The Fly

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The Fly

R

1986

1h 35m

Horror

Sci-Fi

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When scientist Seth Brundle completes his teleportation device, he decides to test its abilities on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a housefly slips in during the process, leading to a merger of man and insect. Initially, Brundle appears to have undergone a successful teleportation, but the fly's cells begin to take over his body. As he becomes increasingly fly-like, Brundle's girlfriend is horrified as the person she once loved deteriorates into a monster.

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Fusing strong characters and gripping pathos, David Cronenberg's The Fly transforms its grotesque sci-fi horror concept into an unexpectedly moving tragedy with strong performances, dark humor, and visceral imagery.

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Jeff Strickler

Minneapolis Star Tribune

3d

3/10

Cronenberg's insistence on step-by-stop documentation of Brundle's conversion to insect takes most of the terror out of the creature.

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Milton Shulman

London Evening Standard

3d

What might have collapsed into another routine horror film has emerged as a disturbing and nightmarish cinema statement in the talented hands of David Cronenberg.

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Chet Flippo

New York Daily News

3d

1/4

In the horror film genre, there is horror and there is gore. David Cronenberg's remake of the sturdy 1958 classic "The Fly" is pure, unabashed, extremely graphic gore from middle to end.

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Bill Cosford

Miami Herald

3d

2/4

Watching Goldblum sprout sensory bristles and invertebrate pustules has its moments, but only because it's Goldblum.

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Bruce Bailey

Montreal Gazette

3d

2.5/5

Step right up, folks. Here's your big chance to see a hand dissolving away in acid vomit, fingernails peeling off, skin turning to sandpaper, a jaw dropping off and pus shooting through the pores. Need we go on? I hope not.

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Mike Studley

Liverpool Echo

3d

A slick, sophisticated, engrossing example of horror movie making.

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penzodo T

@RT15757770 4d

Watched this movie when I was young. The makeup effects are incredibly awesome!

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Declan D

@filmbuffkid Jul 6

This movie is a phenomenal piece of sci-fi and body horror. Like everything was perfect, The score, the tragic romance, The acting, The plot, The practical effects were astounding. Jeff goldblum in this movie is absolutely terrifying and tragic to see, The transformation of him turning into the brundle-fly was tragic to endure. Every actor did a fantastic job on this movie, and Jeff’s co-star was fantastic, she delivers one of the best lines in horror history that being “Be afraid, Be very afraid” like I got chills hearing that sentence from her. And (Spoiler alert) The final transformation was absolutely terrifying to watch and I was gagging and was holding onto my couch. And a scene I wanna talk about is the death of the main character, Even though he fully turned into the fly, he did the right thing and told the actress’s character to end it all without dialogue. And it was phenomenal. Overall, this is a masterpiece of the Sci-fi horror genre and I would watch it again. 9.8/10

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Fantazynerd 1

@RT48179632 Jul 4

Does not need a remake

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Garrett B.

@gmoney637 Jun 6

While featuring amazing makeup effects, The Fly also has stellar performances from the two leads while also featuring emotional depth and a tragic ending.

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Alejandro E

@Alex970 May 30

Of all the remakes that are truly justified, this one surpasses the original from the now-distant 1950s, drawing on body horror to create such intense anxiety that the viewer can’t bring themselves to look away. A true 1980s classic.

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Pedro A

@TioRats Apr 18

Buenísima!!! Solamente es innecesaria la escena de s3x 🗿💀🔥

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Synopsis

When scientist Seth Brundle completes his teleportation device, he decides to test its abilities on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a housefly slips in during the process, leading to a merger of man and insect. Initially, Brundle appears to have undergone a successful teleportation, but the fly's cells begin to take over his body. As he becomes increasingly fly-like, Brundle's girlfriend is horrified as the person she once loved deteriorates into a monster.

Director: David Cronenberg
Producer: Stuart Cornfeld
Screenwriter: David Cronenberg, Charles Edward Pogue
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: SLM Production Group
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 15, 1986, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 24, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $34.9M
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Surround

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