Summary:
A Frankenstein-like tale of Oedipal and Electra complexes. Two genetic scientists secretly splice together the genes of a human and those of a number of animals in an attempt to uncover a protein they believe will be the key treating the world’s illnesses. Their experiment works but the quickly aging, locked up Dren becomes uncontrollable.
Analysis:
“The characters in Splice are named after actors in James Whale’s Bride Of Frankenstein; an indication of the approach writer/director Vincenzo Natali (Cube, Cypher) took to the subject of artificial life. Like Mary Shelley, Natali is concerned with scientific ethics — intensified in the 21st century by corporate sponsorship and demand for profitable products from expensive research — but equally troubled by the unique relationship Frankenstein and the monster may have. Signalled by a mid-film location shift from antiseptic corporate lab to run-down Gothic farm, sci-fi turns to horror as the personal failings of the creators and the created lead (inevitably) to violent clashes.” (Newman, 2009)Newman, K. (2009) Splice In: Empire [online] http://www.empireonline.com/reviews/reviewcomplete.asp?FID=135263 (Accessed on 08/10/2011)
Release:
2009
Director:
Vincenzo Natali
Screenplay by:
Vincenzo Natali, Antoinette Terry Bryant, Doug Taylor
Produced by:
Steve Hoban
Genre/subgenre:
Science Fiction, Horror, Body Horror
Country:
Canada, France
Cast:
Adrien Brodey, Sarah Polley, Delphine Chanéac, Abigail Chu
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