads to a disturbingly explicit descent into Hell. It became the VHS that shocked America. It has been banned in its Motherland for nearly 20 years. And it remains perhaps the most violent and depraved shot-on-video saga in history. This is The Burning Moon.
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
23 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
The Burning Moon is an unbelievably gory splatter film from German Director Olaf Ittenbach. In the movie a little girls older, drug addicted brother tells her horrifying bedtime stories filled with some of the most over the top splatter ever seen. I have seen many gruesome splatter movies and this one is definitely near the top of the list. The scene in hell is so gruesome and horrific that it has to be seen to be believed.
I highly suggest buying The Burning Moon if you're a fan of hard core gore.
I highly suggest buying The Burning Moon if you're a fan of hard core gore.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Sins of Cinema: The Burning Moon [Intervision Picture Corp, DVD] Review
March 6, 2012
By chip parton
Format:DVD
"By using a device that most people recorded their honeymoon sextape with, Ittenbach creates a film that bashes your face in, stomps your ribs, castrates you with rusted scissors, rapes your senses and pisses on your soul. You will never see another movie that delivers the gore like Burning Moon. This is one of the few SoV movies out there that has an audience beyond fans of super low budget horror or VHS collecting. It's a genuinely solid film that uses gore for humor and intensity. If there's one horror movie you watch this year, it needs to be The Burning Moon. 10/10"
Read the full review at [...]
Read the full review at [...]
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Chris Cox
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
the cover-art is funny-gross, however the information is a bit lacking on the back.
no format notification(ntsc or pal)
no region code status(1 or 0)
the year this claims of release is 1997(is this right?, i so thought this was released in 1992, maybe i am wrong)
originally released by dead alive productions on vhs and dvd(the same people whom released traces of death part 1 and 2 on vhs which i also still own).
out of all the super-gore films i have seen and purchased over the years, they are tributes compared to this german splatter-shocker.
one thing needs to be known to all whom plan to purchase this edition, it is clear to me this was taken from an out of print vhs, because it does not appear to be remastered, just transfered to dvd.
the inside packaging is very nice and contains a brief history about the film, director and history of how american took-to-it intially here in america.
if your vhs copy is worn or you don't want to go public domain(some ioffer sellers seem to be still stocking it,"are they breaking the rules of the bernie act code by not pulling it due to this release version"? just curious), then this edition is right up your ally and at a reasonable price.
the subtitles can be turned on and off(i turn them on because, sadly, i cannot speak nor understand one word of german(my fault, i am a terrible pollyglot(bi or multi-lingual).
please keep in mind this film is X-rated and NOT to be purchased/viewed by anybody under 18 years of age.... Read more ›
no format notification(ntsc or pal)
no region code status(1 or 0)
the year this claims of release is 1997(is this right?, i so thought this was released in 1992, maybe i am wrong)
originally released by dead alive productions on vhs and dvd(the same people whom released traces of death part 1 and 2 on vhs which i also still own).
out of all the super-gore films i have seen and purchased over the years, they are tributes compared to this german splatter-shocker.
one thing needs to be known to all whom plan to purchase this edition, it is clear to me this was taken from an out of print vhs, because it does not appear to be remastered, just transfered to dvd.
the inside packaging is very nice and contains a brief history about the film, director and history of how american took-to-it intially here in america.
if your vhs copy is worn or you don't want to go public domain(some ioffer sellers seem to be still stocking it,"are they breaking the rules of the bernie act code by not pulling it due to this release version"? just curious), then this edition is right up your ally and at a reasonable price.
the subtitles can be turned on and off(i turn them on because, sadly, i cannot speak nor understand one word of german(my fault, i am a terrible pollyglot(bi or multi-lingual).
please keep in mind this film is X-rated and NOT to be purchased/viewed by anybody under 18 years of age.... Read more ›
By M. Bartel
Format:DVD
This is a gory film yes. Does it live up to much of the hype and praise? Well, sorta. I have had a few German horror come my way, most of which offer this same exact thing. Nekromantik works, but most of the others didn't.
The acting in this movie may be one of the movies weaker points. It goes all over the place and can leave you rolling your eyes hoping it ends and some gore begins. The movie is pure violence for the sake of violence and may be one reason it gets any kind of "Video Nasty" reference. The gore is good and quite plentiful, but getting to it can be a problem as the acting and some writing drags a bit.
It is a decent watch, but don't go expecting it to expand your horror experience. It really is from the very beginning about people who don't care about authority or religion and simply disrespect others, do drugs, fight and kill siblings and innocent bystanders. So there is no moral, no hero, and little justice - just violence strung together with a plot of a teen telling his kid sister 2 horror stories after he shoots-up.
It isn't bad, but it isn't great. The only "Great" aspect is the gore which stays pretty constant and decent all the way and then throws the big finale in your face right near the end.
The acting in this movie may be one of the movies weaker points. It goes all over the place and can leave you rolling your eyes hoping it ends and some gore begins. The movie is pure violence for the sake of violence and may be one reason it gets any kind of "Video Nasty" reference. The gore is good and quite plentiful, but getting to it can be a problem as the acting and some writing drags a bit.
It is a decent watch, but don't go expecting it to expand your horror experience. It really is from the very beginning about people who don't care about authority or religion and simply disrespect others, do drugs, fight and kill siblings and innocent bystanders. So there is no moral, no hero, and little justice - just violence strung together with a plot of a teen telling his kid sister 2 horror stories after he shoots-up.
It isn't bad, but it isn't great. The only "Great" aspect is the gore which stays pretty constant and decent all the way and then throws the big finale in your face right near the end.
By Hardtox
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I will say the trailer for this film made it sound like some crazy film. The acting is so absurd at points its laughable. By the time the gore kicks in the film is almost over (sad face) but at least its good when it does i will say the ending is the most shocking part of the film. All in all average just try not to get bored with the drawn out plot.
11 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By Guitarkelly
Format:DVD
I rented this movie back in 2003. No budget, shot with a camcorder. The worse acting ever seen, the gore was plentiful but cheaply done. The gore could not save this film from utter crapville. Unbearable to sit through due to the story, acting, and production. I fast forward to the "Hell scene" and it takes place in someone's basement! No fire and brimstone or pits of suffering, just concrete walls and pipes! Necromantik is the only German gore film worth seeing. Stick to your Fulci and Savini classics, avoid this one...
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By I'm Right
Format:DVD
Burning Moon is a spectacular failure in every way possible. The story tries to ape an anthology with 2 spooky stories being told, but they both are crappy and in the main arc a brother kills his sister, while, telling her... the stories??
The acting is a joke, the gore effects could be done better by a 10 year old with a red paint bucket, the mini-stories themselves are really uninteresting and drag out which is the last thing an anthology should do. The infamous hell scene? What a joke, you see people with some fake blood on them laying around (probably drunk) and then some drill goes into cheap prosthetics bought at party city.
The few people who gave this 5 stars were probably the actor's mothers, if you're into these kind of films watch something that doesn't suck, like the Guinea Pig series or August Underground Mordum, there's a reason no one ever mentions this pile of pig s***.
The acting is a joke, the gore effects could be done better by a 10 year old with a red paint bucket, the mini-stories themselves are really uninteresting and drag out which is the last thing an anthology should do. The infamous hell scene? What a joke, you see people with some fake blood on them laying around (probably drunk) and then some drill goes into cheap prosthetics bought at party city.
The few people who gave this 5 stars were probably the actor's mothers, if you're into these kind of films watch something that doesn't suck, like the Guinea Pig series or August Underground Mordum, there's a reason no one ever mentions this pile of pig s***.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars
Could have been a gore classic.....
if it were made back in the 60's but this film was shot in the 90's!! As others have stated; the acting is horrible, the story is so-so and the f/x are laughable, especially for... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Erin C. Crigger
5.0 out of 5 stars
BRUTAL
I love this film, Olaf is one of my favorite directors, and I enjoyed the Intervision DVD case as well, it was different than most that I see. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Matthew Renda
1.0 out of 5 stars
What a Load of Crap
This movie is horrible horrible horrible. It's only got the hype it does because it's so "extreme" and because it was banned back in the early 90's in Germany. Read more
Published 10 months ago by D. Ryan Mowry
1.0 out of 5 stars
Worst film but for all the wroing reasons
So this was called an Anti-Human Masterpiece by Zack Carlson from 'Destroy all Movies", also "An all out Splatter blow out" by Heinously Clever word and phrases like masterpiece... Read more
Published 10 months ago by William Cate
5.0 out of 5 stars
Satan Hell Gore!!!
Gore Forever! Satan! Blood! Death! Fire! Pain! Hell And Pain Forever and Ever!
Yep, that pretty much sums this one up. Check it out!!!
Yep, that pretty much sums this one up. Check it out!!!
Published 12 months ago by Gore Hound
3.0 out of 5 stars
Classic but...
Classic, but did not live up to its reputation. I thought it was going to be over the top sick effects and story. Its neither. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Skithed
1.0 out of 5 stars
Um....Anyone want to watch "Inside" instead??
I am shocked. Just shocked. And NOT by the gore and graphic images that were supposedly in this film. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Justin Russell
5.0 out of 5 stars
German gore at its finest!!
I thought this was a "real life"snuff film when I saw the trailer for it on Traces Of Death II,I did not want to watch it at first until I realized it was all well,made special... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Slowgynn
