Progeny is an American

United States

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 science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 film released in 1999

1999 in film

The year 1999 in film involved several noteworthy events and has been called "The Year That Changed Movies". Several significant feature films, including Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, science fiction The Matrix, Deep...

. It was directed by Brian Yuzna

Brian Yuzna

Brian Yuzna is a director, writer and producer of films.- Life :Yuzna grew up in Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and Panama before moving to the United States in the 1960s.- Career :...

 and written by Aubrey Solomon and Stuart Gordon

Stuart Gordon

After the University of Wisconsin demanded future theatrical productions by Screw Theater be overseen by a University Professor, Gordon cut his University ties to form Broom Street Theater. Its first production, the new translation of the risque Lysistrata, premiered in May 1969. Gordon is...

. The film stars Arnold Vosloo

Arnold Vosloo

Arnold Vosloo is a South African American actor, best-known for playing Imhotep in The Mummy and its 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns, as well as the role of the superhero Darkman in the sequel Darkman II: The Return of Durant and its 1996 sequel, Darkman III: Die Darkman Die...

 as Dr. Craig Burton, Jillian McWhirter as Sherry Burton, Brad Dourif

Brad Dourif

Bradford Claude "Brad" Dourif is an American film and television actor who gained early fame for his portrayal of Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and has since appeared in a number of memorable roles, including the voice of Chucky in the Child's Play franchise, Younger Brother in...

 as Dr. Bert Clavell and Lindsay Crouse

Lindsay Crouse

-Early life:Crouse was born in New York City, the daughter of Anna and Russel Crouse, a playwright. Her full name—Lindsay Ann Crouse—is an intentional tribute to the Broadway writing partnership of Lindsay and Crouse. Her father and his writing partner, Howard Lindsay, wrote much of...

 as Dr. Susan Lamarche.

Plot

A professional woman, Sherry, played by Jillian McWhirter, unexpectedly and happily discovers she is pregnant. While this is something she and her doctor husband (played by Arnold Vosloo

Arnold Vosloo

Arnold Vosloo is a South African American actor, best-known for playing Imhotep in The Mummy and its 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns, as well as the role of the superhero Darkman in the sequel Darkman II: The Return of Durant and its 1996 sequel, Darkman III: Die Darkman Die...

) have been trying to accomplish, both begin having strange memories of the night conception occurred. Uneasiness grows to terror when both become convinced that she is, in fact, carrying something completely alien inside her.

The couple contact a UFO/Paranormal/Psychology college professor, played by Brad Dourif

Brad Dourif

Bradford Claude "Brad" Dourif is an American film and television actor who gained early fame for his portrayal of Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and has since appeared in a number of memorable roles, including the voice of Chucky in the Child's Play franchise, Younger Brother in...

, who through the use of hypnotic past life regression

Past life regression

Past life regression is a technique that uses hypnosis to recover what practitioners believe are memories of past lives or incarnations, though others regard them as fantasies or delusions. Past life regression is typically undertaken either in pursuit of a spiritual experience, or in a...

 technique takes Sherry back to the night she conceived.

They discover that Sherry was abducted by aliens and impregnated. The viewer goes through this sequence several times, and each time, it is discovered that Sherry is blocking parts of the event, or distorting them in an attempt to "understand" what is happening to her.

Reception

Brian Yuzna

Brian Yuzna

Brian Yuzna is a director, writer and producer of films.- Life :Yuzna grew up in Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and Panama before moving to the United States in the 1960s.- Career :...

 nominated at the 1998 International Fantasy Film Award, Porto

Porto

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, Portugal

Portugal

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.

Cast

Arnold Vosloo

Arnold Vosloo

Arnold Vosloo is a South African American actor, best-known for playing Imhotep in The Mummy and its 2001 sequel The Mummy Returns, as well as the role of the superhero Darkman in the sequel Darkman II: The Return of Durant and its 1996 sequel, Darkman III: Die Darkman Die...

 as Dr. Craig Burton

Jillian McWhirter as Sherry Burton

Brad Dourif

Brad Dourif

Bradford Claude "Brad" Dourif is an American film and television actor who gained early fame for his portrayal of Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and has since appeared in a number of memorable roles, including the voice of Chucky in the Child's Play franchise, Younger Brother in...

 as Dr. Bert Clavell

Lindsay Crouse

Lindsay Crouse

-Early life:Crouse was born in New York City, the daughter of Anna and Russel Crouse, a playwright. Her full name—Lindsay Ann Crouse—is an intentional tribute to the Broadway writing partnership of Lindsay and Crouse. Her father and his writing partner, Howard Lindsay, wrote much of...

 as Dr. Susan Lamarche

Wilford Brimley

Wilford Brimley

Allen Wilford Brimley is an American actor. He has appeared in such films as The China Syndrome, Cocoon, The Thing and The Firm. He had a recurring role on the 1970s television series The Waltons...

 as Dr. David Wetherly

Willard E. Pugh

Willard E. Pugh

Willard Earl Pugh is an American actor with numerous film and television credits. He has appeared in notable mainstream Hollywood films such as The Color Purple and Air Force One as well as genre films such as RoboCop 2 and Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy...

 as Eric Davidson

David Wells as Dr. Duke Kelly

Jan Hoag

Jan Hoag

Janet A. Hoag is an American film and television actress.Since the beginning of the 1990s, Hoag has appeared in several television series, including Murder, She Wrote, Step by Step, Married.....

 as Nurse Ida

Lydia De Luccia as Night Nurse

Don Calfa as Jimmy Stevens

Timilee Romolini as Devon Thompson

Nora Paradiso as Karen Boglia

Patty Toy as Nurse Jane

Susan Ripaldi as Nurse Della

Don Shenk as Henry (as John Moskal Jr.)

Barry Morris

Barry Morris

Barry Morris was an Australian politician, who in 1995 was jailed for making bomb and death threats. The incident was considered a key factor in the Labor Party being returned to power in New South Wales after seven years in Opposition.-Career:Born in Lithgow in 1935, Morris initially followed...

 as Immigration Officer

Greet Ramaekers as Receptionist

Trisha King as Nurse

Rene Carrasco as Paramedic

John Moskar Jr. as Security Guard

Sean Nepita as Officer Murphy

Paul Hayes

Paul Hayes

Paul Edward Hayes is an English footballer who plays for Charlton Athletic.-Scunthorpe United:Born in Dagenham, London, Hayes grew up in East London and went to Barclay Junior School in Leyton, where he captained the school football team from the age of 7...

 as Custodian

Bob McLean as Prison Guard

Kate Romero as Woman on TV

Maggie Shane as Mother of Boy

Logan Yuzna as Boy Patient

Pancho Demmings

Pancho Demmings

Pancho Demmings is an American film and television actor.-Education:Demmings attended Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota.-Career:...

 as Officer McGuire

Michael Calder as Abductee

Lisa Crosato

Lisa Crosato

Lisa Crosato is an Australian-born opera soprano, musical theatre actor and ballet dancer based in the United Kingdom.-Biography:Crosato was born in Australia and is based in the United Kingdom...

 as Bev

Kelly Jaquiss as Screaming Woman