At the genetically engineered Splice hits Irish screens, we look at what similar films will prepare you for SPLICE
Superstar genetic engineers Clive played by Adrien Brody and Elsa (Sarah Polley) specialize in splicing together DNA from different animals to create incredible new hybrids. Now these wacky scientists are looking to combine human DNA in a hybrid that could revolutionize science and medicine.
The result: Dren, an amazing, strangely beautiful creature that exhibits uncommon intelligence and an array of unexpected physical developments. And though, at first, Dren exceeds their wildest dreams, she begins to grow and learn at an accelerated rate – and threatens to become their worst nightmare… As we prepare for Dren to take to our screens, we look at what similar films will prepare you for SPLICE:
THE FLY
If there was a genre for human/animal DNA slicing – and let’s face it there SHOULD be – The Fly would be the film to set the curve. Jeff Goldblum plays the brilliant but eccentric scientist who attempts to build a teleportation machine and eureka, it works! Things take a dark turn when he telports himself when a fly enters one of the transmission booths, and Brundle suddenly finds he is a changed man. Be afraid. Be very afraid…
CUBE
If you have an innate fear of being trapped in an elevator, either alone or with a group of panicky, talky people, you’ll appreciate the kind of tension that Spliace director Vincenzo Natali tries to work up in his sci-fi thriller, Cube. The film follows six people inexplicably imprisoned in a booby-trapped system of boxes, with no hope and fewer means of escape… Not one for the faint of heart.
SPECIES
When science meets sexy, there’s certainly no escaping the Species vibe to Splice. In the former, a scientific team receives a transmission detailing an alien DNA structure, along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA. The resulL Sil (Natasha Henstridge), a sensual but deadly creature who can change from a beautiful woman to reptile-like killing machine in the blink of an eye – and she’s looking for someone to breed with…