Species: The Awakening
Irresistible beauty. Unstoppable instincts.
2007 | 98m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Nick Lyon |
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| Writer: | Ben Ripley |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 17, 2007 |
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| Director: | Nick Lyon |
| Writer: | Ben Ripley |
| Genres: | Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller |
| Keywords | mexico, pregnancy, transformation, alien, creature, scientist, alien dna |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 360 Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $3,800,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Helena Mattsson | Miranda Hollander |
| Ben Cross | Tom Hollander |
| Dominic Keating | Forbes |
| Marlene Favela | Azura |
| Meagen Fay | Celeste |
| Roger Cudney | Leland Fisk |
| Mauricio Martínez | Dalton |
| Edy Arellano | Calderón |
| Marco Bacuzzi | Rinaldo |
| Cynthia Francesconi | Collette |
| Jan Bouda | Student #2 |
| Montserrat de León | Dancing Girl |
| German Fabregat | Technician |
| Kristyan Ferrer | Mexican Boy #1 |
| Alejandra Gollas | Trauma Nurse |
| Alizair Gomez | Mexican Boy #2 |
| Eleazar Gómez | Student #3 |
| Harding Junior | Student #1 |
| Gregg Lucas | Jogger |
| Adrian Makala | Paramedic |
| Jorge Malpica | Church Warden |
| Jorge Robles | Dance Partner |
| Felipe de Lara | Burke (uncredited) |
| Julian Sedgwick | Logan Wilson - ER Resident (uncredited) |
| Adam Wylie | Jared (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Paul Weber | Casting |
| Claudia Becker | Casting Director, Casting |
| David Gaines | Executive In Charge Of Post Production, Post Production Supervisor |
| Juan Fernando Guzmán | Gaffer |
| Frederic Henocque | Assistant Director |
| Patrick Phillips | Visual Effects |
| Isaac Lanado Chavira | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Ana Lilia Aldana Maldonado | Art Department Coordinator |
| Jonathan Coomes | Sound Effects Editor |
| Rene Corona | Leadman |
| Robert Komatsu | Editor |
| Jaime Reynoso | Director of Photography |
| Felipe Salazar | Makeup Department Head |
| Adela Cortázar | Costume Design |
| Paul Cristo | Music, Conductor, Orchestrator |
| Cecilia Montiel | Production Design |
| Jorge Lara | Property Master |
| Doug Campbell | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Alec St. John | Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Dennis Feldman | Characters |
| Ivy Isenberg | Casting Associate |
| Daniel Chávez | Swing |
| Takahiko Akiyama | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Robert Getty | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Jonathan Bliss | Visual Effects Compositor |
| Abigail Alfonso Palacios | Costume Assistant |
| Rogelio Escobar Baballero | Painter |
| Kay Sasatomi | Visual Effects Producer |
| Fernando Agustin Neri | Assistant Property Master |
| Eric Raber | Sound Effects Editor |
| Steven Lawrence | 3D Artist |
| Danielle Ghent | Dialogue Editor |
| Nury Alamo | Makeup Artist |
| René Richter | Second Unit Director of Photography, Second Unit Director, Camera Operator |
| Scott Ballard | CG Supervisor |
| Gustavo Castillón | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Danelle Vierkant | Conceptual Design |
| Joe Russo | Visual Effects Producer |
| Robert Tomaszewski | Colorist |
| Guillermo Bermúdez | Boom Operator |
| Semin Tho | CG Supervisor |
| Irving Huitron Aranda | Best Boy Grip |
| Monica Ovando | Production Coordinator |
| Eva Prelle | Visual Effects Producer |
| Pete Fausone | Online Editor |
| Gabriel García | Dolly Grip |
| Mariana Mazon | Costume Assistant |
| Araceli E. Ríos García | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Diana Quiroz | Art Direction |
