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The Astronaut

2025 · 90 min

A slow-burn, paranoid sci-fi horror that keeps you tense with eerie occurrences and a creeping sense of otherness.

Tagline
She didn't come back to Earth alone.
Overview
After returning from her first space mission, astronaut Sam Walker is placed under NASA’s care at a high security house for rehabilitation and medical testing. However, when disturbing occurrences begin happening around the property, she fears that something extraterrestrial has followed her back to Earth.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • parenthood
  • survival
  • memory
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror7
Humour1
Realism4
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
horror, science fiction, thriller
Directed by
Jess Varley
Written by
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Starring
Kate Mara, Laurence Fishburne, Gabriel Luna, Ivana Miličević, Scarlett Holmes, Macy Gray, Reza Diako, Daniel Quirke
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
90 min
Country
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Languages
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