A team of scientists hunts a beautiful, deadly alien hybrid that hungers for human procreation.
Suspenseful and pulpy. A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on MGM+, Hoopla (free), Pluto TV (free), The Roku Channel (free), YouTube (free) and Tubi (free).
Strong sex and nudity, which is more than most R titles carry. Beyond that, real scares and several jump scares.
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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.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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