Black Moon Rising

7/25/2026

**Score: 7/10 — A Cheesy, Entertaining B-Movie Elevated by a Killer Score** You can feel the John Carpenter influence in this one, which makes it a damn pity he didn't direct it. It would have been a much slicker movie. The story is simple, the production is nothing fancy, and the dialogue is hella cheesy. The acting is surprisingly bad in places, though it's hard to blame the cast when there's only so much you can do with material this pulpy. But for all its flaws, *Black Moon Rising* is a thoroughly entertaining 1h 40m. **The Carpenter DNA** The film's story was written by John Carpenter, one of three credited screenwriters. While he didn't direct, that job went to Harley Cokeliss, you can feel his fingerprints throughout. The anti-hero protagonist, the cool, unflappable thief Q