Apollo 18 (2011)

Set to be shot documentary style, the film unearths lost footage from Apollo 18's undocumented and covert mission to the moon, revealing disturbing new evidence of other life forms.(via Upcoming Horror Movies)

After seeing the trailer for Spanish director Gonzalo López-Gallego’s first English-language movie, I was already hooked.

Following in the footsteps of Cannibal Holocaust, The Blair Witch Project, Cloverfield, and Paranormal Activity, Apollo 18 is a “found footage” horror film. 

This genre of films consists of documentary style movies with footage that was supposedly uncovered with unknown or hidden origin. The filmmakers do this for effect, and don’t actually expect viewers to believe that the things happening on screen really did happen and were recorded by who they say recorded them in the movie. (although some people believe it anyway)

This genre is make or break. In recent years, films like Paranormal Activity and The Blair Witch Project pulled it off with flying colors, while films like The Last Exorcism and The Fourth Kind fell short. 

From what I’ve seen in the trailers, the alien-horror film about a secret second mission to the moon looks awesome. I have very high hopes for this film, and hope it will be successful in scaring the pants off of audiences in the same way Paranormal Activity did.

Release Date: April 2011

Director: Gonzalo López-Gallego

Notable Actors: None

Official Wesbite:  Apollo 18 Official Website

Official Trailer: