Not particularly — Species's appeal is atmospheric or thematic rather than overtly scary. As a body horror film, it scored 2.0/10 for fear, 7.0/10 for atmosphere, and 6.5/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in Species?

Species has 7 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like Species?

Species is tagged as body horror, alien, creature feature on Watch Darkly. The film's page lists similar horror films selected by curated scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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Species

1995 · R · 1h 48m

For three million years, the human race has been at the top of the evolutionary ladder. Nothing lasts forever.

In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to an armour-plated killing machine in the blink of an eye.

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Curator Score

6.5

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Strongest on atmosphere, light on gore.

Jump scares

Species has 7 jump scares. Compare counts

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6.5Overall

Fear2.0

Gore2.0

Atmosphere7.0

Genres

science-fictionhorroractionthriller

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Details

Budget$35M

Box office$113.4M

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Starring

Natasha Henstridge as Sil · Ben Kingsley as Xavier Fitch · Michael Madsen as Preston Lennox · Marg Helgenberger as Dr. Laura Baker · Alfred Molina as Dr. Stephen Arden · Forest Whitaker as Dan Smithson, Empath · Michelle Williams as Young Sil · Jordan Lund as Aide

Production

FGM Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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