Synopsis

A UFO and its alien occupants are captured and taken to the mysterious Hangar 18, where government personnel subject the creatures to examination and torture. Megadeth perform inside the industrial facility as the experiments continue around them, creating a stark collision of thrash metal and science-fiction imagery. The video closes with the band members placed inside cryogenic chambers, suggesting that the same secretive forces responsible for the aliens' imprisonment have turned their attention to Megadeth.

Factoids & Trivia

• The video was released in 1991 to promote "Hangar 18," the second single from Megadeth's album "Rust in Peace."

• The UFO, aliens, laboratory scenes, and other science-fiction footage were created specifically for the video rather than taken from an existing film.

• Band performance footage was filmed at the Scattergood Generating Station in Los Angeles. The group spent two days shooting there, inside one of the main power-generating buildings.

• The production used miniature sets, practical effects, creature makeup, prosthetics, masks, helmets, and contact lenses. A miniature cattle-mutilation sequence appears near the beginning.

• The band members were painted white and wore contact lenses for their appearances as captured subjects.

• The final cryogenic-chamber sequence was filmed with the performers inside actual chambers mounted on a cart and pulled along a track. The shoot was reportedly extremely cold and uncomfortable.

• The video's visual effects and elaborate alien imagery helped establish "Hangar 18" as one of Megadeth's most recognizable early-1990s music videos.