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The Last Days on Mars2013

Name: The Last Days on Mars
Genre: Zombie, Sci-Fi Horror, Survival
Released: 2013-08-11
Rating: 5.2

“The search for life is about to end.”

Directed by Ruairi Robinson

5.2

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 5.5Rotten Tomatoes 18%Metacritic 46TMDB 5.5

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Year

2013

Runtime

98 min

Box Office

Budget

$10,600,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$24,084

Domestic

$24,084

🏆 4 nominations total

The premise

On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he has made an astounding discovery – fossilized evidence of bacterial life. Unwilling to let the relief crew claim all the glory, he disobeys orders to pack up and goes out on an unauthorized expedition to collect further samples. But a routine excavation turns to disaster when the porous ground collapses and he falls into a deep crevice. His devastated colleagues attempt to recover his body. However, when another vanishes, they start to suspect that the life-form they have discovered is not without danger.

Horror Vault's take

Set in the near future, The Last Days on Mars follows the crew of Tantalus Base as their final hours on the Red Planet spiral into catastrophe after a startling biological discovery triggers a desperate fight for survival. With rescue impossibly far away and danger closing in from all sides, the remaining crew members must contend with threats both alien and uncomfortably familiar. Director Ruairí Robinson wraps a classic creature-feature premise in the cold, unforgiving landscape of Mars, ratcheting up dread with every passing hour. Fans of claustrophobic sci-fi horror will find plenty to keep them on edge.

Content: Violence, Gore, Jump Scares, Character Deaths