Film fans left 'traumatized' by terrifying horror movie: 'I am disturbed for life'

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By Michelle H

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Film fans have reportedly been left 'traumatized' after stumbling across one specific horror film.


Now, for those of us that love coming home after a long day at work and switching on a horror flick, this movie will be sure to leave you satisfied.

Fans who have recently discovered the 2009 horror film, Splice, have been left hiding behind their hands after seeing the story of a young scientific couple, Elsa and Clive, who attempt to introduce human DNA into their work of connecting animal genes.

The brave duo decide to continue on the project, despite the scientific body they work for telling them to end it, which results in the creation of a frightening-looking creature.

splice-is-a-very-frustrating-movie.webpCredit: Warner Bros

While the movie may have originally hit our screens over a decade ago, it seems as though a bunch of people have only just discovered it, which has made it become a hot talking point online.

"Yo have yall ever seen that nasty a** f**ked up movie 'splice' or was it just me traumatized by it," wrote one user while another added: "So they put Splice on Canadian Netflix and idk why they decided to let that traumatic ass movie available for all."

A third also had a similar reaction writing: "Splice is the weirdest f****** movie I’ve ever seen."

A fourth spilled some more details about the movie writing: "SPLICE 2009 brings up a lot of interesting topics about the dangers of DNA altering, and the stupid horniness of humans!"

And this person said that they were "disturbed for life" after watching the movie saying: "Just watched Splice, I am disturbed for life.

SpliceCredit: Warner Bros

Fans might be loving the movie, but what did critics at the time have to say?

Well, it seems as as though the storyline couldn't completely convince critics, but Peter Bradshaw from The Guardian gave it an average three stars.

"Vincenzo Natali, director of the cult 1997 mystery Cube, has confected a bizarre black-comic horror, a cross-breed mutant Frankenfilm with bits of Ridley Scott's Alien, David Cronenberg's The Fly and David Lynch's Eraserhead," Bradshaw wrote.

"It's also an entertaining and cheerfully subversive satire on corporate ambition, and on the consequences of suppressing one's sex drive in favour of one's work drive."

dren-in-splice.webpCredit: Warner Bros

Hilariously, Bradshaw also described the appearances of the mutant creatures as "enormous leathery, yet slimy, scrotum, with a mouth that looks like the aperture of a penis. Euuw."

Roger Ebert also had a similar opinion to that of Bradshaw, also giving it a three-star review.

Though Ebert said he wished that some of the character's persona's were more "developed", he did write: "The film, alas, stays resolutely concerned with human problems. The relationship. The corporation. The preordained climax... All the same, it's well done, and intriguing."

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