I love the “ghost ship” trope, and this one starts out with a great take on that. Then it starts spouting nonsense about the Bermuda triangle and the dark side of the moon.
Once the killing starts, it annoyingly sets some rules but then refuses to follow them.
The story isn’t unsalvageable, and I wonder if anyone has managed to do it better within the sci-fi genre.
The Dark Side of the Moon
Beyond Rescue ... Beyond Reason ... Beyond Salvation
Rating
2.0 (1)
Release Date
5/30/1990Runtime
91 minsOverview
It is the year 2022. A mysterious systems failure causes the crew of a spaceship to be stranded on the dark side of the moon, while rapidly running out of fuel and oxygen. They are surprised to discover a NASA space shuttle floating in space, and board it in the hope of salvaging some supplies. One by one, the crew is possessed and killed, and it is up to Paxton Warner to find the links between the dark side of the moon, the Bermuda Triangle, and the Devil himself.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$1,200,000Revenue
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A claustrophobic supernatural thriller that traps a desperate crew in an escalating nightmare of possession and death, where the real horror is that rescue may be impossible. The film leans into paranoia and body-horror occultism aboard a derelict shuttle, building dread through crew attrition and mounting inexplicable evil.
Mood
Dread-soakedTenseParanoidUnsettling
Themes
SurvivalTechnologyIsolation
Tone
Bleak
Pacing
Propulsive
Look
Practical effectsHigh-contrast
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violence
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