In January, Splice, Vincenzo Natali’s sci-fi horror film, premiered to good reviews at the Sundance Film Festival. The movie stars Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley as scientists who take bioengineering too far. After being shut down for wanting to create an animal-human hybrid, the duo takes matters into their own hands.
Most reviews were positive, although many were quick to note that this isn’t just a simple horror flick. Dave Chen of /Film called it a “quasi-serious exploration into the implications of playing God.” Sounds like a modern-day Frankenstein to me.
At the festival, the film was picked up by Warner Bros. and an early summer release was planned. The director was required to do some edits, but he claimed they were simply cosmetic. Now, the film has a trailer, embedded below.
This looks like a very solid, thinking man’s horror film, so I wonder how it will do at the box office? I have not seen the movie, but WB seems to be confident that it can perform well, even among heavy competition during the summer.
Splice hits theaters June 4th.
