Apollo 18
Genre HORROR · SCI-FI
Theme Aliens & UFOs
Style Found Footage
Director: Gonzalo López-Gallego · Cast: Warren Christie, Lloyd Owen, Ryan Robbins, Michael Kopsa
The Story
In 1974 NASA quietly cancels Apollo 18, or so it says. In truth the mission goes ahead in secret for the Department of Defense. Two astronauts land on the Moon and find signs that someone was there before them, and that they are not alone.
Verdict
The idea is great: footage from a secret Moon mission, with the grain of old 16mm film and the cameras placed all over the lander. The look is excellent and the first landing is properly tense. The monsters are less exciting than the mystery, and a lot of the film is people walking around in the dark. Still, it is a smart and different take on found footage, and it looks like nothing else in the genre.
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