“Species” (1995) sci-fi, horror.
★★☆☆☆
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What killed it for me was the idea that the Arecibo Message sent in 1974 would receive a reply in 1993, when the target (Messier 80) is 30,000 light years away. It felt like watching an Asylum movie, so I turned it off like 20 minutes in.