SummaryAn experiment mixing human and alien DNA results in a beautiful young woman who escapes from a government lab on a quest to mate and reproduce.
Directed By:Roger Donaldson
Written By:Dennis Feldman
Species
Metascore
Mixed or Average
49
User score
Generally Favorable
6.2
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
49
28% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
48% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
24% Negative
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
80
The best monster movie to come slithering out of the muck since Jurassic Park. Species is an exploitation picture while Jurassic Park was mainstream, but the new one is lots of fun if you're in the mood for B-movie thrills. [07 July 1995, p.19]
70
A propulsive sci-fi actioner genetically engineered from spores of the Alien and Terminator series, Roger Donaldson's Species provides a gripping if not overly original account of an extraterrestrial species attempting to overwhelm our own.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.2
45% Positive
25 Ratings
25 Ratings
44% Mixed
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
11% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
Feb 15, 2022
9
This is the ultimate bloke film bar none. Well except maybe Predator (1987). I love the way that this is full of topless women, violence and aliens. Absolutely perfect. Here, take a handy hint: fill your belly with beer and then almost pass-out from the awe that is generated from every second of this killer alien-human-hybrid movie. I never get tired of watching Natasha Henstridge as an alien. Never ever.
Mar 18, 2020
9
Species is a 1995 film, the year of great movies such as Assassins, Casino, The Quick and the Dead and a few others but also probably in 1995 some stinkers were made. Species directed by Roger Donaldson is a basic and rather simple story and it's basically some scientists found alien DNA or something and created a monster. Not sure if that's correct so don't quote me, however I am sure the alien creature is named Sil and is played by Michelle Williams (Dawson's Creek) and she's still a child. They decide to gas her and kill her but she escapes from a glass chamber and helicopters and everyone are out hunting for her. A group of people "Michael Madsen, Marg Helgenberger, Forrest Whitaker and some other dude lol are called in for a search and destroy mission to terminate the alien lifeform before it mates and potentially becomes a threat to earth but first they must hunt her (the alien) down and find her because she's on the loose after escaping. SPECIES stars also Natasha Henstridge (Ghosts of Mars) as the alien creature and is packed with explosions, violence, blood and extremely well done sex scenes and beautifully executed nudity scenes. This film is excellent!!!
60
Despite the ridiculous premise and casting this is still a pacey little sci-thriller.
50
Alien meets Basic Instinct in this textbook illustration of what happens when millions of dollars' worth of technical expertise is brought to bear on a cheap, exploitative script.
50
I can imagine a film in which a creature like Sil struggles with her dual nature, and tries to find self-knowledge. Like Frankenstein's monster, she would be an object of pity. But that would be way too subtle for Species, which just adds a slick front end to the basic horror vocabulary of things jumping out from behind stuff.
38
Species doesn't scare or dazzle you. [07 July 1995, p.H25]
20
Like some state-of-the-art remake of Lifeforce, this is every bit as bad as Tobe Hooper's film, but nothing like as enjoyable. Worst is the transition in the final scenes from snatched glimpses of a woman in a rubber suit to some oddly alienating motion-control effects. Floating like the ghosting on a poorly tuned TV, these are far too clean and artificial to be believable or remotely scary. Deserves extinction.
Jul 30, 2026
7
The cast and the creature effects are better than this movie deserves for sure. I appreciate that they really tried to make a good aliens / predator like movie and enough of the story is interesting for me to recommend it if you like sci fi. I also appreciate the writing is smarter than the average monster flick. The way the alien tries to evade the humans is pretty clever and the team assembled to hunt her are pretty competent for the most part. I especially like the michael madsen character he's a real han solo type just no nonsense telling all these scientists how stupid they are haha. The forest whitaker character is so funny too he's borderline a telepath which is such an interesting thing to put in.
Aug 8, 2022
6
Great casting and creature effects aren't enough to go blow the audience away. If you're a fan of body horror/SciFi then this will entertain you!
Dec 27, 2021
6
Una alienígena que siempre está caliente y que ni leyendo la Biblia se le quita. Por añadir: Natasha Henstridge se ve hermosísima aquí.
Jun 20, 2026
3
Ortalama ve altı bir yapım. Alien serisinin yan ürünü gibi bir yapım-seri. Gerçi o zamanlar için fena değilmiş...
Oct 21, 2024
1
I expected "Dollar Store Alien" but got so much worse. Barely qualifies as "B Horror" the story is so bad. Not worth watching.
Production Company:
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Release Date:Jul 7, 1995
Duration:1 h 48 m
Rating:R
Tagline:If you build it, they will come.
Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 3 Nominations
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
MTV Movie + TV Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
