There’s already controversy swirling around Splice, the tale of a dangerous genetic experiment who looks like a beautiful woman. Directed by the indie auteur behind Cube, Vincenzo Natali, the movie is ...
It’s been 192 years since Mary Shelley published her gothic masterpiece “Frankenstein,” and the versatility of Shelley’s “modern Prometheus” mythology continues unabated. “Splice” presents the latest ...
The scientists at the center of Splice should have watched a couple of horror movies - that way, they'd know to never go against the moral code and inject human DNA into one of their genetic creations ...
It's a bird! It's a platelet! It's a hot bald chick! The laboratory concoction at the center of "Splice" grows from a mixture of human and animal DNA. Several animals. She -- It? They? -- is smart, ...
To say that Splice underperformed at the box office when it was released in 2010 would be an understatement. But that’s what happens when you carelessly release a psychosexual sci-fi horror movie ...
Elsa and Dren playing hide-and-seek. If you had the tools to manipulate DNA and produce new hybrid species in order to obtain potentially life-saving drugs, would you do it? This question lies at the ...
One June 4th... Meet Dren. Before we get into this, director Vincenzo Natali explained at a Q&A once that Dren (the name of this "creature") is simply just "Nerd" backwards, nothing else special about ...
***The following review contains heavy spoilers for Splice, revealing key plot points. When I saw the film there was very little marketing out and although I don’t normally worry too much about ...
In its early stages of development, the cautionary sci-fi/horror thriller “Splice” surprises you with how non-horror-thriller-like it is. For a time, the bumps, jolts, screams and gore are markedly ...