Dawn of the Crescent Moon

6/22/2026

**_College students venture to a remote lake in Texas to research a legend_** This is an indie that only cost $75,000, but the filmmaking and acting are proficient enough to disregard that potential limitation and enter into the world of the movie. While the set-up makes you think the youths are going to encounter a diabolical creature at the lake, or perhaps a mad slasher with a machete, the story takes a refreshing turn with quality insights. There are two issues which hold the production back. For one, the female cast is serviceable, but that’s about it. It needed at least one person of the caliber of Suzanne Davis in “Fear Runs Silent” or Cerina Vincent in “It Waits” and “Sasquatch Mountain,” aka “Devil on the Mountain.” Worse, the history and mysteries surrounding the lake do