Splice Is Not Sci-Fi/Horror Genius... It Isn't Even Scary.

I wrote this in response to my friend The Silver Screener's Splice Review:


I hated it too. So many reviews beforehand said this was good smart horror/sci-fi... that it broke the regular boundaries that hold other films in mediocrity. Perhaps, the later is true... but they didn't break any positive boundaries. They somehow managed to break all of the boundaries that keep mediocre movies from being completely awful. This movie sucks worse than the Jacket... and it leaves me scratching my head. Why did anybody think it would be a good idea to subject others to this piece of garbage? What asshole said, oh I've got just the perfect idea. It's an idea that countless others have thrown away because they didn't think it was good... but I know better? For he surely was misinformed about the meaning of the word good. I hate you, Splice. I wish you'd go back to the hell filled with awful ideas that you came from.

I'd like to take a moment now and remember some great Sci-Fi and Horror films more deserving of your attention:

Metropolis (1927) - Great Classic Sci-Fi

The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951) - Perfect Classic Sci-Fi

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1956) - Awesome Sci-Fi Horror

The Haunting (1963) - Genuinely Creepy Classic Horror

2001:a space odyssey (1968) - Sci-Fi, a rebirth

Planet Of The Apes (1968) - Ape-shit Awesome Sci-Fi

A Clockwork Orange (1971) - Super Creepy Sci-Fi

The Wicker Man (1973) - Incredibly Odd-but-effecting Horror

The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976) - Sci-Fi with a Pop

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) - Wondrous Sci-Fi

Halloween (1978) - Fun Horror

The Shining (1980) - The Great Horror Classic

Blade Runner (1982) - Gorgeous Sci-Fi

The Thing (1982) - Perfect, Award Worthy Sci-FI Horror

Star Wars Original Trilogy (1983) - You Know You Love It Sci-Fi

A Nightmare On Elm Street (1984) - How Much Fun Can a Horror Film Be??

Brazil (1985) - Weiiiird Sci-Fi

RoboCop (1987) - Perfect Sci-Fi

12 Monkeys (1995) - Intensely Emotional Sci-Fi

GATTACA (1997) - Perfect Sci-Fi... Perfect!

Children Of Men (2006) - Intense and Wondrous Sci-Fi

Sunshine (2007) - Awesome Sci-Fi

Let The Right One In (2008) - Horror in Love

Moon (2009) - Perfect Effecting Sci-Fi


All of the above mentioned flicks deserve to be viewed over and over again. So DON'T go out to the theater to see Splice... stay in and rent one of these! They are lightyears beyond anything Splice could ever ever hope to be.


If you think I've been too blunt on Splice, I invite you to tell me what was actually good about the flick in the comments section. I'd like to understand how this movie even got made.