content: I am not easily scared but this flick has the right balance of fright and philosophy to satisfy an intelligent viewer. It is obviously inspired by Greg Bear's Bloodmusic novel and Carpenter's movie the Thing. Peter O'Toole is marvelous as the mad scientist and a rare horror film role for him. I liked the ideas it presents clashing Darwin's natural selection as the unseen "ancient enemy" versus a version of Christian eschatology. Great fun!