Believe it or not my dad worked on this movie! He made the costumes for the astronauts, so proud of him 🥰

The producers of this short film seem to be admirers of the film Alien. They made notable references to him but built a very creative work with a surprising ending. The entire production is wonderful and very well cared for. They deserve great recognition for everything they have accomplished in this beautiful work. My admiration from Brazil.

This was absolutely marvelous! Great plot, terrific visuals and an amazing "reveal" at the end. The reveal of the human skull at the very end, and the "alien" lifting his visor so we can see his non-human face, was just fabulous! I know I was not the only viewer who was cringing when the astronaut approached the "strange looking eggs"! I was expecting a scene from the movie "Alien"!! On reflection, I would have to agree with another person who commented that no Earth human would go near any "eggs" with a ten foot pole! These two men are about to become two of the most famous people in their planet's history. Can you imagine the field day that their archeologists and scientists will have with this discovery? It is a shame that the protagonists also come from a race that is destroying their environment----but that is a crisis that every intelligent race would have to face and overcome, if they are to survive and evolve. One has to hope that the discovery of the destroyed Earth will give their race the impetus and inspiration they need to save themselves. The destroyed Earth is a terrible lesson, but perhaps if that lesson helps to save a space going civilization, then the Earth did not die in vain. One can only hope.

It became obvious that they werent human towards the end.. Nobody from Earth would have approached 'strange looking eggs' in a dusty chamber after all the 'Alien' films out there.

I've lived & breathed sci fi for 4 decades & this is as good as any short story by Isaac Asimov or Arthur C Clarke. In 20 min they tell a tale that most modern Hollywood directors would stretch out for 3 agonising hours. Good sci fi doesn't need to be hours long, it needs to leave you pondering your current existence & your future.

Absolutely love the major use of physical props rather than CG everything! And I find it funny that on a limited budget, the low gravity effect was more believable than a lot of big budget films.

A future earth as dead and barren as the moon. A sobering possibility to consider. Top notch sci-fi.

This could've been an hour and a half of two astronauts just trading barbs while they worked and it still would've been a better movie than most of what is coming out of Hollywood these days.

Having watched hours upon hours of DUST short films, this having been one of the very first, without any doubt this is one of the very best. A real great twist that most likely were not at all expecting.

I like the whole concept of this film. It's compact and keeps the viewer's attention through the whole 22 minutes. Love the ending. The twist is carried out quite well. Big thumbs up for this. Well done!

"2019" anybody enjoyin this still!? I am!

"You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell! " -Taylor

Been watching a lot of these short science fiction clips. Most of which are horrorific/deranged. But this one was pleasant and euphoric. The concept of another sentient species discovering the remains of our society is rather stunning and awe-inspiring.

This was amazing! I really liked the space suit design, that the helmet isn't separated from the torso-part, and the shuttle is nice too! And the story is great. I tought it'll turn into alien, with thoose "eggs", but the twis was very suprising and clever! Ah, man, give all awards to this film!

This needs to be made into a full movie!

It has all elements of a short story: character, setting, conflict, plot, theme, and above all, a complete story with an unexpected ending... Kudos!

They did a very good job of concealing a classic sci-fi twist until the end.

Clever title, smart plot. The dialogue felt stilted and at times unnatural, but the mention of ‘eggs’ was a nice bit of misdirection.

This is a great short film. The music does it when the explorer sees what he's picked up is a skull and we see the explorer is not an earthling human. The music is what adds the emotional impact. Well thought out and not low budget or at least the production values have been obtained somehow. Just really good film.

What an amazing twist. That was addictive to watch. It didn’t need to be any longer. It captured all the suspense and the surprise just perfectly. Top marks for that👌🏼

Nice touch humanizing the aliens. It makes what they unearthed that much more shocking.

That was clever. Nice twist. Very Outer Limits and Twilight Zone,

Didn’t see that coming, great twist at the end.

I knew they weren't human and they'd found a dead Earth when the guy's light hit the mess of re-bar in the dark just past the entrance... Very cool story. No violence, no stupid romance, no explosions or movie-long battle-chases, just story. Loved this.

Have to say this short film placed on my top 5 scifi movies, it should be made into a full 2h long movie

Very well done and quite a twist. I first saw the objects all over the ground and thought they were skulls, then they said eggs and I went right with the story, then I was surprised when they were skulls.

From the beginning I was wondering, "can you really 'unearth' something if it's not on Earth? Wouldn't you unmoon or unmars stuff?" and then, as if to mock me, the whole thing was on Earth.

"You'll get whatever's coming to you" Ripley said that exact thing to Parker when he was griping about the bonus situation.

Very well done. I've watched this one several times now, and the only conclusion I can come to is that these visitors are the distant descendants of humanity discovering their long forgotten homeworld.

Enjoyable lil gem,right amount of suspense,characters believable,good effects and cool storyline with a twist,who cares if the science isn't perfect.

