Progeny (film)

  • Arnold Vosloo: Dr. Craig Burton
  • Jillian McWhirter: Sherry Burton
  • Brad Dourif: Dr. Bert Clavell
  • Lindsay Crouse: Dr. Susan Lamarche
  • Wilford Brimley: Dr. David Wetherly
  • Willard E. Pugh: Eric Davidson
  • David Wells: Dr. Duke Kelly
  • January Hoag: Nurse Ida
  • Lydia De Luccia: night nurse
  • Don Calfa: Jimmy Stevens
  • Timilee Romolini: Devon Thompson
  • Nora Paradiso: Karen Boglia
  • Patty Toy: Nurse Jane
  • Susan Ripaldi: Nurse Della
  • Don Shenk: Henry (as John Moskal Jr.)

Progeny - hellspawn ( Alternative title: Progeny - Welcome to hell, original title: Progeny, literally " offspring " or "fruit "). Science-Fiction-/Horrorfilm is an American from the 1998 Brian Yuzna directed, wrote the screenplay Aubrey Solomon and Stuart Gordon. The film was first released film festival in France on 14 May 1998 at the Cannes. In Germany, the film had initially on 3 January 2000 made ​​its debut on VHS. DVD premiere followed on 12 February 2008. Starring Arnold Vosloo, Brad Dourif, Jillian McWhirter, Lindsey Crouse and Wilford Brimley play.

Action

Sherry, a woman is kidnapped at night during sleep by aliens. The next morning, she and her husband Craig wake up, to have noticed without some of it. Shortly after, she finds a pregnancy. Craig, who is a doctor by profession, noticed that the expected child is not normal. You are looking at the professor and psychologist Dr. Clavell, dealing with UFOlogy and paranormal activity. This hypnotized Sherry and feeds it back to the night in which she became pregnant. They discover that Sherry was raped and impregnated by aliens. Then her husband Craig tries by all means to kill the unborn child. The Alien Baby, which has already gained possession of Craig's wife, defends himself.

Criticism

" Horror film that spelled out his bitter history consistently and largely do without gross shock effects. At the end it is somewhat disgusting, even if everything keeps within reasonable limits. "Said the lexicon of international film. "A good, grotesque thriller" ruled briefly Doug Pratt, while " Video Watchdog" for the film holds " a dark satire of upper-class fantasies and frustrations ."

Background

  • The film was produced with a budget of approximately $ 2.5 million and was shown at the film festival in Cannes 1998.
  • The monster was designed by Screaming Mad George.

Awards

  • Brian Yuzna got the 1998 International Fantasy Film Award in Porto, Portugal.
1998 in film Film score Jan Hoag Cannes Film Festival
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