I recall this film from a brief sci-fi scene in the early to mid 1990s: A man walks into a small cool storage room. He reaches into a freezer, fridge, or other storage container and takes out a bizarre looking creature which kind of resembles a ‘facehugger’ monster from “Alien”. This film came out before Alien: Resurrection. As I recall, the animal was similar to a centipede or something, and about the size of a loaf of bread. The animal is perched longways on the man’s forearm, with a series of legs resting on each side. As I recall, the man begins to stroke the creature. I don’t know why he did this. Suddenly, the creatures legs dig violently into the man’s arm, causing him to scream.
Could it be ‘The Blob 1988?’ the beginning has that similar scene.
I found this when I was researching another question on this site. I think it’s. “Earth: Final Conflict” (1997-2002 TV series). The creature is called a skrill and below is a picture of it, maybe?
http://efc.wikia.com/wiki/Skrill?file=SkrillBonding.jpg