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Species
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Species II
Directed by Peter Medak
Having just returned from a mission to Mars, Commander Ross isn't exactly himself. He's slowly becoming a terrifying alien entity with one goal -- to procreate with human women! When countless women suffer gruesome deaths after bearing half-alien offspring, scientist Laura Baker and hired assassin Press Lennox use Eve, a more tempered alien clone, to find Ross and his brood. Before long Eve escapes to mate with Ross. From TMDB
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Species II is a 1998 science fiction action horror film, directed by Peter Medak, starring Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen and Marg Helgenberger.
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47 of 47 · most liked firstPicking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Year 2, Day #5 "Species II" (Peter Medak/1998) Another film that has its fair share of haters but me, I fucking love it. It reminds me of the horror sequels from the 80s that had to up their game significantly. Check it out!
positive · AI labelView post →Species II |1998 www.imdb.com/title/tt0120841 #NowWatching #filmsky #scifi #sci-fi ·an astronaut gets infected with alien DNA during the first mission on Mars and runs amok on earth. Preston and Laura team up with a peaceful, genetically re-engineered Sil to track the monster down·
neutral · AI labelView post →In honor of Artemis II, we're firing up Species II. Love this trash movie.
positive · AI labelView post →now SPECIES II. It's bad movies...IN SPACE space s p a c e sleazy and laughable fun if you ask me, although it's a little surreal seeing most of the same cast in a shoddy ripoff of the first movie
neutral · AI labelView post →#nw Species II (1998) The first movie was great, so I'm checking out more about the lore in the sequel when it gave me a T2 (1991) vibe into the mix when I saw the trailer. #Filmsky #HorrorSky
neutral · AI labelView post →What horror movie will you always defend? I've defended plenty of horror movies on GenreVision (including XTRO!), but this defense double feature of SPECIES II & THE FLY II is an all-time favorite. I adore them both and I even like one of them more than its predecessor! #horrorsky 🎥📽️🎞️🎬
positive · AI labelView post →Movie 126/100 Movie: Species II Director: Peter Medak #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days boxd.it/gwgDZZ
neutral · AI labelView post →On this day in 1995, ‘Species’ hit theaters across the U.S. The movie was a success, and eventually spawned three sequels: ‘Species II,’ ‘Species III,’ and ‘Species: The Awakening.’ What’s your favorite ‘Species’ film?
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s really funny that Species II is like “this movie isn’t even as good as one of the bad Alien movies but the advantage we have is we’re willing to show onscreen sex and boobs so we’re going to just kinda go all in and maybe that’ll carry the lack of interesting writing”
negative · AI labelView post →RIP Peter Medak. The Changeling is a masterpiece. I also utterly adore his almost mythical Krays film. There is a lot of fun to be had in films as varied as Species II and the fantastically horny Romeo is Bleeding. I have been meaning to watch The Ruling Class forever. Will do that soon.
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie 86 - SPECIES II (1998) President Richard Belzer! #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days #horrorsky 🎥
neutral · AI labelView post →An unknown werewolf movie to this day I only remember ONE scene from. Hellraiser, Species II, City of Angels, Braveheart... at some point Mon gave up and only would intervene if sex/nudity was involved. Horror was fair game with an added "if you have nightmares, I don't wanna hear it." Books tho?
neutral · AI labelView post →SPECIES II is a movie where Richard Belzer is the president, I respect that
neutral · AI labelView post →My buddies and I have a monthly movie club and each month one person gets to choose the theme. Last night my pick for “genetic experiments gone wrong” month was randomly picked, which meant we watched Species II, and it was so much more fun than I could’ve hoped for.
positive · AI labelView post →"If Captain America was slamming someone’s ass, Martin Scorsese couldn’t say it’s a theme park movie." (Eric) "I love the idea of Martin Scorsese finally seeing a Captain America movie, and it’s the one where he slams ass." -Species II
neutral · AI labelView post →New Cinema Oblivia is up! @dvdboxset.bsky.social returns again to talk about Species II! It's a hell of a movie. cinemaoblivia.podbean.com/e/episode-83...
neutral · AI labelView post →Despite that this was a super cool lightsaber battle the Phantom Menace is such a putrid movie. Honorable mention to Species II though which might be the purely stupidest movie I have seen in theaters.
negative · AI labelView post →Species II. In some ways, it’s the platonic ideal of a sequel: do everything the first movie did, but do *more*. It’s sleazier, it’s gorier, it’s WTFier. The first one at least tried to be grounded. This one has missions to Mars and characters out of a Metal Gear game.
positive · AI labelView post →(Strobing lights warning!) I've said it again and will continue to do so numerous times after, but how do we feel on monster x monster couples? Figured I would do this again since I realized I can actually upload a gif of probably my favorite monster romance in a film now. (Species II, 1998)
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh this triggered me. I remember in elementary I was OBSESSED with the main antagonist in Species II bc something about him was just so hot to me. Tell me why i rewatch that film with an adult lens and he's rapist serial killer trying to takeover the world??? I was so heartbroken
negative · AI labelView post →My ★★★ review of Species II on Letterboxd boxd.it/7HErMf
neutral · AI labelView post →"If Captain America was slamming someone’s ass, Martin Scorsese couldn’t say it’s a theme park movie." (Eric) "I love the idea of Martin Scorsese finally seeing a Captain America movie, and it’s the one where he slams ass." -Species II
neutral · AI labelView post →I may argue Species II is the sleaziest mainstream horror movie ever made. That parking lot sequence good god lol
positive · AI labelView post →Watching Species II. While the first film didn't end up as sexy or taboo as they advertised, this movie is trashier, sleazier, just sorta icky all around. So its a far better film. Just glorious in its excess.
