The Last Days on Mars

The Last Days on Mars is a 2013 science fiction-horror film directed by Ruairí Robinson with a screenplay by Clive Dawson, based on the short story “The Animators” by Sydney J. Bounds, and packaged on Blu-ray.

On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars, a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he has made an astounding discovery fossilised 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 and near certain death. 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 yet dead. As the group begins to fall apart it seems their only hope is the imminent arrival of the relief ship Aurora.

Critic Reviews:

• " An elegantly crafted adventure in classical science-fiction. " – Peter Bradshaw

• " A fun retro-style sci-fi/horror hybrid. Like a lost eighties Alien-clone, but in a good way. " – Chris Bumbray

• " Old fashioned, straightforward, entertaining sci-fi horror. " – Scott Weinberg