Splice

I read the plot and it does indeed sound rather messed up

Spoiler:
sexually

This is looking more and more generic and boring as each clip or trailer comes out...I was genuinely interested in this when I 1st heard about it...Now I probably wont bother seeing it.

Originally posted by MildPossession
I read the plot and it does indeed sound rather messed up

Spoiler:
sexually

. If that's what you meant.

Spoiler:
Adrian Brody and the woman raise this thing like it's their daughter, despite it being part animal, and then he has sex with it, mind you in one of the most drawn out sex scenes I've seen in a long time. And then it turns into a male and rapes the female protagonist, despite them having the same DNA. And it impregnates her. The last 30 minutes of that movie just got significantly more f'd up with every scene.

Movie was very meh. Very messy and all over the place. Wasn't generic, really. It being somewhat original in a genre filled with cliches was one if its strongpoints, but over all it felt more sloppy than anything.

Solid acting, though.

I actually really liked this, though I think it was misadvertised. Its more sci-fi than horror IMO. Its probably the psychologist in me, but I loved the movie for the moral/ethical debates and the psychological issues (primarily the female lead's issuse). Wrapping that around the idea of an ever evolving creature made the movie very fun for me. To me, it was like a smart version of Species.

8/10

Originally posted by Myth
I actually really liked this, though I think it was misadvertised. Its more sci-fi than horror IMO. Its probably the psychologist in me, but I loved the movie for the moral/ethical debates and the psychological issues (primarily the female lead's issuse). Wrapping that around the idea of an ever evolving creature made the movie very fun for me. To me, it was like a smart version of Species.

8/10

Originally posted by Menetnashté
lol well I suppose it did support some of Freud's theories if nothing else

Yep. Definitely, lol.

Originally posted by deathbycorn

Splinter looks ok too. Another new creature feature coming out.

I decided to not start a whole new thread for this, but I just watched Splinter. I enjoyed it, though I liked Splice more (not really comparable though IMO).

I didn't like it at all. There has to be a point at which one goes ''this is really not a good idea'', but no.

Reminiscent of ''there is a creepy noise in a pitch black cellar, so lets split up and investigate it'' type logic and instinct, for scientists, those people lacked basic intelligence. Meh.

I really enjoyed this movie because it was well done and so disturbing. If they hadn't continued regardless of the moral and ethical dilemmas, there wouldn't have been a movie.

Film was very, very dirty and everywhere. Was not generic, really. Since it is quite original in a genre filled with cliches was one of its strengths, but overall it felt more rushed than anything else.

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
I didn't like it at all. There has to be a point at which one goes ''this is really not a good idea'', but no.

Doesn't many(most?) a horror movie suffer from that very lack of common sense from the cannon-fodder all the way to the protagonist? Be it a sci-fi, slasher, supernatural etc. horror flick?

Terrible, terrible movie. The

Spoiler:
sex and rape

I watched it lastnight & really enjoyed Splice.
But for me it's a difficult movie to put into a genre.

The moral ethics the film raises & then somehow contradicts itself in the end (when Men & Woman play God) makes it neither a horror nor a sci-fi flick.

The ending, although cliched, was the only way out of the story.The film asked alot of questions without the director or characters shoving their own answers/opinions down our throats.

It's a Horror/Science Fiction film, nothing hard about putting it into a genre mix. Or Body Horror if you want a more precise sub genre.

this is one of the worst horror/sci fi films i have ever seen

Where was the horror aspects?

Would you classify Cronenberg's Naked Lunch & eXistenZ as horror too?

Juz wondering...

eXistenZ is a 'body' horror/science fiction film. Cronenberg more or less created the body horror film. Naked Lunch I can hardly remember, I was so bored with it I nodded off a lot. But remember, I didn't say Splice was just HORROR.

this is one of the worst horror/sci fi films i have ever seen

It's not that bad that it can be considered one of the worst...

I've never come across the term "Body" Horror.

What other films fit into this category?

Do you like Cronenberg films?