For all the jolts, gore and horror, a scary movie is all about mood. If the tone is off even a notch, an audience will laugh, instead of scream, or roll their eyes, rather than shut them. “Splice” is ...

The DNA mashup in the fright flick "Splice" is more of a sausage grinder than the delicate conjoining the title implies. Kind of a "let's mix together human genetic stuff and a bunch of animal ...

Science fiction. Starring Sarah Polley and Adrien Brody. Directed by Vincenzo Natali. (R. 110 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) It's easy enough to stick with "Splice" for about half of the way. It ...

Directed by Vincenzo Natali Written by Vincenzo Natali, Antoinette Terry Bryant, Doug Taylor Starring Sarah Polley and Adrien Brody Classification: 18A A good horror flick always does metaphoric ...

The DNA mashup in the fright flick “Splice” is more of a sausage grinder than the delicate conjoining the title implies. Kind of a “let's mix together human genetic stuff and a bunch of animal ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The pitfalls of playing God with scientific advancements have been a favorite theme of sci-fi/horror since Dr. Frankenstein ...

Dark, sleek, funny and creepily infectious, the genetic-engineering horror-comedy “Splice” is a dynamic comeback vehicle for Canadian genre director Vincenzo Natali, who made a splash a few years ago ...

The DNA mashup in the fright flick “Splice” is more of a sausage grinder than the delicate conjoining the title implies. Kind of a “let’s mix together human genetic stuff and a bunch of animal ...