History Film / TheDarkSideOfTheMoon

''The Dark Side of the Moon'' is a SciFiHorror film made in 1990 starring Joe Turkel and Creator/JohnDiehl. The ship ''Spacecore 1'' mysteriously loses power while on a routine maintenance mission of nuclear-armed satellites. Miraculously they find a drifting space shuttle that is over 30 years old where they can replenish their oxygen. They also find aboard the corpse of its single pilot. What follows is a string of possessions, murders, paranoia and the mysteries of TheBermudaTriangle and the ultimate source of evil.

* ImposterForgotOneDetail: Satan apparently forgot or didn't care that his host body is allergic to cream in his coffee. It's down to just two crew members by that point, so the only remaining human immediately starts to prepare for the final confrontation.

* MotiveRant: When confronting the final survivor, the Devil reveals and gloats about his plan to destroy Heaven by denying it any souls. Despite having killed thousands of people without giving them any reason. He's mostly doing it out of pride, but the person he's talking to is also the only member of the crew who actually believes that he exists.

* BadMoonRising: Turns out that a specific spot on the Moon, when it's aligned with TheBermudaTriangle, opens up a gateway to Hell.

* SpaceDoesNotWorkThatWay:
** The ship graveyard provides an explanation for the Bermuda Triangle because the dark side of the moon is supposedly "in line" with it. What's supposed to happen during the roughly 28 or so days in a month when the orbiting moon isn't facing the Bermuda Triangle isn't precisely explained.
** A derelict, powerless ship has gravity, with no explanation as to how.
** The crew are seen smoking in the space shuttle. Not ''impossible'', but it's both a waste of breathable oxygen and in an oxygen-rich environment they could even explode.

* AbsentAliens: The SpaceshipGirl specifically mentions that humans haven't made contact with any alien civilizations. The monster turns out to be the devil himself instead.

* DecoyProtagonist: The description of the movie seems to indicate Paxton Warner of being the main protagonist. He's one of the last people to fall victim to the devil towards the end of the movie.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Giles pulls a HeroicSacrifice and destroys the ship in order to kill the devil. Unfortunately, it's implied that this doesn't work out well, making it a SenselessSacrifice.]] Plus it also implies from the distress call at the end that this will just happen to a different crew of a different ship.

* KneelBeforeZod: The devil gives all his victims the option to kneel before him before murdering them. Of course, since he's driven by {{Pride}}.

* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Whenever someone is possessed by the devil, their eyes are always glowing bright yellow.

''The Dark Side of the Moon'' is a SciFiHorror film made in 1990. The ship ''Spacecore 1'' mysteriously loses power while on a routine maintenance mission of nuclear-armed satellites. Miraculously they find a drifting space shuttle that is over 30 years old where they can replenish their oxygen. They also find aboard the corpse of its single pilot. What follows is a string of possessions, murders, paranoia and the mysteries of TheBermudaTriangle and the ultimate source of evil.

''The Dark Side of the Moon'' is a SciFiHorror film made in 1990. The ship Spacecore 1 mysteriously loses power while on a routine maintenance mission of nuclear-armed satellites. Miraculously they find a drifting space shuttle that is over 30 years old where they can replenish their oxygen. They also find aboard the corpse of its single pilot. What follows is a string of possessions, murders, paranoia and the mysteries of TheBermudaTriangle and the ultimate source of evil.

* KillSat: Orbital nuclear missile silos are a thing in this version of 2020, and the protagonists are the people with the job of giving them maintenance. [[spoiler:The satellite that they were en route to fix before the whole mess with the Devil started becomes a Chekhovs Gun.]]

->''[[TwentyMinutesIntotheFuture The year 2020.]] The maintenance ship SPACECORE 1 is on a routine "refab" mission. The refabs are fixers. Their purpose is to repair nuclear-armed satellites orbiting high above the earth. Due to the atomic capabilities of these satellites, refabbing is considered dangerous... Very dangerous.''

* AbsentAliens: The SpaceshipGirl specifically mentions that humans haven't made contact with any alien civilizations. The monster turns out to be the devil himself instead.

