It opens with a slow, silent shot of a Soviet-era space station, abandoned and drifting.
The
screen flickers with distorted radio transmissions garbled voices, numbers, a woman whispering
in Russian, and then silence. The only thing moving is a lone cosmonaut inside, floating
weightlessly… but something about the way his body drifts feels wrong.
Then, a cut to Earth. An old, classified Soviet facility. Scientists in hazmat suits surround a
single figure seated in a dark, sterile room. It’s the cosmonaut except his eyes don’t track them.
He only speaks when the lights flicker. And he only says one thing: ‘It’s still up there.
From there, the trailer spirals into quick, unsettling images a researcher watching grainy
security footage, his face pale with horror; a transmission repeating itself in reverse; flickering
hallway lights revealing a shadow moving without a body; and a brief, impossible moment
where the cosmonaut’s reflection in the glass moves before he does.
The final shot is simple: A radio signal, still broadcasting from orbit, decades after the mission
was declared lost. Then, the screen cuts to black.
How the Characters Discuss It in Your Story
● Love Interest: Wait, so what actually happened up there? They never showed it.
● Main Character: That’s the thing. They don’t have to. You just know something came
back with him… or maybe he never really came back at all.
● Love Interest: "And that radio signal at the end are they saying it’s still transmitting from
orbit?
● Main Character: "Yeah. Meaning… either he wasn’t the only one out there, or he never
left.
● Love Interest: "That’s worse. Way worse.
The theater doors swing open, letting in the dim glow of the hallway lights. The main character
and their love interest step out, the muffled hum of the credits rolling behind them. Neither
speaks at first.
Finally, the love interest exhales. Well, that was… not what I expected.
The main character smirks. Yeah? What were you expecting?
I don’t know. More, I guess? They never actually showed what was wrong with him. Orwas
something wrong with him?
That’s the question, isn’t it? The main character slows their pace. You get the feeling something
came back with him. But what if it was worse than that?
The love interest glances over, intrigued. Worse?
What if nothing came back at all? What if that thing in the quarantine room wasn’t him?
A moment of silence. The love interest folds their arms, frowning. “But he had the same
memories. He knew things only the real cosmonaut would know.
Does he? The main character tilts their head. Or does he just say what he thinks he should
say?
The love interest rubs their arms, as if suddenly cold. Okay, but then explain the radio signal. If
he came back, why was there still a transmission from the ship? That doesn’t make sense.
The main character nods. Right. That’s the part that got me. That signal was still coming from
orbit, but it wasn’t repeating distress calls. It was… They hesitate.
The love interest whispers, A conversation.
The main character looks at them, surprised.
That’s what was so creepy, the love interest continues. The way they played the audio at the
end it was like two voices. One still in orbit, and one back on Earth. But if the cosmonaut came
back…
Then who was still talking up there?
They stop walking. The hallway suddenly feels too quiet.
“You don’t think” the love interest starts, but doesn’t finish.
The main character does. “Maybe the real cosmonaut never made it back. Maybe the one on
Earth is just an echo.”