| Pamela Kahn | Foley Artist |
| Enrique Garcia Mejia | Swing |
| Carlos Sánchez | Head Carpenter |
| José Francisco García | Key Grip |
| Neti Quiroz | Dialogue Coach |
| Joaquín de la Riva | Set Decoration |
| Gregg Barbanell | Foley Artist |
| Jesús Reyes | Driver |
| Gerardo Perez Arreola | Key Hairdresser |
| Sibyla Fernández | Production Coordinator |
| Jose Manuel Schivy | Extras Casting Coordinator |
| Juan Manuel Alvarez | Electrician |
| Joaquin Cervera | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Damian Gajardo Schneider | Art Designer |
| Fernando Coria | Electrician |
| Philip Tallman | Music Editor |
| Derek Marcil | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Tina French | Dialogue Coach |
| Zack Fox | Visual Effects Production Manager |
| Antonio Garfias | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Diego Sandoval | Art Direction |
| Juan José Martínez | Best Boy Electric |
| Marco Aguilar Zúñiga | Painter |
| Santiago Núñez | Sound Mixer |
| Fernando Legarreta | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Stephen W. Pugh | Visual Effects Producer |
| Gabriel Coll | Sound Mixer |
| Matt Falletta | Special Effects Technician |
| Sergio Galicia | Driver |
| John Karner | VFX Artist |
| Radu Somesfalean | Title Designer |
| Lucy Sustar | Foley Mixer |
| Andrés Yahir Hernández | Painter |
| Lucía de la Fuente | Extras Casting Assistant |
| Roberto Oviedo | Electrician |
| José A. Ferrer | Extras Casting Assistant |
| Chato Hill | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Omar Huitrón | Electrician |
| Kevin Lefler | Assistant Editor |
| Ben Ripley | Screenplay |
| Nick Lyon | Director |
| J.M. Logan | Visual Effects Supervisor, Visual Effects Producer |
| Chris Navarro | ADR Mixer |
| Carlos Lagunas | Concept Artist, Set Designer |
| Gerardo Manjarrez | Steadicam Operator |
| Mikhail Shatin | Stunt Coordinator |
| Natalia Shaenko | Stunt Double |
| Alfredo Siu | Stunt Double |
| Verónica Cardona | Stunt Double |
| Kevin Haskins | Music |
| Renan Bendersky | Second Assistant Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Lorenzo O'Brien | Producer |
| Aaron Mazzolini | Co-Producer |
| Frank Mancuso Jr. | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 24 | 33 | 16 |
| 2024 | 5 | 26 | 39 | 16 |
| 2024 | 6 | 25 | 41 | 15 |
| 2024 | 7 | 31 | 52 | 18 |
| 2024 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 17 |
| 2024 | 9 | 27 | 46 | 15 |
| 2024 | 10 | 20 | 28 | 12 |
| 2024 | 11 | 21 | 38 | 14 |
| 2024 | 12 | 59 | 153 | 12 |
| 2025 | 1 | 79 | 194 | 14 |
| 2025 | 2 | 15 | 22 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 14 | 56 | 3 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
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Geronimo1967
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I wonder if, when Ben Cross walked onto the set here for the first time, he considered that as career nadirs go, this is almost as bad as Jeffrey Hunter's. No more "Chariots of Fire" (1981) just the other kind of chariot that swings low - and very low at that. This time, our sex-pest alien is dying. ... It falls to scientist "Tom" (Cross) to race to Mexico to start injecting her (his niece!!) with life-preserving drugs. Of course, though, those drugs trigger in "Miranda" (Helena Mattsson) her far more visceral instincts and with carnage ensuing it's a race against time to arrest the violent mating season. The whole thing is poor: the writing, the visual effects and the story could all have be cobbled together by some drama students after a day on the weed and the tequila. The acting is frankly pretty woeful and the star's accent is all over the place. There must have been some appetite for this - has it become cult? Anyway - I really wouldn't bother if I were you.
May 24, 2023