All four sci-fi action horrors in the 'Species' franchise. In 'Species' (1995) scientists use the world's largest radio telescope to send messages into outer space. 20 years later they receive a message giving instructions on how to mix human and alien DNA to form 'Sil', a new species. The scientists create Sil - in the shape of a beautiful young woman (Natasha Henstridge) - who escapes from the observation facility. She must be stopped before she mates with a human male and creates a new species which could overwhelm mankind. A team is assembled to destroy Sil led by scientist Xavier Fitch (Ben Kingsley) and containing an assassin (Michael Madsen), a biologist (Marg Helgenberger), an anthropologist (Alfred Molina) and an empath (Forest Whitaker). In 'Species II' (1998) scientist Laura Baker (Helgenberger) has created a pseudo-alien clone, Eve (Henstridge), to assist her research after another series of alien killings begins. Reuniting with gunman Press Lennox (Madsen), Laura realizes that astronaut Patrick Ross (Justin Lazard), recently returned from Mars, is the culprit. Having become infected with the alien virus, he is now obsessed with spreading his seed across planet Earth. In 'Species III' (2004) a fatal hybrid weakness has given humans the advantage in the ongoing fight for supremacy between mankind and human/alien hybrids. However, when Sara (Sunny Mabrey), the daughter of Eve is born, she grows into the most genetically perfect alien form yet. Seeking to repopulate her kind, she heeds an overwhelming drive to mate, while a crack military team trails her in an attempt to end the war between the two species forever. Finally, in 'Species IV - The Awakening' (2007), college professor Miranda Hollander (Helena Mattsson) realises something is wrong when she wakes up from a blackout surrounded by mutilated bodies. Seeking an explanation from her uncle, she learns the horrifying truth that she is in fact the result of a cloning of human and alien DNA. Travelling to Mexico to confront the scientist responsible, she soon becomes the target of a stream of ravenous mutants. With her biological clock ticking, Miranda's alien instincts are about to raise their ugly head, leading to a battle unlike anything the Earth has ever seen before.
- Region Code:
- Region B
- Duration:
- 401 minutes
- Extras:
- Language(s): English, Subtitles: English, Interactive Menu, Behind the Scenes, Bonus Footage, Commentary: 'Species': Natasha Henstridge (actor), Michael Madsen (actor) and Roger Donaldson (director); Roger Donaldson, Steve Johnson (Make-Up Effects Creator), Richard Edlund (Visual Effects Supervisor) and Frank Mancuso Jr. (producer); Kim Newman (critic) and Sean Hogan (filmmaker). 'Species II': Peter Medak (director). 'Species III': Brad Turner (director), Ben Ripley (writer) and Robin Dunne (actor); David Wain and Matty Budrewicz (film journalists). 'Species IV: The Awakening': David Wain and Matty Budrewicz., Deleted Scenes, Documentaries: 'After Birth: The Evolution of Species'; 'From Sil to Eve'; 'Designing a Hybrid'; 'Creature Creations: The Effects of Species II'; 'Alien Evolutions With Chris Brancato'; 'Species II: Eve of Destruction'; 'Alien Odyssey: Evolution'; 'Alien Odyssey: Species DNA'; 'Alien Odyssey: Alien Technology'; 'Alien Odyssey: Intelligent Lifeforms'; 'Genesis'; 'Falling Apart', Image Gallery, Interviews: Nick Lyon (director); Helena Mattsson (actor), Making of Documentary, 'Species' alternate ending; 'Species II' additional unseen footage, Outtakes, Trailers