What the school biology teacher thinks to be a previously undiscovered species, is in reality an alien parasite that takes control of its human host. Williamson places a just the right number of self-referential jabs into the screenplay to make it fun for genre fans. There are enough twists in the screenplay and keep the tension level up, plus Williamson provides humor at all the right moments. Piper Laurie, Famke Janssen, Bebe Neuwirth, Robert Patrick, Daniel von Bargen, Jon Stewart and Salma Hayek all deliver performances that are creepy-cool and fun. Sharpness and detail are just what you would expect from a new movie.
Blacks are true black and the image offers terrific shadow detail.
Colors reproduce with vivid hues and natural looking flesh tones. Effects leap out at the viewer, making the shocks even more effective, plus the track has a broad forward soundstage that seamlessly wraps around into the surround channels. Dialogue reproduction is very clean and the bass provides some good solid thumps and explosions. Subtitles are available in English. The simplistic interactive menus provide the standard scene selection feature, as well as access to a theatrical trailer.