Wide screen (2.35:1).

Originally released as a motion picture in 1995.

Special features: [disc. 1] Commentary by Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen & director Roger Donaldson; commentary by director, producer and visual, and special effects creators; trailers: The great escape (collector's ed.) and The good, the bad and the ugly. [disc 2] "Engineering life" featurette; "H.R. Giger at work" featurette; the making of Species: The origin, The concept, The discovery; "Designing a hybrid" featurette; alternate ending; original theatrical trailer; Species 4: the awakening sneak peek; project Sil image files.

Director of photography, Andrzej Bartkowiak; editor, Conrad Buff; music, Christopher Young.

Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina, Forest Whitaker, Marg Helgenberger, Natasha Henstridge.

"When a beautiful human-alien hybrid escapes from observation, scientist Xavier Fitch dispatches a crew of experts to find her before she is able to fulfill her horrific purpose: to mate with unsuspecting men and produce offspring that could destroy mankind. As her deadly biological clock ticks rapidly, Fitch and his team are hurled into a desperate battle in which the fate of humanity itself hangs in the balance!"--Container.

MPAA rating: R; for sci-fi violence, strong sexuality and some language. Canadian Home Video rating 18A.

DVD, NTSC, region 1; 5.1 Dolby surround, 5.1 DTS, Dolby surround.

In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish; optional subtitles in English or Spanish.

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.