How Vincenzo Natali Prepared The World For Splice’s Ending Without Even Spoiling The FilmĪs if those clues weren’t enough to prepare the audience, Vincenzo Natali himself pretty much set the table way back in 2007, shortly before his long term passion project went into production. So all the mistakes that Clive and Elsa made previously were only amplified by adding an unpredictable human element into the mix. Meanwhile, Dren is described as having everything Fred and Ginger had, and more, reinforcing that she’s partially made from their DNA as well. Surprise, life found a way to turn Ginger into a male, and our intrepid scientists didn’t see this. However, as we learn through Fred and Ginger’s story progression, their pairing ends rather violently at a Newstead Pharmaceutical shareholder’s presentation. These creatures are also the other half of the hybrid structure for Dren’s DNA, which is combined with Elsa’s DNA to create the total package we see in the film. Through the creation of these two initially lovely creatures, the protein known as CD356 is generated for pharmaceutical usage and research. Throughout the entirety of Splice, the experiment that’s supposed to put Clive and Elsa on the map is through a pair of vermiform creatures named Fred and Ginger. The Clues Splice Provides That Anchor That Twist Something that’s thrown back in her face when the male Dren tells Elsa that the one thing he wants is “inside…you.” She uses this fact to try and bond with her then daughter, as she tells Dren that part of her is inside Dren, and conversely part of her child is within her. It’s later revealed that it’s not just a random person’s DNA inside the resulting creature, it’s Elsa’s. Things start to get uncomfortable when Dren and Clive have their tryst, but there’s a component that makes Dren and Elsa’s eventual fate all the more twisted.Įarly on in Splice, we’re told that the human genetic profile used to make Dren’s hybrid species is from a “Jane Doe” with a clean medical history. A sheltered being that’s partially human, Dren has a very limited viewpoint to the world which is skewed by the fact that Elsa starts to maim, torture, and scold the child she fought so hard to keep alive.

The ending to Splice is something that’s absolutely chilling to behold, as the sexual development of Dren goes from a consensual flirtation and consummation with Clive to the violation of Elsa, in a very short span of time.

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