Building his reputation with action and horror offerings such as "Black Caesar" and "It's Alive," writer/director Larry Cohen goes the comedic route for 1981's "Full Moon High." Instead of making scary stuff, he lampoons scary stuff in the picture, which enjoys playing with the conventions of drive-in cinema, mixing satire of teen-centric movies with an overview of changing moral attitudes in America. It's a noticeable change of pace for Cohen, and while he's attentive to the creature feature aspects of the effort, he neglects to serve up appealing funny business. "Full Moon High" has a lot of energy and interest in satisfying viewers with rat-tat-tat joke timing, but Cohen's scattergun approach grows exhausting in a hurry, especially when the production doesn't take time to refine the gags. Cohen elects the "throw at wall, see what sticks" approach, and the delivery doesn't entirely work for this endeavor, which is meant to represent a lighter side to the helmer's cinematic interests, but often falls flat on its face.  Read the rest at Blu-ray.com