Movie Review: Splice

Editor's Note: Alright people. To help kick of this new blog, I'm going to flex my journalist's muscles and do a movie review. There will be a couple of spoilers.

 On Thursday, I went to the movies with my little sister and a friend to see Splice. I left traumatized. 

I had been interested in seeing Splice since the trailers have started appearing on television. Those trailers had me thinking that the movie is about some horrible science experience that goes wrong and starts eating people. I went into the theater expecting to jump a few times and cover my eyes. Those trailers are very misleading. 

I'll give you a summary of the plot. Basically, a married pair of scientists are famous for taking the DNA of a few animals and breeding hybrid creatures that could potentially have beneficial purposes. The first two creatures are a couple of blobs named Fred and Ginger. Initially, Fred and Ginger fall into sweet little blob love and live happily ever after. The scientists consider this to be a great success, so the female scientist decided that it would be a great idea to create hybrids with human DNA. Initially her husband is against it, but in true Adam and Eve style, she convinces him that it is a good idea. It all goes down hill from there. With the help of an anonymous donor, they create Dren who seemed to be part human, fish, bird, snake, frog and whatever else they thought to throw in the pot. Dren started out looking like a walking fetus, then she became a little alien-like girl and turned into an alien-like young woman. The female scientist considers it a great success and as a result of some childhood issues, becomes attached to Dren. The still reluctant male scientist is initially distant but ends up being attached to Dren. Dren becomes attached to them as well but a little to attached to the male scientist. Dren and the male scientist end up doing the nasty and drama ensues. That was the first source of my trauma. Before all of this, the scientists have to do a presentation about Ginger and Fred. Well, the presentation doesn't go so well because Ginger ended up changing genders and her/him and Fred tear each other to shreds. Well, the same ends up happening to Dren. After being presumed to be sick and then dead, the scientists bury Dren. Well, Dren wasn't to happy about it. The newly male Dren seeks his revenge which leaves three people dead and the female scientist raped and pregnant with what might be Dren's animal/human baby.

In summary, this movie isn't recommended for the faint of heart. Three days later, I'm still hearing male Dren say "Elsa, Inside you". >_<