Splice left plenty of room for a sequel, but so far, there's no sign of future endeavors. Though Dren is killed at the end of the film, it's revealed that Elsa's rape resulted in pregnancy. The humanoid aspects of Dren make her even more terrifying - and vicious - because the human side of her could very well propel Splice's bizarre ending sequences that include Dren abruptly changing her own gender, then sexually assaulting Elsa. Genetic engineers Clive Nicoli and Elsa Kast hope to achieve fame by successfully splicing together the DNA of different animals to create new hybrid animals for medical use. Her legs are bowed, her body lean, but her face and upper torso very much resemble a human female, which is bolstered by the fact that Dren is played by an actress (Chanéac), and isn't fully CGI. With Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, Delphine Chanac, Brandon McGibbon. James Whale's 1931 adaptation of Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' was one of the earliest films to chronicle man's quest (via science and nature, and in notably strict defiance of God) to literally create life by transgressing human reproduction granted, the result was the hideous, hulking visage of Boris Karloff, but one couldn't help but.

Dren also has a long tail with a barbed end, like a venomous stinger. Splice (2009) on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more. As she develops and goes through puberty, Dren simultaneously exhibits signs of human adolescence, including a sexual attraction to her own creator, Clive.Īs far as appetite, Dren's carnivorous nature is immediate foreshadowing that she might become dangerous, and she later develops wings that are similar to a bat. It is at this point where she starts to show signs of other species' traits - they learn Dren is, at least in part, amphibious, as drowning doesn't kill her.

One sequence has him attempting to drown Dren in water, though his intentions are dubious.

Elsa goes to her work to synthetize a protein, while at the farm, Clive and Dren end up having sex. Dren ends up misbehaving, killing a cat, and trying to kill Elsa, and Elsa ends up amputating her stinger. Yet, during various stages, both scientists seem to have regrets, particularly Clive. Clive ends up finding out that a unknown donor did not donate it's DNA for experimentation, instead Elsa used her own DNA. Clive and Elsa have known failure with their experiments before, yet still become attached to the highly intelligent, curious Dren who seems more humanoid than animal as she rapidly develops and ages.

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