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One of the trashier movies to get a wide theatrical release

posted a year ago by [deleted]
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Species had quite a bit of sex and violence, being about an alien/human creature who will do anything to reproduce. It was somewhat tasteful about it, though, at least compared to this one.

We've got threesome early in the movie, several exploding wombs and other exploding body parts elsewhere in the movie, and plenty more violence and nudity. The script was something for an exploitation movie.

They sure don't make them like they used to! At least the big studios don't. Seems like you can get away with even more violence now, but the spicy stuff is completely gone from horror movies made by the big studios.

[–] Tam87 (1349) 6 months ago

In other words, they took out the substance & charm from the original and thought all the gratuitous stuff left over could stand on its own if they made a sequel.

I'm surprised Natasha Henstridge did this. She was very good in Ghosts of Mars and deserved to be in better films.

[–] retieredactor (960) 5 months ago

It’s truly terrible. Amateurish at best. A pure 1 out of 10. Junk. I saw this ( again ) a few months back and could not believe how terrible it was.

[–] ADBruno1985 (3534) 3 months ago

I see what you mean. But back then, not everything was related to a larger IP. Studios were a bit more willing to let unusual stuff have a try. And that threesome scene was hot