"Species" (1995)

I'm not gonna lie-- I really just don't get Species.  Don't get me wrong-- I love thrillers that deal with hot, killer aliens, but it's the premise I have problems with.  Basically, a bunch of scientists receive a message from space detailing how to splice an alien's DNA with a human's.  They decide it would be an awesome idea (although I have no clue why), and the result is Sil-- an alien/super model who goes crazy and homicidal looking for a mate to birth more babies with.  I don't really blame Sil for all of this, but instead the wacky scientists who decided to treat genetics like a piece of Ikea furniture.  Didn't there moms tell them not to listen to life-altering messages from alien strangers?  Sheesh.

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You can rent Species from Netflix or you can buy it from Amazon.  Know what else you can do?  Check out the trailer below, of course!



P.S. Calling all Alien fans-- H.R. Giger, who designed the monstrous, eggplant-head-shaped creature also designed Sil for Species, as well.  In fact, H.R. Giger was so into this flick that he actually spent $100,000 of his own money to make sure an expensive scene was shot.

P.S.S. This film was actually adapted from a Dark Horse Comics series of the same name.  Apparently, in this case, the book-- er, comic book-- was better....