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Science's newest miracle...is a mistake.
Science's newest miracle...is a mistake.
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller - 2009
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Elsa and Clive, two young rebellious scientists, defy legal and ethical boundaries and forge ahead with a dangerous experiment: splicing together human and animal DNA to create a new organism. Named "Dren", the creature rapidly develops from a deformed female infant into a beautiful but dangerous winged human-chimera, who forges a bond with both of her creators - only to have that bond turn deadly.
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Frankenstein
(1931)
Dr. Henry Frankenstein attempts to create life by assembling a creature from body parts of the deceased. Aided by his loyal misshapen assistant, Fritz, Frankenstein succeeds in animating his monster, but, confused and traumatized, it escapes into the countryside and begins to wreak havoc. Frankenstein searches for the elusive being and...
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Species
(1995)
In 1993, the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Project receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The result is Sil, a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to an armour-plated killing machine in the blink of an eye.
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The Fly
(1986)
When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.
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The Blob
(1988)
Remake of the 1958 horror sci-fi about a deadly blob which is the spawn of a secret government germ warfare project which consumes everyone in its path. Teenagers try in vain to warn the townsfolk, who refuse to take them seriously, while government agents try to cover up the evidence and confine the creature.
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Little Otik
(2001)
When a childless couple learn that they cannot have children, it causes great distress. To ease his wife's pain, the man finds a piece of root in the backyard and chops it and varnishes it into the shape of a child. However the woman takes the root as her baby and starts to pretend that it is real.

Details

Rated:
R
Runtime:
104 min
Release date:
6 Oct 2009
Country:
CA, FR, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$26,000,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
4 wins & 23 nominations.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
What makes Splice morally compelling isn't the bioethics quandaries it raises so much as the way it delves into parenthood.
– Lisa Kennedy,
Denver Post,
4 Jun 2010
fresh:
Daring, disturbing and deliciously twisted.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
4 Jun 2010
fresh:
A good horror flick always does metaphoric battle with our interior demons, and Splice summons them in impressive numbers.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
4 Jun 2010
fresh:
[It's] witty, aware of its own craziness, and disarmingly insightful about the psychology of its characters.
– A.O. Scott,
At the Movies,
7 Jun 2010
fresh:
This Cronenbergian exploration of the perils of inter-species gene-splicing wrestles with some topical and disturbing ideas, but never quite pins them down.
– Nigel Floyd,
Time Out,
22 Jul 2010
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