Species: The Awakening
Directed by Nick Lyon
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- Richard19 October 2025By the time Species IV rolled around, the franchise had mutated into something barely recognizable, like Sil herself, but with less budget and more exposition. This direct to DVD entry ditches continuity, coherence and most of the original cast, opting instead for a soft reboot that feels like a sci-fi soap opera with occasional tentacles. Helena Mattsson stars as Miranda, a seemingly normal university professor with a dark secret: she’s a genetically engineered alien hybrid raised by her “uncle,” a scientist who’s been suppressing her instincts with injections and denial. When things go south, they flee to Mexico, because apparently that’s where all alien problems get solved and the film shifts into a low budget chase through dusty labs and dimly lit hallways. The creature effects? Sparse. The tension? Minimal. The nudity? Obligatory. It’s as if the producers knew they had to deliver something to justify the title, so they sprinkled in a few transformation scenes, some recycled Giger lite designs and called it a day. A relic that barely resembles the original Species. It’s low-budget, low-stakes and weirdly watchable if you’re committed to completing the set. On DVD, it’s the cinematic equivalent of finishing the last stale cookie in the box, not great, but you’ve come this far.
Species: The Awakening Trivia
Species: The Awakening was released on 2 October 2007.
Species: The Awakening was directed by Nick Lyon.
Species: The Awakening has a runtime of 1h 38m.
Species: The Awakening was produced by Lorenzo O'Brien, Frank Mancuso Jr..
When she reaches the end of her lifespan, a scientist rushes to Mexico, in order to save the half-breed alien seductress he raised as his docile niece, but soon awakens the deadly, sexual predator inside her.
The key characters in Species: The Awakening are Miranda Hollander (Helena Mattsson), Tom Hollander (Ben Cross), Forbes (Dominic Keating).
Species: The Awakening is rated 15.
Species: The Awakening is a Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller film.
Species: The Awakening has an audience rating of 1.4 out of 10.
Species: The Awakening had a budget of US$3.8M.