Splice
This article contains some discussion of sexual assault.
Spliceis a film that generates the perfectblend of sci-fi and horror, and was highly praised upon its release.
Genetic engineering has been studied for decades, and the movie is a direct discussion of this practice.
Yet, thesci-fi horror movie is underratedsinceSpliceflopped at the box office.
That was a deal breaker for a lot of people.
This was a story about life and birth and sex was always going to be part of that equation.
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To dance around it wouldve been cowardly.
Produced by Guillermo del Toro, Splice stars Adrian Brody and Sarah Polley as a young scientist couple who, after introducing human DNA into their work with genetic splicing, create a human-animal hybrid being called Dren, who becomes like the couple’s child. Initially positive that they can raise Dren as their daughter, the couple soon finds out that Dren’s nature is far more sinister than it seems.
