An all-star cast hunt down a female alien in 1995’s Species.

Surely, we all thought, Giger would add a touch of class to the movie.

Yes,Species premise was pure B-grade stuff, but wasnt the same true ofAlien?

Its worth pausing here to marvel at the astonishing cast director Roger Donaldson managed to gather forSpecies.

The carriages were formed from the twisted bodies of what looked like fornicating aliens.

You may rest easy, Giger wrote.

I will gladly show you the whole thing sometime.

Wandering off into the California sunshine, she learns all she can from the strange humans around her.

Los Angeles is perfectly for her, observes Alfred Molinas Arden.

Its the city of the future.

Nothing in this town is taboo she could do anything and no one would notice.

In practice, all Dan does is state the absurdly obvious.

Something bad happened here, Dan notes.

She walked, Dan observes.

They like each other, Dan suggests.

Somethings wrong, Dan says, in between shouts.

Its started already, Fitch yells to Dr Baker and Lennox, ignoring Dan.

Get the top back on!

With shaking hands, Dr Baker and Lennox attempt to get the top back on the container.

Lennox fumbles a screw, which falls through a grating.

I think it fell through the grate, Lennox says.

Then lift the grate!

You have two minutes!

Within seconds, the situations escalated out of control.

Its a bit more violent and sweary than your averageCrystal Mazeepisode, but not by much.

All it needs is Ben Kingsley playing a mouth organ.

Despite this potentially apocalyptic scenario, nobody seems in too much of a hurry to do anything about it.

What shall I say?

Dr Baker asks, tittering.

Tell him hes about to copulate with a creature from outer space, Lennox says with a smirk.

Speciesarrived at the tail end of a quintessentially 90s Hollywood phenomenon: the glossy erotic thriller.

you could see HR Gigers handiwork in Sils design, with her svelte lines and grotesque, spiky growths.

If we were Sil, wed probably put these tentacles to less murderous use.

Are the squirrels more aggressive in Los Angeles, or are they Sils furry agents of chaos?

Unfortunately, Dan isnt around to tell us what the squirrels thinking.

Since 1995, reports of chubacapras and animal slayings have proliferated all over the Americas.

In most instances, experts have concluded that the sightings were probably of mange-ridden coyotes rather than something unexplainable.

Its quite an angry squirrel, Dan would probably say, adjusting his little white hat.