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It's Freaky Hybrid Baby Time!

By TK | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (43)



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Splice, the next project from director Vincenzo Natali (Cube) has been floating around for some time now, looking for a home. Which is a surprise, really — it’s got some solid pedigree backing it. It’s produced by Guillermo Del Toro, and stars Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley. The story is about two rogue scientists who splice (natch) human DNA with that of assorted animals, creating a curious, freaky organism that grows into something completely unexpected — and possibly dangerous. The creature is rather fascinating, and the actors are certainly top-notch. However, there’s no release date as of yet, and it’s even possible, according to Slashfilm, that it’ll go straight to On Demand or DVD (and could possibly end up being titled Hybrid, which I don’t like as much).

Despite the obvious Species similarities, it still looks pretty damn fascinating. Now, a new clip has been released.

There’s also a poster that’s been kicking around for some time (click to enlarge):

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Yes, it’s clearly borrowing from the old Alien poster. Regardless, it looks pretty interesting, especially considering some of the photos we’ve seen. Check for yourself:

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Comments

Well, I guess if you're gonna steal, steal from the best.

Posted by: Slash at October 6, 2009 10:34 AM

Ahhh!

Posted by: Mebe at October 6, 2009 10:35 AM

Oh horror, it's a plucked chicken.

Posted by: BWeaves at October 6, 2009 10:40 AM

Wow, that's creepy, and in a post centipede movie world, that's saying something.

Posted by: George at October 6, 2009 10:40 AM

Who the fuck stole my baby pictures!

Posted by: admin at October 6, 2009 10:46 AM

This looks excellent. I've completely stopped judging horror movies based on if they skipped theaters. No studio seems to be taking a chance on straight horror/thrillers any more. Every time we get an undercooked one like Pandorum or Jennifer's Body it makes it harder and harder to get a legitimately good one released. Today's release (finally) of the well reviewed "Trick R Treat" to DVD with no marketing push at all is a perfect example.

Posted by: TylerDFC at October 6, 2009 10:46 AM

Ok, I want to see this very badly. Really, it can't get a theatrical release? It certainly looks better than half the stuff that gets put out these days.

Posted by: MM at October 6, 2009 10:50 AM

"Today's release (finally) of the well reviewed "Trick R Treat" to DVD with no marketing push at all"

Well, I was watching the SciFi/SyFy/Syphillis channel this weekend and saw commercials for it every two seconds, and when I went to IMDB to check out this "Splice" thingamob, there was a side page ad for Trick R Treat. I'm not saying the movie wasn't treated badly, but they do at least seem to be trying to promote it.

Posted by: MM at October 6, 2009 10:55 AM

Agree with TylerDFC on stuff like this...in fact, it was the original "Cube" that showed me that there's great movies that never see the light of the theater.

I esp. love the way Natali specializes in believable horror/sci fi...it's always low key and rooted in the everday; maybe that's what makes his stuff really get under your skin. I thought about Cube for days afterward.

Posted by: Jacktrade at October 6, 2009 11:07 AM

The last picture gives me a very "Sinéad O'Connor with wide set eyes and she's torn the actual Pope in half instead of a picture of him" vibe, but that could just be me.

Posted by: branded at October 6, 2009 11:13 AM

MM: I haven't watched SyFy since the end credits of the BSG finale. So maybe they are doing a limited push on just genre outlets then? I haven't seen anything on a network myself. Really is an odd situation though.

Posted by: TylerDFC at October 6, 2009 11:14 AM

branded: It's not just you. I'm glad I'm not the only one with that particularly disturbing image rattling around his head.

Posted by: TK at October 6, 2009 11:24 AM

Watching the clip, a question occurs to me: these scientists are going "off the reservation" with their experiments to splice various DNAs together. . . so why are they upset when it works? Oh my god, it's actually alive, now let me gas it? What were they anticipating if not creating something alive?

I still want to see it really badly though. Bring me this movie, dangit!

