Eighteen year old Mary (Liane Balaban) loves horror movies, she also suffers from nightmares and sleepwalking. Dad has forbidden her to watch any more horror films but along with her two fellow geekyish friends she goes to watch the horror hit "The Wisher" at the cinema. The killer from the film starts appearing in real life and one by one people around her start getting sliced up! Nightmare on Elm Street is an obvious influence here, not only for the dream sequences but also the killer (the Wisher) has finger blades with which to slash, though oddly they look like they are made of glass. The Wisher himself just looks like some guy from a Black Metal band. Only one recognisable actor here, Ron Silver, the rest of the cast are quite wooden, including Balaban, the poor script only worsens things. Another problem is that the plot can't decide whether this is a supernatural or psycho slasher, the ending is a bit sorry. Mary says "I like the feeling of being scared", sadly there is very little scare factor on offer here. I watched the UK VHS release "The Wisher", which I feel is a better title than "Spliced". Overall I found the movie rather lame but not a complete waste of time, there are many worse horror movies out there! The gorgeous Melissa Repka strips off down to her undies, worth the price of admission alone!
Review of The Wisher
