Moontrap
14,000 Years It Has Waited For Us
A paranoid sci-fi horror about an ancient alien threat awakened from the moon, blending Cold War-era space anxiety with creature-feature dread.
The Space Shuttle returns to earth, but some of the equipment brought back on it begins to behave strangely. Scientists are unsure what is happening, and decide to take all necessary precautions.
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