positive · AI labelView post →Species II: Henstridge is mostly sidelined here but that aside this was a very enjoyable b-movie sequel, full of gnarly, bloody effects and cynical direction. A fine 'that guy' selection of support cast added plenty.
positive · AI labelView post →No! SPECIES II gives me more of what I want from Sil (namely her existential crisis), but the movie still underuses her.
negative · AI labelView post →Weird that Madsen thought that. I think Species II is a much better movie. It’s creatively unhinged in all sorts of good ways.
positive · AI labelView post →😭😭😭😭😭🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 Last movie I saw him in was Species II (1998) #FilmSky #MovieSky
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy birthday to American writer and producer Chris Brancato, born today in 1962. Along with creating and writing Space Channel's First Wave, he also wrote for the TV series X-Files and the 1998 film Species II. #ChrisBrancato
neutral · AI labelView post →Going to watch SPECIES II (1998). I've seen this before, but it was a long time ago, and even then I remember not thinking it was a good film, but watching the SHOUT! extras...it seems WAY more impressive than I remember and has WAY more wild stuff than the first film did. O___O
neutral · AI labelView post →Species II is an extremely X-Files movie that includes the line “this isn’t the fucking X-Files, goddammit!” 👽
neutral · AI labelView post →Last night I watched a movie that was all talking and no movement and tonight I watched a movie that was all movement and no talking Now I’m watching Species II to reset to baseline 👽
neutral · AI labelView post →Today - Revue sequels w/ SPECIES II + drinks w/ WILD THINGS, Mulan Festival kicks off w/ Anthony Wong in SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET at Innis, Al Pacino robs a bank in DOG DAY AFTERNOON at Fox, more! Rundown: https://letterboxd.com/torontoplex/list/toronto-on-screen-for-fri-aug-11-2023/detail/ #toRep
neutral · AI labelView post →S Watches ?? Horror and Halloween Movies In 31 Days Movie #47: Species II (1998) This was pretty bad. It does the standard sequel thing where it’s both bigger than the first movie and looks noticeably cheaper.
negative · AI labelView post →R.I.P to Filmmaker Peter Medak (88) known for Twilight Zone The Babysitter The Changeling House: Season 1 Episode 6 90s Krays film David Copperfield Species II film The Dating Game Killer The Wire TV series thanks man
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy birthday to American writer and producer Chris Brancato, born today in 1962. Along with creating and writing Space Channel's First Wave, he also wrote for the TV series X-Files and the 1998 film Species II. #ChrisBrancato
neutral · AI labelView post →Species II (1998) — How to bomb a sequel #90smovies #bmovies #cultmovies #badmovies
negative · AI labelView post →Spooky Season (where I watch one horror, thriller, or supernatural movie a day) Day 60 (September 29th). Species II on Tubi. (I actually watched them all one after another this time, but I’m featuring one a day lol). I LOVED this.
positive · AI labelView post →Have any of you guys seen Species II? It's not very often that fifteen minutes into a movie I'm literally left jaw agape saying "I can't believe they just did that" and then it does it again five minutes later.
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) Species II (HD) is available today on (iTunes)(Germany) for €3.99 Cast: Michael Madsen, Natasha Henstridge, Marg Helgenberger, Mykelti Williamson, George Dzundza, James Cromwell Genre: (Horror) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/species_2/
neutral · AI labelView post →The (movie) Species II (HD) is available today on (iTunes)(France) for €3.99 Cast: Michael Madsen, Natasha Henstridge, Marg Helgenberger, Mykelti Williamson, George Dzundza, James Cromwell Genre: (Horror) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/species_2/
neutral · AI labelView post →The first Species is pretty competent B-movie fare with a solid cast and direction (Roger Donaldson is quite underrated IMHO) Species II felt like something just a little bit above what Roger Corman and Charles Band were doing in the straight-to-video era in production values and storytelling
negative · AI labelView post →That said...SPECIES II not being a great movie is somewhat irrelevant, because I just like this franchise. I was in high school when I saw the first one, and I just think that Sil/Eve is a great character, and that the overall film has some great ideas that...just aren't fully realized.
neutral · AI labelView post →I want to know what the pitch was for Species II, because everyone in it is giving major "This is not the movie I signed up for" vibes
negative · AI labelView post →31 Days of Halloween - Day 1 / Movie 1 : Species II
neutral · AI labelView post →It's got shades of the "Quatermass Xperiment" (1955) to it, this, as we discover that heartthrob astronaut "Patrick" (Justin Lazard) - who just happens to be the son of an hard-nosed US senator (James Cromwell) - returns to Earth after a mission. Now unlike with the first of these not-so-classic sci-fi films, this time it's the man who needs to breed and boy does he have a go. No woman is safe - but none of them are "Eve" (Natasha Henstridge). She is the woman of his dreams but is secure in a…
negative · AI labelView post →Happy New Year! I guess #Xfinity and #Comcast think nothing says it's the holiday season like adventuresome movies about rape? In-house channel surfers finding #SpeciesII a couple times, and #OpposingForce today. #RapeIsNotAPlotDevice I didn't check which network for the former but will prob check today's shortly. Noticing a lot of this cishetero fantasy violence stuff lately, as well as the ongoing cringe-racist "classic Westerns."
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