I have always been fascinated with myths, beliefs, and customs of different cultures so even though this isn't the actual sociological review of the Chinese belief of Hungry Ghost Month, it is still interesting.
I believe that all our myths came from someplace real. Maybe not every single one but most. I think we are often too arrogant in our belief that we understand everything and that we are all that there is. The truth lies somewhere in between myths and science. neither can solely explain and be responsible for everything.
Being that I have multiple ethnicities, one being Asian...Filipino to be exact, the Asian beliefs have always intrigued me. The Irish beliefs come in second to that.
Anyways, back to the movie lol.
I have seen it before but yesterday on a trip to this store in Mesa called Bookman's (Which I will be doing A review on next Fiday) , I found a copy of it for $3 which I couldn't pass up. I love finding things cheap :-)!
Seventh Moon is made by Ghost House Pictures and is one of their Ghost House Underground Films. It is about a young newlywed couple, Melissa (Amy Smart) and Yul (Tim Chiou), that are honeymooning in China so they can visit his family . On their cab ride to the village they become lost in the countryside and are attacked by supernatural beings. Somehow they have to try to survive the night after finding the cab driver Ping (Dennis Chan) has abandoned them.
This movie didn't score very high on reviews but I really liked it! I thought it had a great creep factor and told a good story. Not every movie has to have millions of dollars in computer generated graphics to make it good.
So I definitely suggest you give it a try and maybe be a little wary (and more respectful) when the Seventh Lunar Month comes around!