Posted by: MM at October 6, 2009 11:24 AM

Why does no one in these movies react like a normal person? The only correct responses in this situation are:

1) Scream, flee in terror
2) Scream, acquire weapon, kill indiscriminately
3) Scream, shit pants, die.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at October 6, 2009 11:31 AM

I'm on Adrian Brody's side on the trailer. When you inadvertently create new and different life in an non-natural fashion out of a collection of haphazardly thrown together interspecies DNA, even if that's what you intended to do, you kill it as soon as possible. I mean, even Nature fucks it up big time and has periodic mass extinctions to remedy this situation. Aside from that, you could take your cue from, I don't know EVERY HORROR MOVIE/STORY TO DO WITH SCIENTISTS PLAYING GOD SINCE MARRY SHELLEY WROTE FRANKENSTEIN.

This is the one area of horror movies where I consistently become frustrated with the protagonists. Oh, you're going to investigate that creepy lakehouse all by your lonesome with only a flashlight for protection after finding your disemboweled roommate and following the blood trail here? Whatever, people in crisis don't think straight. You make some freaky ass carnivorous combination of a baby, a chicken, and a kangaroo with an ass for a head? Yeah, that's not the moment to get sentimental. That's the time to gas the fuck out of that lab and bury it behind the loading dock so no one ever realizes that your judgement precludes you from all jobs except the ones where the most volatile item you're responsible for is the ink packs on the jeans you're folding.

Posted by: Rusty (formerly Genny) at October 6, 2009 11:47 AM

Jacktrade, you thought Cube was "rooted in the everyday?" Somehow Splice seems "rooted in the everyday?"

Wow. We need to hang out. I want to see what your weekends are like.

Posted by: superasente at October 6, 2009 11:52 AM

Branded- I see Winona.

Posted by: jay at October 6, 2009 11:54 AM

It looks like Billy Corgan got a little freaky deaky with a kangaroo (minus protection-I don't know how many times I have to tell him to wear a raincoat!) and produced a love child of horrific consequence. Billy NEVER listens.

Posted by: John Denver's Wingman at October 6, 2009 12:20 PM

How much do you want to bet that this creature has perfect boobs?

Udders, people! Mutant alien females should have udders or pouches, but not silicone boobies.

Posted by: BWeaves at October 6, 2009 12:32 PM

I smell a Disney musical remake.

Posted by: Doctor Controversy at October 6, 2009 12:33 PM

Branded, I didn't till you mentioned it. Now I can't not see it. Gives "Nothing Compares to You" a whole new meaning.

Posted by: Eyvi at October 6, 2009 12:39 PM

Superasente, you're saying you're NOT into amateur genetic manipulation?? I thought that was where it was what all the kids are into these days...that and the twitter.

Rooted in the everyday technologically was what I meant to say...as in no unobtainium, just an everyday or slightly extrapolated level of technology.

Posted by: Jacktrade at October 6, 2009 12:41 PM

Aaaaaaaagggggggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is my worst fear come to fruition.

I must run and scream the rest of my life.

Posted by: Cindy at October 6, 2009 12:48 PM

Come on, people. That's obviously Bjork underneath all that Halloween makeup.

Posted by: Helena at October 6, 2009 1:16 PM

Ohhh come on, that baby picture is adorable.

Posted by: DeistBrawler at October 6, 2009 1:18 PM

That's obviously Bjork underneath all that Halloween makeup.

I take offense on Bjork's behalf!!

What? I like Bjork. So shoot me.

Posted by: MM at October 6, 2009 1:30 PM

I like her too MM. No one will shoot for fear of retaliation.

Posted by: Cindy at October 6, 2009 1:34 PM

Well, I was watching the SciFi/SyFy/Syphillis channel this weekend

Brilliant. The Syphi Channel it is.

Posted by: branded at October 6, 2009 1:36 PM

In all fairness, I wouldn't be surprised if Bjork had a tail.

