The Astronaut
- Horror Sub-Genre: Sci-Fi
- Release Year: 2025
- Runtime: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
- Rating: NR (Unrated)
- Star Rating: 3 Stars
- When astronaut Sam Walker miraculously survives a punctured capsule crash off the Atlantic coast, she is placed in a high-security quarantine under strict NASA surveillance. But as disturbing, explainable events begin to plague the property, she realizes she didn't return to Earth alone.
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What Critics Are Saying About "The Astronaut"
- "Kate Mara is the film's biggest strength. She gives Sam Walker real emotional weight, showing both the toughness of an astronaut and the vulnerability of someone coming apart at the seams... Varley keeps the focus on atmosphere rather than spectacle, using silence, shadow, and suggestion to build unease." - Jon Donnis, Been To The Movies
- "Powered by an intense Kate Mara performance and a psychologically grounded premise, there's a lot to float around with... For all its human drama, The Astronaut also plays with empty spaces and flashing lights to create some decent home-invasion horror." - Shaurya Thapa, Borrowing Tape
- "The material doesn't have much appreciation for originality, delivering the usual in terms of tight psychological spaces... The Astronaut is headed somewhere, hoping to give viewers a ride of mystery that takes everything all the way to the final spot. The effort is appreciated, but the offering just isn't very compelling, looking to pull off a major misdirect that lacks a more meaningful payoff." - Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com