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The premise
Moon Child follows a group of childhood friends as they advance in a futuristic criminal underworld. Sho feels he is doomed to walk in his idol Kei's footsteps as a vampire with the gift of eternal life and the curse of blood thirst. Over time, their tight friendship becomes corrupted because of their rivalry and love for the same woman.
Horror Vault's take
Set in a near-future Asian city where displaced youth carve out survival in the criminal underworld, Moon Child weaves together an unlikely bond between a human street kid and a vampire who has walked the earth far longer than he appears. As the two grow into dangerous men, the ties of loyalty and longing that hold their crew together begin to fray under the weight of rivalry, obsession, and the unbridgeable gulf between a life that ends and one that does not. This is a stylish, emotionally driven genre hybrid that prioritises character and heartbreak over conventional horror scares, building toward an inevitably bittersweet reckoning.
Content: Violence, Gun Violence, Depictions Of Blood, Themes Of Grief And Loss
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