Posted by: MM at October 6, 2009 1:52 PM

I like Bjork too, MM! But you have to admit she is one cuh-razy Icelandic elf.

Posted by: Helena at October 6, 2009 2:33 PM

I see Bjork too.

Posted by: Lauren at October 6, 2009 2:36 PM

Assface!!! Assface!!! That thing has an ass for a face and eyes on the butt cheeks!!!
Hee hee!
*Bounces giddily from foot to foot*
Whatcha eatin' Buttface?! A Toot Roll Up? Guffaw!
What's that smell? Oh, it's your farty face! Whooee!
Have a sore tooth? Try this Preparation H! Dahahaha!
Bless you! Here's some TP! Har Har!
You sure do talk a lot of shit! Hoo hoo!
If you make a three pointer, should I just slap your face?! Oh ho ho ho hoooooo---grgghrllwwrrraawwgggllrrr---*thump*

Posted by: Kballs at October 6, 2009 2:44 PM

I hate to keep bringing up The Human Centipede, but Buttface up there was just made to be sewn to someone else's ass.

Posted by: BWeaves at October 6, 2009 3:49 PM

Bweaves, you know you don't hate to bring up the Human Centipede. You LOVE to bring up the Human Centipede.

I like George's comment up there about a "post centipede world." Everything looks different now...

Posted by: MM at October 6, 2009 4:06 PM

Genny, that's is so funny, I quoted you in my facebook status!

"You make some freaky ass carnivorous combination of a baby, a chicken, and a kangaroo with an ass for a head? Yeah, that's not the moment to get sentimental."

It's funny 'cause it's true!

Posted by: N. Wood at October 6, 2009 4:20 PM

N. Wood, I'm flattered. And realize upon further reflection and that last picture up there that I should've thrown "Cameron Bright's X3 character" into the mix.

Posted by: Rusty (formerly Genny) at October 6, 2009 5:49 PM

DID SOMEONE CALL MY NAME?!!

Doot doodly doo, doot doodly doo!
Out of a secret garden, somewhere in Germany, comes your newest favorite super hero!

It is I, Human Centipede!
Built with hot girls, and a Japanese
Eating crunchy human waste is good for me
And it’s good for you, so eat it too
No need to chew, it’s done for you
Eat urine, blood, and feces by the bunch
Three cheers for me, Human Centipede!
Munch, munch, munch!

Posted by: Human Centipede at October 6, 2009 6:25 PM

So widdle boo-boo butt-face baby's 'crack' fuses together and the eyes
merge in, while he/she/it grows into adulthood?? The food of choice is
beast run down on the hoof? What exactly is the splice / combine supposed
to be (per the story)? So many questions. I won't see this flick (it's not my
niche at all), but I'm still so curious.

Posted by: Ms MoMo at October 6, 2009 6:30 PM

Trick 'r Treat is on its way to my house right now! I love Netflix. I love the 21st Century.

I wanna see this one next. Sarah Polley is fantastic even in less-than-fantastic movies.

Posted by: Jerce at October 6, 2009 6:47 PM

Pure crap. Why can't what comes out of the lab be a curvaceous, smart and socially at ease anthropomorphic vixen for once? Is that too much to ask for?

Posted by: The Wanderer at October 6, 2009 7:19 PM

"Oh look, we've created a monster! Let's hug it!"

I hope to Godtopus that thing hops forward slowly, crawls into her arms, and then eats her face off cause that's what she deserves.

I also hope that is the finale of Human Centipede. Cause that asshole freak needs to be digested by like eight people. That goes for the writer, too.

Posted by: Vinci at October 6, 2009 10:11 PM

@Kballs.

Pissed my pants reading that comment. I have a soft spot for exactly that type of funny.

Posted by: StepDown at October 7, 2009 3:29 AM

We already know you're a hunter going hunting, Bjork! You didn't have to take it too far!

Posted by: JJ at November 2, 2010 12:15 AM


















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