THE FLY
STARRING:
Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Booshel, Les Carlson
1986, 100 Minutes, Directed by: David Cronenberg
 Description: David Cronenberg's 1986 remake of the
science fiction classic about a scientist who accidentally swaps body parts with
a fly is both smart and terrifying: an allegory for the awful processes of slow
death and a monster movie with a tragic spin. —
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Finally! A
horror movie for adults! This re-make of the 1950s classic is an
often gross affair. However, Jeff Goldblum (in a great
performance) comes through as the hapless scientist who slowly
metamorphoses into a human-sized fly following a failed
experiment with a teleporting device he designed. Somehow Goldblum manages to be both likeable and scary at the same time
adding to the tension.
The
special effects (despite some really yucky scenes) never
detracts from the story or overwhelms the story. At times one is
reminded of Kafka's short story Metamorphosis - no mean
feat for what is basically a horror movie from which the
squeamish should do well to stay away. But they risk missing a
very good film - one of Canadian director David (Naked
Lunch, Crash)
Cronenberg's more mainstream efforts . . .
Followed
by a sequel which has little to do with this film and neither
stars Goldblum or is directed by Cronenberg. Instead it stars
Eric Stolz and is directed bt Chris Walas who were resonsible for
the special effects in this film. An inferior film by most
accounts.
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# 44
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