Apollo 18

It's 80 minutes of dead air.

Boredom sets in long before the last muted shriek. And who cares about the astros? We never get to know them anyway.

For most horror fans it will be kind of a snooze.

The source of the creepy events, when it's finally revealed, is profoundly dull, like a forgettable episode of The X-Files or Fringe.

Despite stretches of skillfully sustained suspense, Apollo 18 ultimately comes across as little more than a modestly clever stunt.

The film takes a startlingly long time to rev up, and even at less than 90 minutes feels thin and at moments like it is playing for time.

A potentially cool "found footage" flick that is desperately in need of a lot more brains ... or a lot more silliness.

The movie builds up to a mystery that it never does much to resolve, with its big set piece reveal consisting mostly of a couple of rocks moving.

The 'found footage' horror movie Apollo 18 recycles the premise of The Blair Witch Project on the moon and still manages a few good scares.

"The cheap frights don't deliver, the performers bring no pathos and the gimmick behind "Apollo 18″ flat out does not work."

It's impossible to recommend Apollo 18 to anyone but the most staunch found-footage fans. The film fails every requirement of a tense and enjoyable time at the theater.

"Apollo 18" is another dud in a genre that should have stopped before it got out of hand.