Apollo 18

There's a reason we've never gone back to the moon

APOLLO 18 (15)

D: Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego

Dimension (Timur Bekmambetov & Ron Schmidt)

USA 🇺🇸 2011

86 mins

Science Fiction/Horror

W: Brian Miller

DP: Jose David Montero

Ed: Patrick Lussier

Warren Christie (Capt. Ben Anderson), Lloyd Owen (Cmmdr. Nate Walker), Ryan Robbins (Lt. Col. John Grey), Andrew Airlie (Thomas Young)

The plot is the same as Paranormal Activity (qv) except it's set on the surface of the moon, with astronauts panicking and trying to escape an unseen terror.

It wouldn't have been too bad had some effort gone into the screenplay and the direction didn't simply ride on the coat-tails of the Paranormal Activity films and it's rather insulting that the story claims to have any basis in the truth.

Nothing particularly scary happens, it's all incredibly forgettable and it looks like the entire production was filmed using a cheap webcam.

I've seen several webcam movies which are far more entertaining, but I probably wouldn't be able to review them on here...

3/10

Did You Know:

This film was shot using old camera lenses from the 70s.

Award Wins & Nominations:

MILSTEAD MOVIE AWARDS:

Wins: none

Nominations: none

Worst of the Year: 2 nominations (Worst Horror Movie; Worst Makeup)

OSCARS:

Wins: none

Nominations: none

BAFTAS

Wins: none

Nominations: none

OTHER WINS:

None