Critic Reviews
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Metascore
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positive
1(5%)
mixed
5(26%)
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Sep 2, 2011
63
Many will find Apollo 18 silly and derivative. It is. Yet it's also a break from the usual hyperbolic, down-your-throat brand of silly and derivative scare movies.
Sep 5, 2011
60
Blair Witch with moon rock. Paranormal Activity in space. Contrived, but if you can take one more variant on the formula, it's got its moments.
Sep 8, 2011
50
The real tension of the piece lies in the sound design, with its layering of heavy breaths, inexplicably compromised frequencies, and invasive thwackings of no known origin to the ship hull.
Sep 2, 2011
40
Despite stretches of skillfully sustained suspense, Apollo 18 ultimately comes across as little more than a modestly clever stunt.
Sep 3, 2011
40
Even if Apollo 18 is not exactly as it presents itself to be, it is less of a stunt than a low-key and unassuming film of rising tension rather than big scares or wild shocks.
Sep 8, 2011
40
This isn't at all scary, but the rough images can be weirdly compelling, the movie's conspiratorial jive enhanced by the fact that the lunar surface looks like someone's backyard.
Sep 3, 2011
38
Contains nothing original or over-the-top enough to make it a real scream fest. For most horror fans it will be kind of a snooze.
Sep 7, 2011
38
Whatever merits the production values have, the cheap frights don't deliver, the performers bring no pathos and the gimmick behind Apollo 18 flat out does not work.
Sep 2, 2011
33
Apollo 18 fails to stay with you because, like the cratered satellite on which it's set, it has no atmosphere.
