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But these reactions miss the point. Horror isn't supposed to make you comfortable. is not a monster movie; it is a drama about the consequences of removing nature's guardrails. The violence isn't fun. The sex isn't sexy. That is the genius.

The story follows Clive Nicoli and Elsa Kast, superstar genetic engineers who specialize in creating hybrid creatures for a large pharmaceutical corporation. Driven by scientific ambition and a complicated personal dynamic, they secretly combine human DNA with animal genetic material to create "Dren," a being that grows at an accelerated rate and exhibits a mixture of animal instincts and human intelligence. splice -2009-

When their corporate overlords threaten to shut down the project, Elsa makes the fateful decision to bring the hybrid to term. The result is (the word "nerd" spelled backward). But these reactions miss the point

stars Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley as Clive and Elsa Kast, a rockstar geneticist couple. They are young, arrogant, brilliant, and in love with their work. Their company, N.E.R.D. (Nucleic Exchange Research & Development), wants them to focus on splicing animal DNA to create pharmaceutical proteins. But Clive and Elsa have a secret. The violence isn't fun

To understand Splice , you have to understand its director. Vincenzo Natali exploded onto the scene in 1997 with Cube , a low-budget geometric nightmare that proved you didn't need a million monsters to terrify an audience; you just needed a bad idea and worse geometry.