* HellishPupils: Everybody who is possessed by the Devil develops these when he decides to show himself.

->''[[TwentyMinutesIntotheFuture The year 2020.]] The maintenance ship SPACECORE 1 is on a routine "refac" mission. The refabs are fixers. Their purpose is to repair nuclear-armed satellites orbiting high above the earth. Due to the atomic capabilities of these satellites, refabbing is considered dangerous... Very dangerous.''

''[[TwentyMinutesIntotheFuture The year 2020.]] The maintenance ship SPACECORE 1 is on a routine "refac" mission. The refabs are fixers. Their purpose is to repair nuclear-armed satellites orbiting high above the earth. Due to the atomic capabilities of these satellites, refabbing is considered dangerous... Very dangerous.''

The Dark Side of the Moon is a SciFiHorror film made in 1990. The ship Spacecore 1 mysteriously loses power while on a routine maintenance mission of nuclear-armed satellites. Miraculously they find a drifting space shuttle that is over 30 years old where they can replenish their oxygen. They also find aboard the corpse of its single pilot. What follows is a string of possessions, murders, paranoia and the mysteries of TheBermudaTriangle and the ultimate source of evil.

[[Music/TheDarkSideOfTheMoon Not to be confused with the legendary album.]]

* SendInTheRescueTeam: To the eventual bad luck of the ''Spacecore 1'' crew, they notice a derelict spacecraft when their own ship malfunctions and they go see if they can scavenge supplies.

* ForTheEvulz: While Satan's main goal is to kill many people as possible in order to gain force to destroy Heaven, setting people against each other by playing on their paranoia and tormenting them before killing them was unnecessary sadism.

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* TheBermudaTriangle: Plays a role The film offers an unusual explanation that disappearances in the story, since the dark side of the moon is said to be in a line with the Bermuda Triangle, and to be where all those missing ships go.

* BodySurf: Satan keeps jumping to a new host after his current one is killed. [[spoiler: though he also has the ability to apparently reanimate any of them even after they've been sliced open.]]

* BermudaTriangle: Plays a role The film offers an unusual explanation that disappearances in the story, since the dark side of the moon is said to be in a line with the Bermuda Triangle, and to be where all those missing ships go.

** What's supposed to happen during the roughly 28 or so days in a month when the orbiting moon isn't facing the Bermuda Triangle isn't precisely explained.

* BermudaTriangle: Plays a role The film offers an unusual explanation that disappearances in the story, since the dark side of the moon is said to be in a line with the Bermuda Triangle, and to be where all those missing ships go. What's supposed to happen during the roughly 28 or so days in a month when the orbiting moon [[SpaceDoesNotWorkThatWay isn't facing the Bermuda Triangle]] isn't precisely explained.

* BermudaTriangle: Plays a role The film offers an unusual explanation that disappearances in the story, since the dark side of the moon is said to be in a line with the Bermuda Triangle, and to be where all those missing ships go. What's supposed to happen during the roughly 28 or so days in a month when the orbiting moon [[SpaceDoesNotWorkThatWay isn't facing the Bermuda Triangle]] isn't precisely explained. location]].

* BermudaTriangle: Plays a role The film offers an unusual explanation that disappearances in the story, since the dark side of the moon is said to be in a line with the Bermuda Triangle, and to be where all those missing ships go. What's supposed to Triangle happen during the roughly 28 or so days in a month when the orbiting moon [[SpaceDoesNotWorkThatWay isn't facing the Bermuda Triangle]] isn't precisely explained. location]].

Plays a role The film offers an unusual explanation that disappearances in the story, since the dark side of the moon is said to be in a line with the Bermuda Triangle, and to be where all those missing ships go. What's supposed to Triangle happen during the roughly 28 or so days in a month when the orbiting moon [[SpaceDoesNotWorkThatWay isn't facing the Bermuda Triangle]] isn't precisely explained. location]].

* TheBermudaTriangle: The film offers an unusual explanation that disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle happen during the roughly 28 days in a month when the orbiting moon [[SpaceDoesNotWorkThatWay isn't facing the location]].