I don't recall a lot of Science Fiction Horror movies that I generally like. There are definitely a few. Alien, Aliens, Pandorum, are among my favorites. Now Splice takes a completely topical idea and gives a nice what-if scenario that, while highly improbable using the naked-eye test, is completely entertaining to watch unfold.
The story introduces two successful research geneticists just as they are finishing up an experiment that brings a whole new species into the world. The blobby species looks like a slug, but what it represents is a new door opening, and a glimmer of "what if" in the eyes of their experiments. "What if" we can cure all the world's diseases by splicing human DNA in with other DNA to farm out healthy parts and cells to be used in sick patients.
Being a movie, of course they follow this "what if" into the next realm of "doing", and create a new species with a combination of human and other animal DNA. What the movie does well, it does exceedingly well, and that is make the characters feel real. Including DREN (nerd backwards). There are a couple of twists (minor, nothing too ridiculous) that help move the storyline along. All in all this was completely entertaining and a good Science-Fiction Horror movie. If you like that genre, then I would highly recommend picking it up.
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