Fascinating short film; thanks for sharing it here on UKposts! It certainly seems at first to be future astronauts exploring the moon or a similar world. The mention of fossil fuels, however, reveals that there was once life in the distant past, since we all learned in science class about how fossil fuels are formed. The total absence of atmosphere and the disintegrating condition of the concrete in the underground structure all suggest an extremely long time has passed. The title _Unearthed_ first seems to suggest that the explorers belong to a society that has left earth a long time ago. But when artifacts are discovered in the buried chamber, _unearthed_ takes a new meaning. If the catastrophe was far enough back in the past, then the face we see could still be human (as a few have suggested already). Both meanings of the title could therefore apply.

The reveal at the end is ghostly true....if.... "There but by the grace of God go I" comes to mind. Excellent Work, Great Story, with a thinking person's ending. Simply Amazing.

I am glad it wasn't mankind versus aliens again

I saw this sci-fi film sometime in late 2013 and never forgot it. Very well made,memorable,high production values and an awesome twist at the end!! Great job,Dalang Films!! 6-9-2018

10 year old film. But so well made, so effective, iit's timeless. Bravo ! My applause to this piece & its Creators.

I have watched this maybe 15 times or more over the years, one of my most favourite short sci fi films.

What a great twist you put in this one! Fantastic, is too mild a word to describe it!

Wow, I'm really hoping that film making of this quality signals the end of the Hollywood monopoly on 'blockbusters'. I really hope this sort of movie heralds a new age of story telling rather than cynical exploitation and bottom line film making.

This was exceptional! By far the best short I have seen! This was kinda sad and could be scary truth some day soon.....

Excellent short movie, sucked me in real good with an excellent final twist. Job well done everyone involved.

"Man I'd like to get her oxygen levels over 75%." lol cute.

Excellent quality upload of a great sci-fi short. THANK YOU.

"I'm going to drop some glow sticks so I don't get lost" proceeds to put them all in one place

So cool! And so clever! I was blown away when the astronaut pulled up his visor to reveal it was not a human but they had stumbled upon the remains of humans...and all around them were the remnants of a world long gone...this is our fate...we will destroy ourselves.we are a warring, killing species with greed that know no bounds.

Skull: "It took you long enough!" a beautiful short!

I think the whole team on this was awesome ... the sound special effects voices production every body has done some exceptional work

That was the coolest looking alien I have seen since Space: Final Conflict‼️

Awesome film. The revelation was a master stroke. The suspenseful build up had me on the edge of my seat. It's one of the best I've seen and I've seen a heck of a lot as it's my favourite genre.

cut to charlton heston , camera zooms out as he screams"noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!."

Best 22 minutes of my life. Now I need part 2. Love this guys, Thanks.

Fantastic little movie. I felt the lovely taste of good old sci-fi movies through the entire 22 minutes. Thank you guys!

FINALLY! Finally a short that has a satisfying ending. Nice job.

Fuck! Why aren't THESE people in charge of our daily entertainment ffs! THIS was by far more creative than some bull Hollywood wanted to shove down my throat...

So much good short movies. They really should make MOVIES!

I was on the edge of my seat in anticipation wondering what he would find, and Oh My God! What a fantasic ending. This was true fun watching this short movie, who needs 2 hours of Hollywood movies. I'm saving this one.

The best Sci-Fi I've watched on UKposts. I only wish there was more. Like a part 2

Great production values, a solid script and a memorable ending. Thanks so much for producing this and uploaidng it. You guys did a great job and should be proud. :) I'm definitely going to check out your other works!

This was great. Also, the main character sounds like Hawkeye from MASH, so bonus points.

That was so excellent, a real slap when the world needs it most!

Extraordinary! Great script & followthrough. 😎👍

building anticipation to an unexpected end... the stuff of success, one of the best jobs in youtube

IF ONLY STANLEY KUBRICK COULD CHECK THIS MOVIE !!! GREAT WORK GUYS.

Love the twist at the end . Who'd of thought these two would be aliens . And the heads looked like eggs until he turned it right around and whipped his helmet screen to reveal both himself as an Alien and the eggs as human sculls of which he still has no idea what it is . Fantastic story and animation .❤️💯

This short film has the essence of X Minus One. I really enjoyed watching the entire 22 minutes. Would love to see more! Big sci-fi fan!

I would like to see a follow up to this short. Very well done.

"Yeah, you'll get what ever is coming to you " I have to admit, they definitely went with the subversion of the Alien film. Cause that was the first thing that went through my head. Especially with the eggs and the build up of the music.

Love this! Concise, clear storyline with a twist ending.

That's amazing! I know you must be proud of his work!

I enjoyed this quite a bit. Has a look and feel like a 1980s scifi.

This is why I regularly delete my browser history. Don't want no aliens digging me up and judging me.

I keep coming back to enjoy this short SCI FI.....so well put together....simply AMAZING!!! And I chuckle every time with the dialogue .

The best science fiction movie I've seen made by an independent producer. A true SciFi masterpiece.

By FAR my most favorite SHORT FILM i have discovered on UKposts. Brilliant conversation of these mission buddies on the planet which then reveals the alien twist of truth, discovery and wonder.

