Spliced (film)

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Spliced
Spliced FilmPoster.jpeg
A poster bearing the film's alternate title: The Wisher
Directed byGavin Wilding [1]
Written byEllen Cook [2]
Produced by Mark Reid [2]
Starring Ron Silver
Liane Balaban
CinematographyMark Dobrescu
Edited byDean Evans
Music byChris Ainscough
Production
company
American World Pictures (AWP)
Distributed byScreen Media Films
Release date
  • 1 December 2002 (2002-12-01)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Spliced (also known as The Wisher) is a 2002 Canadian supernatural slasher film directed by Gavin Wilding [3] [4] and starring Ron Silver, Liane Balaban and Drew Lachey. [5] The film was released on December 1, 2002, in Canada. In 2003, Wilding was nomiated for a Leo Award for the film. [6]

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Plot

A teenage girl, Mary, who loves horror movies watches them all the time and experiences nightmares. She begins to sleepwalk out of her house, resulting in her parents getting angry. [7] They forbid her to watch any more horror movies in an attempt to prevent her sleepwalking, however there's a new movie called "The Wisher" out which is a huge hit. [8] Her father tells her she's not allowed to see it, but she sneaks out anyway. Before she leaves, she says "I wish he would just go away" and goes and sees the movie. Surprisingly, a scene in the movie is too much for her and she leaves. Her dad goes after her but then dies unexpectedly in a car accident. She then notices one of the characters in the movie following her around and whenever she makes a wish for something bad the wisher grants it.

Cast

Production

It was filmed in Regina and Moose Jaw. [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Craddock, Jim (2004). VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever. Thomson/Gale. p. 1545. ISBN   978-0-7876-7470-0.
  2. 1 2 3 Harrison, Brett (2008-04-24). "Spliced (2002)". oh-the-horror.com. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  3. McNamara, Lynne (2002-07-22). "Prairie talk". The Vancouver Sun. p. 35. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  4. "The Wisher". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  5. Smith, Andrew (2025-07-20). "The Wisher (2002)". Popcorn Pictures. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  6. "Best Direction: Feature Length Drama" (PDF). Leo Awards 2003.
  7. Hartley, Chris (2004-10-25). "Spliced". The Video Graveyard. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  8. "The Wisher". hudsonlee.com. 2009-04-26. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
  9. "Spliced (Movie Review) | Bloody Good Horror". www.bloodygoodhorror.com. 2010-05-11. Retrieved 2025-11-04.