Storage 24

'Storage 24' started with a very ordinary errand. Noel Clarke used to go along with his wife to storage facilities where she picked up things for work, and while she was busy he'd wander sterile corridors that all looked the same, easy to get lost in. His first thought was a serial killer trapped in there with a group of people. Then the 'Doctor Who' actor, who'd also written for 'Torchwood', decided an alien would be cooler. Johannes Roberts directed it in 2012.

A military plane crashes in the middle of London and its secret cargo gets loose. Unaware of any of it, Charlie (Clarke) and his best mate Mark (Colin O'Donoghue) head to a storage place that never closes to split his things with Shelley (Antonia Campbell-Hughes), who's just dumped him without saying why. She's brought her friends Nikki (Laura Haddock) and Chris (Jamie Thomas King), so it's not a friendly reunion.

Then the power fails, the security shutters jam and they're all locked inside, along with a couple of staff and an odd tenant (Ned Dennehy). They aren't alone. Something is moving through the air vents, and between the bickering exes and corridors that never seem to end, they'll have to find a way out before it finds them.

For the monster, Clarke gave Roberts one reference: Carnage, the Spider-Man villain, only more human in shape and up on two legs. It's a man in a suit, and the vents were built on set; Clarke says some of the crew refused to go in them. All this on a budget he reckons was an eighth of 'Attack the Block''s. Roberts went on to make '47 Meters Down', and Haddock became Meredith Quill in 'Guardians of the Galaxy'.

Universal released it in UK cinemas on 29 June 2012, just two weeks after 'Fast Girls', which Clarke had also helped write. Critics were split. Some found it unexpectedly entertaining and liked the creature; others saw little more than 'Alien' relocated to a storage unit.

• Horror
• Science fiction