This movie is framed as leaked material from a clandestine Apollo 18 mission that didn’t turn out well. I went in with low expectations because of the poor initial reception, but I ended up enjoying it quite a bit. It's a small-scale, unsettling horror film with some genuinely suspenseful and startling scenes. They did a good job of creating the impression of footage from 1973; everything felt believable, including t…

The feeling is very close and unsettling, creating a deeply confined atmosphere—exactly what I look for in a horror mockumentary. Those who aren’t fans of older-style, black-and-white filmmaking might want to pass on this. If you tend to avoid films with more deliberate opening scenes, it may not be for you.