Uncork’d Entertainment and Jinga Films have announced the US and Canadian release of Jeremy Wooding’s wild west-werewolf mash up Blood Moon, which will debut on DVD and VOD September 1. The film will be released in the UK on October 5. You can check out the previously-released trailer in the player below.
Shaun Dooley (The Women In Black), George Blagden (Vikings), Anna Skellern (The Descent Part II) and Corey Johnson (Captain Philips) star in Blood Moon, a werewolf Western set in a remote mining town where a stagecoach full of passengers are held hostage by two outlaws on the run from the law. But events take an unexpected turn when the group fall prey to a mythical creature known to locals as a skin walker. They must settle their differences and combine their strengths if they re going survive the night of a blood red Moon.
Blood Moon received its World premiere at FrightFest and has since participated in Dublin Horrorthon, Fantasporto, Brussels Fantastic Film Festival, Weekend of Fear, Grossmann Fantastic Film Festival, Buchon Fantastic Film Festival and Ravenna Nightmare where it received the Audience Award for Best Film.
Although set in the US, Blood Moon was filmed on location in Kent, England where the producers found a replica wild west town. The film is only the second Western to be filmed in the UK, the first being Carry on Cowboy in 1966.
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