2007 · horror · sci-fi · thriller
Species: The Awakening
Directed by Nick Lyon1h 38m2007
A scientist, Dr Hollander, takes his niece Miranda to Mexico in an attempt to reverse the effects of the alien DNA he used to create her. However the treatment goes horribly wrong, and sets Miranda on a killing spree as she sets out to find a mate.
Our read: Species: The Awakening (2007) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive horror · sci-fi · thriller entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured horror / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- cold
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