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First look: Splice

Posted by Brian Switek on February 19, 2010
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I love monster movies. When they’re good, they’re great, and when they’re bad, they’re still fun to riff on. I do not know enough about it to judge it yet, but the forthcoming film Splice looks interesting, at the very least. According to science blogger Tamara Krinsky:

The classic monster film gets a deliciously sadistic twist in Vincenzo Natali’s contemporary dissection of the genetic-engineering dilemma. Clive and Elsa are young, brilliant, and ambitious. The new animal species they engineered has made them rebel superstars of the scientific world. In secret, they introduce human DNA into the experiment. The result is something that is greater than the sum of its parts: a female animal/human hybrid that may be a step up on the evolutionary ladder. They think they may have created the perfect organism–until she makes a final, shocking metamorphosis that could destroy them–and the rest of humanity.

Phrases like “the next step up on the evolutionary ladder” make me want to *facepalm*, but it is hard to resist a good creature feature.

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  1. #1 Glendon Mellow
    February 19, 2010

    Interesting little critter.

    I had such high hopes for Species when I saw the first trailer. I hope this one has a bit more thought amongst the running and the screaming and the monster, mmm-hey.

  2. #2 Eric
    February 19, 2010

    I feel like I’ve heard of this movie before.

    BTW is that the guy from King Kong (the peter jackson version)?

    This actually looks pretty good.

  3. #3 Christina
    February 19, 2010

    woohoo! synthetic biology gone wrong! I’ve been waiting for this (and love scifi/action movies in general), I think there’s also a new Frankenstein movie in the works with a similar genetic engineering twist.

  4. #4 Jared
    February 19, 2010

    I wonder what the starting animal was…

  5. #5 Laelaps
    February 20, 2010

    “Sounds like ‘Species’” was the first thing I thought when I read the synopsis, too, but I am hoping that this one will be a bit better.

    And, even though it is very, very, very belated, welcome to Sb Christina! Oscillator is great.

  6. #6 Rosel
    February 20, 2010

    Sounds like an update of The Island of Dr Moreau.

  7. #7 BathTub
    February 21, 2010

    Yeah that’s Adrian Brodie from King Kong, amongst other things.

  8. #8 Erin
    March 10, 2010

    I wouldn’t mind a good update of Dr. Moreau, at least just about anything would be better than the god-awful furry abomination in ’96. But I’m not too sure this is supposed to be that.

    If that critter turns out to be venomous and kills her in some grotesque way in the next second, I’m not interested. Not that I don’t like a good monster, but that it’s too damn predictable.