Apollo 18 1 hours and 26 minutes movie 2011 in the early 70s, commander nathan walker, captain ben anderson and lieutenant colonel john grey are assigned in a secret mission to the moon to protect the usa from ussr using detectors. It was thought that the last manned mission to the moon was apollo 17. The found footage horror movie apollo 18 recycles the premise of the blair witch project on the moon and still manages a few good scares. Its just a gimmick that ive always found to be distracting. The project has been in the works since 1991, when. Space exploration gone awry seems to be a running theme with apollo 18 films, as evidenced by the landing. Apollo 18 is another one of those movies that presents itself as reality in the vein of the blair witch project and paranormal activity. Painfully boring, visually unappealing, tonally dull and remarkably low on tension, apollo 18 is a space horror movie done in the foundfootage style that misses its landing site by quite some margin. In the sciencefiction thriller apollo 18, a secret mission to the moon turns out to.
When you think about the most forbidden of places with dark. This may also explain why the creatures are quite hostile to any of the equipment left by the apollo 18 crew, as our own radio chatter could be painful or annoying to the creatures. Apollo 18 2011 free download movie video dailymotion. The movie, the first englishlanguage feature by the spanish director gonzalo. Apollo 18 the moon is livelier than you think seti institute. That said, the claims of the movie team that this would be a found true document are ludicrous of course. Watch apollo 18 2011 hight quality movie with english language. Has another instalment of paranormal activity just landed.
April 5, 2011 5 comments the movie apollo 18 which was originally slated for release in march and then pushed back to april has officially been pushed all the way back to january of 2012. Welcome to, the most extensive horror movie collection and the favorite destination for millions of horror movie fans for more than 20 years. Horror sciencefiction film geregisseerd door gonzalo lopezgallego. Apollo 18 is a found footagestyle film set in december 1974, about a postapollo 17 mission to the moon that takes on a premise of why nasa discontinued the apollo moon missions. If you like apollo 18 you are looking for serious, scary and tense movies about with astronaut, alien encounter, outer space, moon, space travel, nasa and alien themes of horror, mystery and scifi genre shot in usa or canada. Apollo 18 is a 2011 americancanadian alternate history found footage science fiction horror film written by brian miller, directed by gonzalo lopezgallego. Apollo 18 fails to stay with you because, like the cratered satellite on which its set. Apollo 18, a drab combination of sciencefiction horror film and conspiracy. Officially, apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. End of moon missions vastly different from horror movie version. Hours of found footage, classified for decades, point to a subsequent moon mission apollo 18 that ended very. Officially, apollo 17, launched december 17th, 1972 was the last manned mission to the moon. While nasa denies its authenticity, others say its the real reason weve never gone back to the moon.
Set to be shot documentary style, the film unearths lost footage from apollo 18s undocumented and covert mission to the moon, revealing disturbing new evidence. Monster analysis is a series that lets you get a good look at all those money shots. Is the latest foundfootage horror movie, apollo 18 this time in space as entertaining as similar films, paranormal activity and the blair witch project, or is this genre finally playedout. We know its a movie, why pretend its something else. However, a year later, apollo 18 was secretly launched with two american astronauts aboard. But a year later in 1973, three american astronauts were sent on a secret mission to. Set to be shot documentary style, the film unearths lost footage from apollo 18s undocumented and covert mission to. Decadesold found footage from nasas abandoned apollo 18 mission, where two american astronauts were sent on a secret expedition. A boring, suspensefree paranormal activity ripoff that feels.
Its not awful you just wish theyd made a proper movie out of it. The movie, a completely fictitious project, purports to depict lost recordings from apollo 18s mysterious mission to the moon where, suffice to say, something very, very bad happened to the crew. Everything you need to know about apollo 18 movie 2011. The film is about the real mission to space in the 1970s that was canceled by nasa, or as the tagline says theres a reason weve never. After various release date changes, the film was released in the united states, united kingdom, and canada on september 2, 2011. However, the release dates for other territories vary. Smaller perhaps juvenile members of the species have been shown to burrow through flesh and become parasitic. Apollo 18 is about figuring out the decadesold found footage of nasas apollo 18 mission was abandoned. Apollo 18 is totally eclipsed by aliens on the moon film the. Why apollo really stopped at 17 apollo 18 conspiracy. What you are about to see is the actual footage which the astronauts captured on that mission.
With warren christie, lloyd owen, ryan robbins, michael kopsa. Decadesold found footage from nasas abandoned apollo 18 mission, where three american astronauts were sent on a secret expedition, reveals. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in apollo 18 2011. With the release of apollo 18 upon us lets look at some recommended rules for making a found footage movie.
This scifi thriller suggests that apollo 17, despite official statements to the contrary, wasnt nasas. Just days after the movie apollo 18opened in theaters across america on sept. After various release date changes, the film was released in the united states, united kingdom, and canada on september. Gonzalo lopezgallego directed apollo 18 2011 is coined as a horror scifi mystery movie. The fake found footage genre has really started to wear out its welcome. The images show the twists and turns of the paths made when the astronauts explored the lunar. Astp didnt get an official apollo number, but it was referred to by some at the time in the news media, for instance as apollo 18. All sightings of the lunar creatures and the events leading upto the astronauts fate from apollo 18 2011. But a year later, in december of 1973, two american astronauts were sent on a secret mission to the.
But a year later in 1973, three american astronauts were sent on a secret mission to the moon funded by the us department of defense. Despite the marketing campaign behind the new film apollo 18, the movie is not a documentary from found footage. The movie maintains this clever storytelling artifice with a visual style that mimics video and 16mm film footage. Apollo 18 through 20 the cancelled missions there were originally 3 more apollo missions scheduled to fly to the moon in the initial apollo plan, all were cancelled due to budgetary constraints. Apollo 18 is a 2011 american canadian alternate history found footage science fiction horror. Apollo 18 is as dull a found footage movie as i have ever seen, which is sad because the premise is one that could of brought about a lot of great originalities for the genre, but instead, this. In the latest entry, the new film apollo 18 directed by gonzalo lopezgallego, the secret isnt that we faked the. But a year later, in december of 1973, two american astronauts were sent on a. The coy marketing campaign for apollo 18, in which everyone involved insisted that the film was a documentary about an actual space flight, went to the extreme of never crediting the actors.
The story follows film footage purported to have been shot by the crew of apollo 18. Apollo 18 2011 tt1772240 officially, apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. Apollo 18 is a movie with a script thats written for the purpose of wowing people. Get apollo 18 dvd and bluray release date, trailer, movie poster and movie stats. Apollo 18 2011 officially, apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. After various release date changes, the film was released in the united. Apollo 18 won 1 movie award and 2 award nominations. Apollo 18 is a 2011 americancanadian alternate history found footage science fiction horror film written by brian miller, directed by gonzalo lopezgallego, and produced by timur bekmambetov and michele wolkoff. Back in 2011, there was a found footage horror movie titled apollo 18, which took place in an alternate reality where the mission actually took place, but the astronauts never returned.
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