Bad Moon (2005 film)

Bad Moon
Film poster
Traditional Chinese惡月
Simplified Chinese恶月
Hanyu PinyinÈ Yuè
JyutpingOk3 Jyut6
Directed byChi Yin
Willing Lu
Written byChi Yin
Huang Su-Yu
Produced byCentral Motion Picture Corporation
StarringKimi Hsia
Ko Shu-chin
Lam Lei [zh]
Yin Chao-te [zh]
Edited byLei Chen-ching
Release date
  • 2005 (2005)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryTaiwan
LanguageMandarin

Bad Moon (simplified Chinese: 恶月; traditional Chinese: 惡月), also known as E yue, is a 2005 Taiwanese film directed by Willing Lu and Chi Yin.[1] Produced by Central Motion Picture Corporation, the film is 98 minutes long.[2] It stars Kimi Hsia, Ko Shu-chin, Lam Lei [zh], and Yin Chao-te [zh].[3][4] Bad Moon was previously titled Devil's Holiday (Chinese: 魔鬼假期)[5] and is a horror and thriller film.[6][7][8]

Bad Moon explores how mental illness may have driven a girl to jump from a building.[9] It was largely filmed late at night which disrupted actor Lam Lei's circadian rhythm and was agonising for him.[10]

Apple Daily film critic Zhuang Youfen praised the film, writing, "The plot is suspenseful and compact, and the audience can enjoy the fun of reasoning."[11] Bad Moon had an underwhelming performance at the box office.[12]

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  2. ^ 唐在揚 (2005-07-02). "世界大戰 史匹柏的外星人，不一樣了" [World War. Spielberg's alient are different]. United Daily News (in Chinese). p. 10.
  3. ^ 莊幼芬 (2005-04-23). "夏于喬靈異海報活見鬼" [Kimi Hsia's supernatural posters show ghosts]. Apple Daily (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  4. ^ 葛大維 (2005-07-01). "韋苓春風滿面說惡月" [Estrella Chen talks about Bad Moon in spring breeze]. United Daily News (in Chinese). p. D4.
  5. ^ "林立洋慶生玩柯淑勤奶" [Lam Lei celebrates birthday by playing with Samantha Ko's breasts]. Apple Daily (in Chinese). 2004-08-25. Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  6. ^ "韋苓打片裙飛露褲褲" [Estrella Chen in film skirt flies and exposes trousers]. Apple Daily (in Chinese). 2005-07-01. Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  7. ^ 項貽斐 (2005-05-27). "柯淑勤惡月知憂鬱苦" [Samantha Ko's Bad Moon knows depression]. United Daily News (in Chinese). p. D4.
  8. ^ 賴怡佳; 林欣若 (2006-05-22). "搶救國片 鬼片給你靠？" [Rescue national movies. Rely on ghost movies?]. United Daily News (in Chinese). p. D3.
  9. ^ 王麗娟 (April 2010). "黑狗夜奔: 專訪電影導演‧尹祺交大電工61級" [Black Dog Night Run: Interview with Film Director‧Chi Yin Jiaotong University Electrician Class 61] (PDF) (in Chinese). National Chiao Tung University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  10. ^ "林立洋夜戲拍出時差" [Lam Lei's night scene filmed by time difference]. Apple Daily (in Chinese). 2004-10-06. Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  11. ^ 莊幼芬 (2005-07-01). "懸疑《惡月》連環殺人命案" [Suspenseful "Bad Moon", a serial homicide case]. Apple Daily (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  12. ^ 葉文正 (2006-05-01). "夏于喬甩小開 桃花朵朵開" [Kimi Hsia dumps son of a rich family. Peach blossoms blossom.]. Apple Daily (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2021-07-18.