ON MARCH 8TH, MATING SEASON BEGINS WITH SCREAM FACTORY'S BLU-RAY DEBUTS FOR THE "SPECIES" SEQUELS!
SPECIES is a pretty solid sci-fi thriller, and honestly I've failed to see the sequels it generated. But in a few weeks, I can remedy that by picking up these new Scream Factory releases!
Synopsis for SPECIES II: Having just returned from a mission to Mars, Commander Ross (Justin Lazard) isn't exactly himself. He's slowly becoming a terrifying alien entity with a one-track mind – to procreate with human women!
When countless women suffer gruesome deaths after bearing half-alien offspring, scientist Laura Baker and hired assassin Press Lennox (Michael Madsen) use Eve (Natasha Henstridge, SPECIES), a more tempered alien clone, to find Ross and his virulent brood. But they underestimate Eve's maternal drive, and before long she escapes to mate with Ross in order to create a purer and unstoppable race that could spell doom for mankind.
As time is running out, the ultimate battle takes place in a chilling climax that puts Darwin's theory to the ultimate test... only the strongest species will survive.
Disc Specs:
Color | Rated R | 93 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio - N/A (Most likely DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1)
Extras:
- NEW From Sil To Eve – an interview with actress Natasha Henstridge
- NEW Creature Creations - interviews with creature & special make-up effects creator Steve Johnson, supervising cosmetic designer Leonard MacDonald, transformation supervisor Joel Harlow, and chrysalis effects supervisor William Bryan
- NEW Alien Evolutions – an interview with screenwriter Chris Brancato
- NEW special effects outtakes & behind-the-scenes footage
- Audio Commentary with director Peter Medak
- Scenes from the film featuring uncut footage not shown in theatres
- Species II: Eve of Destruction featurette
- Theatrical Trailer
- Still Gallery – Posters, Lobby cards, behind-the-scenes photos, special effects behind-the-scenes photos and H.R. Giger sketches.
Synopsis for SPECIES III: In the ongoing fight for supremacy between mankind and human-alien hybrids, a fatal weakness among the hybrids has given humans the advantage… until now. When Sara (Sunny Mabrey), the daughter of Eve (Natasha Henstridge, SPECIES), is born, she develops into the most genetically perfect alien form yet!
Seeking to repopulate Earth with her kind, this dangerously beautiful femme fatale 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!
Disc Specs:
Unrated | Color | 112 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.78:1)
Audio - N/A
Extras:
- Audio Commentary by director Brad Turner, writer Ben Ripley and actor Robin Dunne
- Alien Odyssey: Evolution
- Alien Odyssey: Species DNA- Production Design
- Alien Odyssey: Alien Technology
- Alien Odyssey: Intelligent Lifeforms – Creature Design
- Species III: Genesis · Trailer
Synopsis for SPECIES: THE AWAKENING: When brilliant college professor Miranda Hollander (Helena Mattsson, AMERICAN HORROR STORY) suffers a mysterious blackout and awakens amid the bloody aftermath of a mass slaughter, she turns to her uncle for answers. But when he reveals the shocking truth...that she's only half human, a clone from a hybrid of human and alien DNA, they must flee to Mexico to locate the scientist who created her.
Soon they find themselves locked in battle with a horde of rampaging, unstoppable hybrids... and time is running out before Miranda will inevitably surrender to the killer instinct that lurks inside her own body!
Disc Specs: Unrated | Color | 103 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.78:1)
Audio - N/A
Extras:
- NEW Alien Awakenings – an interview with director Nick Lyon
- NEW Miranda’s Memories – an interview with actress Helena Mattson
SPECIES II and the double feature of SPECIES III and SPECIES: THE AWAKENING will be available wherever discs are sold on March 8th! You can order them now from AMAZON.COM (
HERE and
HERE) or directly from SHOUTFACTORY.COM (
HERE and
HERE). And, as usual, if you order from Shout!, you will receive your Blu-rays TWO WEEKS EARLY!
I suppose all that's left to do now is order the original SPECIES (
HERE), then wait a few weeks to have an epic marathon!