One of the better sci-fi shorts !

Finally, a half-way decent sci-fi short film (emphisis on half-way decent though). It's like the Dust short films, but a slight smidge better.

This is awesome and i love the nod to the film Alien "you'll get whatever's coming to you" Eggs, hahaha so creative and imaginative. Thanks for sharing and as always keep building👍

I suspected by the 12 minute mark, that it was Earth in ruins, but I didn't expect the astronauts to be an alien race.

loved that, wish it could be a whole film

Great Star Wars plug at 10:26. "I've got a bad feeling about this".

This should be a full length movie. I love the end of your short film.

I've watched this short off/on since it was posted. Still lot better then most full length films.

I've seen this several times. Love it every time.

Very well done!!! Unique style and an abundance of personality drawn from places that are rarely seen in stories anymore! Thank you for the experience!

Excellent story. I had no idea what to expect until the end. Loved the characters, this was so well written!

really liked this one -- well done!!!

Do not read the comments before seeing the full movie ok. it's gonna ruin it.

Exelente!, Maravilloso!!, gran creación!!!, una idea brillante!!!, agradezco a la persona que nos hizo el favor de compartir éste cortometraje.

Great film. The twist at the end was superb. If you go and make it a full length movie the scientists will find out what happened to the Earth. Then they can apply what they learned to save their world. Or maybe they awaken a horrible virus that gets loose. And the human scientists found a cure to late to save themselves maybe the the people who found Earth will try to cure their people. Thank you for this film. My mind is looking for different plots. And I have a few right now.

Spectacular story telling -- effectively written, smart and tight, and filled with pathos. Congrats!

The conspicuously familiar equipment they have ...

A little warning from the future without being preachy (like the best of sci-fi). I loved the twist at the end with the reveal from the lift of the helmet visor & the skull (& a little nod to 'Alien'). Very contemporary given recent current global affairs on Earth. Well done. The shuttle reminded me of those in Space 1999 (which I loved as a kid). Suspenseful & enjoyable little nugget. Good film.

This was awesome. Up to the revelation the the explorer was not human, really thought they were. It was only when i saw the skull and then the newspaper. Awesome cinematography. I love it. This gem is why we watch movies

Great effort! I was as fooled as everyone else was! My wife and I laughed so hard all the way through because of the "crack-up" dialog and drawn out theme, and the whole time we couldn't figure out what it was all about! But we're so happy that we continued to watch! We thought that it seemed like a Twilight Zone episode. Doesn't it? Seriously! The Twilight Zone always had a perceptual twist at the end like this one. Remember the episode where the beautiful woman was recovering from facial reconstructive surgery, and you never see anyone's face (not the doctors or the nurses, either) until the very end. It was only then, when they remove her bandages and reveal her beautiful features, that they cry out how hideous she "still" is! That's when they show you their faces for the first time, and they are the hideous ones! I love that episode! But this is the same kind of short film, in my opinion. That's what I saw! I applaud them for taking us on this "trip". It was more than just funny! It was Hilarious! The end was a bit more sobering, though, but still a very fun time! You just have to laugh at all of the laughable stuff! That's my suggestion! Have fun!

Nice! I liked it. Suggestions: Just leave out the name of the ship or ships, and don't show anything in writing. A working crew on a months-long project wouldn't bother saying ship names. Actually, you could study the dialog in a documentary about oil well drilling or taking samples in Antarctica, because this would be more like that, and less like an Apollo mission. You could also have everybody refer to each other with things that sound like nicknames: Lucky, Red, Rocker, Dizzy, Bumper, etc. etc. I know it's irrational, but I can ignore aliens speaking English, yet it seems jarring to give them ordinary human names. You'll notice it's common in sci-fi that aliens can speak English (often with a Universal Translator ) but their proper nouns are kept alien. "Would you like some more K'tang tea?" asked the Grkchorvian ambassador. I'd show Earth's moon at the end - there's no strong reason why it wouldn't still be there and look about the same. Also unless you think your main characters came from a cooled-off Venus or a somehow restored-to-wetness Mars, they are from another star system. But their mothership really does not look like a starship - looks way too much like a NASA Mars mission. Of course if they come from another star system, it's really implausible that they would be looking for resources to haul across interstellar space. If it's actually economical for them to haul megatons of matter between stars, then their ship would be big - because why not? I did find it distractingly weird that the astronauts were not more astonished and excited at finding evidence of intelligent life: They didn't act like this was the first time, but they didn't act like it was the 2nd or 3rd time either. Just puzzling. Still one of the best put-together sci-fi shorts I've seen! Kudos and congrats!

Now THIS......is great Original storytelling. These filmmakers deserve an award.

I love this short film. I’ve watched it like 10 times, and I still love it.

nice friggen twist at the end, well done bravo!!

Loved this. The twist at the end....holy hell! Great work.

Best short film I've seen this year.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent. Of course, there should be Part 2 to clear up the mystery.