Half Moon (I) (2010)
4/10
Video of stage play.
11 August 2012
Warning: Spoilers
This is a three act play set in a hotel room.

Act I - A prostitute arrives at a hotel room and meets a handsome but coy client. He prefers dinner and talk, though after they have exchanged some personal revelations they do end up having softcore sex. She goes to the bathroom and discovers a bag of stuff suggesting he is a criminal. She knocks him out with a hypodermic needle and calls her pimp. (Lights down)

Act II - The brutal pimp arrives and beats her, then ties the unconscious client to a chair. He leaves to get tools to crack open a safe the client has in the room, leaving the prostitute guarding the client. (Lights down)

Act III - The client revives and explains that he is a werewolf about to transform unless he can contact his maverick doctor who can treat his symptoms. He relates his backstory ...

The brutal pimp returns at the end and attacks the prostitute again just before the client turns into a wolf. The pimp is killed and the prostitute gets bitten on the leg. The doctor enters to treat her wound and hand her his business card for future services.

Unfortunately, this sort of thing just doesn't work as film despite the neat, tidy, predictable ending. Most of the runtime consists of close-up conversation, with the prostitute and client telling what the film should be showing. As a play it would work quite well.
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