Very well executed

People are voting emotionally.

Blistering performances.

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

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.

With fine actors Brad Dourif, Lindsay Crouse, and Wilford Brimley, supporting Arnold Vosloo and Jillian McWhirter, "Progeny" is on the right track. Vosloo is convinced, during a missing two hours of his life, his wife was impregnated by aliens. The film builds suspense with the conflict of is she or isn't she carrying an alien baby? Brad Dourif, in a restrained performance as the abduction expert, carries the second half of the film. Despite the usual probes, tentacles, and implants, "Progeny" is saved by above average acting, which to a certain extent overcomes a muddled storyline......................... MERK

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

First, let me review the movie. This movie creeps me out, and I don't even believe in aliens! However, the movie has its flaws.There are three acts to this movie. Act One is perfect. It sets up the movie, and really builds up the creep factor. I must say the score is great! Everything is set up and it's set up perfectly.Act Two begins when Jillian, playing Sherry Burton, goes to the shrink. They hypnotize her, and she recalls the abduction. Act Two ruins the film when the aliens show up. "Screaming Mad George" did the effects for the aliens. I must say they did a good job, except with their depiction of the "Gray" aliens. No offense, but the Grays looked like inflatable door prizes.On a side note, I liked how they treated hypnosis in Acts One and Two. If you paid attention, you would notice that the husband and wife had two different memories. In the husband's version of events, the blue light zaps them and his wife says, "Somebody's here," or something like it. It makes sense. The husband is concerned for his wife. "Someone" may hurt her. That's his issue. However in her version of events, she says, "Help me!" She does not say "Somebody's here." This also makes sense. The aliens are after her. Wanting her husband to help and save her is her issue. Now back to the film.Act Three turns the film into a gore fest. It begins with a "strange" ultrasound procedure. It's a typical gore fest, but it does have a surprise ending. I won't ruin it because it's actually an interesting development. The DVD and commentaries takes itself too seriously, but if you think Wilford Brimley saying "Horsesh**" is funny, you might want to check it out in the cast interviews section. Now on to my praise of Jillian McWhirter.I could only hope Jillian will read this. I had never seen her before, but wow, what a performance! Let me tell the rest of you this. First of all, this is supposed to be a serious film. The details I will now describe may sound campy and fun, like "Humanoids From The Deep" (1980), but it really isn't. Got that? Okay.Jillian is hot, naturally good-looking. She is naked for a lot of the film, a good thing. Unfortunately, she is usually being assaulted, terrorized, and raped, a very bad thing. However, she must act in a lot of this film naked. She gets points for overcoming that. She has to act happy, sad, horny, afraid, and physically hurt all in the span of a few moments. The turnaround of emotion is astounding! She has to cheer for joy when she learns she's pregnant. She has to scream in terror when the aliens take out her guts. She has to act very angry when her husband suggests that the baby isn't his. She has to act like she's in denial, saying nothing is wrong with her baby, when her husband says otherwise. A denial, I should note, that is really forced upon her by the aliens controlling her. I am talking Oscar-caliber performance here!Then there is the rape scene. It's disturbing, but since it's just some rubber alien, it's not too bad. In this scene, the alien is not a "Gray" alien, so I will describe it. The alien has tentacles, and it's kind of like a table. Jillian is on the table-like part, restrained by the tentacles. By her head is the alien's head. The alien's head is long, and it flips down so that its head is now above Jillian's legs. Then, the alien's hey-nanu-nanu comes out of his forehead. It's forehead! Sounds pretty campy, right? Well, Jillian plays it straight, and she pulls it off! She has to act like an alien with its hey-nanu-nanu coming from its forehead is raping her, and she pulls it off! It's a very intense scene, but that's not what makes it. You see, this scene is done in a flashback. What makes the scene is Jillian's performance recalling these events. She is just lying in a hospital bed under hypnosis recalling the alien abduction, but her acting here is more intense than the actual rape scene! How many actors can pull off a performance in a scene that describes a rape that is more intense than the scene with the rape? Not many! However, Jillian does it.I could go on and on. Jillian, if you ever read this, I want you to know that I, (name withheld) alias of MegamanX-1, believe you are the best actress ever. You are the best actress ever! I could only hope you read this and take it with you always.As for everyone else, "Progeny" (1999) is an Okay to Good film. I would recommend it.