Leofwine_draca Respected horror personalities Brian Yuzna and Stuart Gordon team up as director and writer for this straight to video science fiction/horror flick. Unlike most straight to video output, it's a thoroughly entertaining film, which accomplishes what it sets out to do: horrify the audience. Although there are many detractors of this film, I found it to be one of the best horror films I've seen this year. The pace may be slow, yet it's steady, gradually building from a few nervous thrills to all out visceral horror at the end. Most of the terror in the film comes from the inevitability of the ending, and you just know that it's all going to end in tears. The film mainly deals with psychological horror instead of physical, but there are some gory moments in there too to balance things up.While I found the film to be very good, there are a few flaws with it, but these are not enough to ruin things. Some of the computer effects are on the low budget and fake side, especially when Sherry is levitated into the alien space ship. Also, the film veers close into unintentional comedy with the sight of Vosloo being floated through the air, naked. The plot is hardly original, and the acting from the leads is nothing to write home about, but despite these flaws, the film still works.The cast is varied and interesting. Jillian McWhirter gives a realistic if not particularly sympathetic portrayal of a woman having a nervous breakdown. Arnold Vosloo is tough and likable as the male lead, he's not an exceptionally talented actor, but I thought he was good in the role. The supporting cast is excellent. Lindsay Crouse is the ally, while Brad Dourif turns in yet another interesting, twitchy performance as the UFOlogist. Finally, Wilford Brimley plays a small but vitally important role as a kindly doctor.This film is definitely not for the squeamish, with an alien birth and a Caesarean section performed in full view of the unblinking camera. There is also a strong amount of nudity, which is somewhat off-putting. However there are some excellent alien designs in the film, thanks to the reliable Screaming Mad George. I loved the bit where we saw what the 'real' aliens looked like, and not just the fake 'grey' alien image that we commonly see. PROGENY is a good little film, something that doesn't claim to achieve much, but provokes some real tension and numbing terror as the clock ticks away and the final showdown approaches. Unpretentious viewing fun.

The_Void Rosemary's Baby meets Alien, Brian Yuzna style! Actually, this is a surprisingly restrained effort from the man behind such gory classics as Bride of Re-Animator and The Dentist, though we do still get some nasty styled gore. The film is rather well put together and the acting is not bad; the only real criticism I have of the film is that it's not very ambitious. The whole film revolves around the central plot point and despite being at least interesting throughout, it doesn't really go anywhere once it reaches its conclusion, which is a bit of a shame. The plot focuses on husband and wife Craig and Sherry Burton. They've been trying for a baby but not had much luck; although their luck changes one day when Sherry discovers that she has finally become pregnant. However, this happens shortly after a strange night where the couple, during sex, both had a blackout. As time moves on Craig increasingly begins to suspect that there's something wrong with the baby and begins to question what happened during the blackout.The film takes obvious influence from films such as Rosemary's Baby, although the plot is much shallower. There's plenty of ways that Brian Yuzna could have taken the story but it's never really developed beyond the immediate ideas. The immediate ideas are good however and the film features plenty of decent set pieces - most of which are reminiscent of what actual expecting couples would have to go through (e.g. an ultrasound scan). The central cast is good with Arnold Vosloo and Jillian McWhirter convincing as the central couple and receiving good support from Brad Dourif as a doctor. The film is not particularly gory but we do get some inventive alien effects courtesy of Screaming Mad George. The aliens themselves are not seen all that often but we do at least get a general idea. The film might have been better had it been a bit more expansive and not focused solely on the pregnancy; but even so the ending is decent enough (if a little muddled) and while this film is not great; it is at least worth a look for horror fans.

José Luis Rivera Mendoza (jluis1984) Well, that's the paradox in this movie. It features some of the best acting I have ever seen in a B-movie (even better than most "A-list" actors) and yet the movie is mediocre at best. Why? Everything besides the acting in this movie screams "mediocre". Brian Yuzna's direction feels tired, as if he had been forced to make it; it's too far from his better works like "Return of the Living Dead III" or "From Beyond". The budget was OK, but he has done much better movies with less.The main problem was the script. As a mixture between X-Files and a generic TV show, the plot tells the story of a woman named Sherry (Jillian McWhirter) who was kidnapped by aliens while making love to his husband Craig (Arnold Vosloo), a young doctor. When Sherry begins to act strangely her husband suspects that both baby and wife are aliens. Enter Brad Douriff as Dr. Clavell, an UFO expert who is the only one who believes Craig and tries to help him to kill the baby, while everyone else thinks Craig is mad.An interesting plot nevertheless, but it was so poorly developed that even when the actors did an awesome job, it feels shallow and pointless. Andrew Vosloo, who has appeared in The Mummy, shines in his role and brings back good memories of Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby. Brad Douriff does his usual good job and Jillian McWhirter has very good moments.Yuzna's Direction and the weak script are what makes this movie boring and tiresome. The SFX did not help too much, some are quite good, others are pretty lame.In the end, the movie is good to spent some time with, but a disappointment to a Yuzna fan. Worthy for the good performances of Vosloo and Douriff.A solid 5/10

paras-jj This was not a good film. Poorly scripted and acted - the concept was not new, the effects poor and not a showcase for Arnold Vosloo who really is a half decent actor. I watched this under some protest and only remembered having seen it before towards the very end - it's that forgettable. The acting seemed to consist of a number of glares & looks devoid of any sincerity. I kept expecting this to actually get going and before long I was just hoping it would finish. As for the medical bits - well I wasn't expecting a true version of ER events but this was just comical - I am a Dr so know what I am taking about - and the operative bits were just plain silly.Do not waste your valuable time - unless you have absolutely nothing else to do - go out, ring up a long lost friend, watch paint dry, sort out your sock draw, do some household task. AVOID at your peril.