FANGORIA will host a free screening of Warner Bros./Dark Castle’s new horror thriller SPLICE, from acclaimed CUBE director Vincenzo Natali, at the Cinema Village (22 East 12th Street, off University Place) this Saturday, May 8 at 11:30 p.m. Natali, who also helmed CYPHER and NOTHING, will attend the screening and conduct a Q&A. You can see the exciting trailer for SPLICE— which stars PREDATORS’ Adrien Brody and DAWN OF THE DEAD’s Sarah Polley and was produced by HELLBOY’s Guillermo del Toro—below.

The Fango SPLICE screening will be a free show; to obtain tickets, send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . You must list “SPLICE” as your subject line. Offer is good for you and one guest. Plus tell us your full name and whether you want to be added to the FANGORIA newsletter list so we can inform you about future Fango screenings and events. Names will be checked at the door. Offer is first come, first served, and we will confirm your rsvp. Seating is not guaranteed, however. This advance preview is sponsored by Warner Bros.

In SPLICE, superstar genetic engineers Clive (Brody) and Elsa (Polley) specialize in splicing together DNA from different animals to create incredible new hybrids. Now they want to use human DNA in a hybrid that could revolutionize science and medicine. But when the pharmaceutical company that funds their research forbids it, Clive and Elsa secretly conduct their own experiments. The result is Dren (model Delphine Chaneac), an amazing, strangely beautiful creature of uncommon intelligence and an array of unexpected physical developments. And though, at first, Dren exceeds their wildest dreams, she begins to grow and learn at an accelerated rate-and threatens to become their worst nightmare.

Kurt Halfyard of Twitch called SPLICE “A treat for fans of smart and interesting genre filmmaking,” while Devin Faraci of CHUD praised: “[SPLICE] is exceptionally rewarding with strangeness and cool creatures and a lingering aura of simple madness. SPLICE is exactly the kind of movie I keep waiting to see: strange, over the top, cool, thoughtful, monster-filled and just plain crazy.” And Cinematical’s Kevin Kelly raved: “Delphine Chanéac shines with an incredible performance as Dren. She’s so expressive and emotive with every cock of her head or movement of her eyes, and she completely sells you on the idea that this is a near-human creature who has been created in a lab.”

Canadian actor David Hewlett (PIN, SCANNERS II, STARGATE ATLANTIS, etc.) plays a corporate creep in SPLICE, which also sports astonishing FX by KNB and C.O.R.E. Digital. The film’s official website is here: http://splicethefilm.com/. SPLICE opens nationwide on June 4. Check out the cover story of FANGORIA #294, on sale later this month, for an exclusive SPLICE set visit and interviews. See you this Saturday!

 

 

 

 

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