The Vincenzo Natali-directed Splice opens this weekend with the distinction of being arguably the biggest acquisition to ever emerge from the Sundance Film Festival, based on Dark Castle’s $35 million ...

In 1999, the first human chromosome was sequenced in full thanks to the Human Genome Project. It was a climactic accomplishment for genetic engineering, but it could’ve easily been seen as a Pandora’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vincenzo Natali nearly died while making his first movie, “Cube.” Made on a shoestring budget, his 1997 psychological horror only ...

Dark, sleek, funny and creepily infectious, the genetic-engineering horror-comedy “Splice” is a dynamic comeback vehicle for Canadian genre director Vincenzo Natali, who made a splash a few years ago ...

The fact that Clive and Elsa successfully bring Dren into being on their own — and then make whoopee in front of it to boot — is just one (or maybe that actually counts as two) among the silly ...

It's a bird! It's a platelet! It's a hot bald chick! The laboratory concoction at the center of "Splice" grows from a mixture of human and animal DNA. Several animals. She -- It? They? -- is smart, ...

The genetic mutation at the center of the science-fiction thriller "Splice" is a beautiful, often menacing, bald creature named Dren. But director Vincenz Natali originally had plans to give the ...

Just call them the “Splice” girls. The poster child is Dren. She’s got no hair, a nasty stinger in her tail, eight fingers and legs with extra joints. Then there’s Elsa, the woman who created Dren. A ...

There’s already controversy swirling around Splice, the tale of a dangerous genetic experiment who looks like a beautiful woman. Directed by the indie auteur behind Cube, Vincenzo Natali, the movie is ...

With Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley on hand as a couple of hip genetic engineers, you might guess that Splice is a cut above the typical horror film. And it is, to some degree. The pair play Clive and ...