Black Moon
There is a global civil war between men and women. A teenage girl tries to escape this reality and arrives at a hidden place where a strange unicorn lives with a family: sister, brother, many children and an old, bedridden woman who stays in contact with the world through her radio.
Why it matters
A surreal descent into gendered apocalypse, Black Moon is a dreamlike folk horror odyssey that blurs reality and nightmare.
- Cathryn Harrison’s haunted performance anchors an unsettling atmosphere thick with symbolic dread.
- Director Louis Malle twists folk horror tropes into a poetic exploration of civilizational collapse and sexual conflict.
- The eerie, almost hallucinatory visual style and sparse dialogue create a hypnotic, disorienting mood.
- Perfect for fans of arthouse horror and 1970s European cinema who want allegory served cold with an unsettling fairy tale edge.
Director
2 horror films in catalog
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
14
Slow Burn
66
Psychological
100
Supernatural
0
Creature
36
Disturbing
83
Fun Factor
0
Cerebral
99
Survival
33
Family
