Ryan Stevens Harris has created a modern-day fable, a dark fairy tale, and a story about love and resilience that lingers with its sublime beauty and ominous terrors – terrors that can be banished by sunlight and the warmth of familial attention.

| Jun 21, 2023

A darkly beautiful adventure that is part children’s adventure, part horror story. The setting and imagery make up for a story that is often put in the background. There is a degree of patience required, but those who love fantasy should check this out.

| Jun 20, 2023

I disliked the experience—but again, many have found it enchanting.

| Jun 12, 2023

The lead is perfectly acted and written, and the visuals, from the effects to the cinematography and lighting, are immaculate.

| Original Score: 7.5/10 | Jun 9, 2023

A freakish visual delight told from an unconventional perspective.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 6, 2023

More than just another dream-state drama, Moon Garden is a moving ode to mother-daughter bonds.

| Jun 2, 2023

This sort of trippy feature contains far too much ambition and visual experimentation for me to question whether or not the narrative has much to offer. Shot entirely on expired 35 mm film, I greatly admire a film that is as cleverly crafted as this.

| Original Score: 7/10 | May 27, 2023

Moon Garden is nothing short of astonishing.

| May 24, 2023

Some may find Harris’ visual flair alone worthy of high praise, but the director fails to let the story blossom into something more substantial. Full moons sure are pretty to look at, but it’s the sun that actually makes things grow.

| May 23, 2023

Harris gets a lot of mileage out of his simple, lo-fi setup [but] one can’t help but wish Harris was more influenced by the actual weirdness of a Jodorowsky or the Czech New Wave instead of a pale imitator like Terry Gilliam.

| May 20, 2023

An absolute masterpiece...

| May 20, 2023

A horror/fantasy that puts every bit of its imagination on the screen and constantly impresses with its DIY spectacle.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 19, 2023

Although its dazzling eye candy tends to overshadow the thin narrative, this dark fantasy about childhood innocence and imagination remains compelling.

| May 19, 2023

So, while visually gorgeous in its commendable, if incomplete, message about the power of "healing", the smiles at the end feel more like resignation to me.

| Original Score: 6/10 | May 19, 2023

Initially, we’re repelled by the ’90s grunge video aesthetics. Later, we admire the power in these visceral expressions of traumas Emma will someday tell her therapist.

| May 19, 2023

It's a creative, unsettling, and heartfelt film, made with obvious passion and an admirable sense of do-it-yourself craft.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 19, 2023

With Harris’ direction, the horror odyssey showcases pure visual creativity and genuine horror bonafides in its trippy world.

| Original Score: 7/10 | May 18, 2023

A surreal, visually dazzling and creepy experience, but concurrently exhausting and tedious with excessive style over substance.

| May 17, 2023

Ryan Stevens Harris’ Moon Garden invites viewers to explore not only another world but a very different perspective.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 16, 2023

Does a fantastic job creating a novel world that combines stop motion, forward and backward moving timelapses, and paper cut-out animation with a simple, but incredibly effective monster, as well as sets that are just as beautiful as they are frightening.

| Apr 28, 2023