An excellent film, one of Cronenberg's best; it really is a tragedy picture rather than horror. Sure, there's a lot of gore and a scare or two, but the true heart of this movie is a man possessed with his own obsession, consumed and then destroyed by it. It's really very sad.
An hour through, I couldn't understand why it was classed as a 'Horror' movie and I didn't understand how it could possibly change in the last half hour.
How wrong could I be? It changed from a rather ordinary - albeit weird - sci-fi movie in the first hour into one of the most disturbing things I have ever seen for the last 30 minutes.
Make-up artist should have been given an award for their work on this too, fantastically realistic!
The gore here is really purposeful, and beneath it all it's really about sickness and death and how people react to that. Much better then you'd expect.
Surely, The Fly must be the first Cronenberg film I ever saw. Watching it today, it feels like a series of traumatic flashbacks, as much of its body horror I could recollect even decades later as if I'd JUST seen them. That's a credit to the film's power to make you squirm, but also to its detriment as a rewatch. It's almost TOO indelible. And it's not just unpleasantness either - Geena Davis was just as memorable to me. What strikes me as interesting now, however, is the whole subplot with the creepy ex-boyfriend, which gives the story a certain internal mirror. In both cases, Geena's boyfriend turned into a monster over time and therein skulks a metaphor. A solid creature feature, The Fly is only a remake in name and basic premise. Having Goldblum running around ranting about "the flesh" and the aforementioned "relationships are horror" vibe are Cronenberg through and through. If I have (and always have had) a criticism of this film, it's that once the make-up goes on Goldblum, it stops looking like him very quickly. I wish I could still see the actor in there, it would have made the last transformation that much shocking.
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You're too chicken shit to be part of the dynamic duo.armyofshadows
An excellent film, one of Cronenberg's best; it really is a tragedy picture rather than horror. Sure, there's a lot of gore and a scare or two, but the true heart of this movie is a man possessed with his own obsession, consumed and then destroyed by it. It's really very sad.lisamerklin
For a brief period this movie was part of my diet plan: I watched in whenever I got hungry. Instant appetite suppressant!toopsy
this is the movie that made me stop biting my nailsohellofriend
Jeff Goldblum is a national tresure.operationdropkick
An hour through, I couldn't understand why it was classed as a 'Horror' movie and I didn't understand how it could possibly change in the last half hour.How wrong could I be? It changed from a rather ordinary - albeit weird - sci-fi movie in the first hour into one of the most disturbing things I have ever seen for the last 30 minutes.
Make-up artist should have been given an award for their work on this too, fantastically realistic!
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Brundlefly!pallmallandcoke
Somewhere I read this movie described as a modern greek tragedy. I think it fits the film perfectly.operationdropkick
In fact, that serves me right for not doing research before posting, the film won a damn Oscar for Best Makeup, you can't get better than that!pallmallandcoke
didn't expect it to be that extremely disgusting, but it made me tear up a bit at some points, great movieAlias
The gore here is really purposeful, and beneath it all it's really about sickness and death and how people react to that. Much better then you'd expect.Siskoid
Surely, The Fly must be the first Cronenberg film I ever saw. Watching it today, it feels like a series of traumatic flashbacks, as much of its body horror I could recollect even decades later as if I'd JUST seen them. That's a credit to the film's power to make you squirm, but also to its detriment as a rewatch. It's almost TOO indelible. And it's not just unpleasantness either - Geena Davis was just as memorable to me. What strikes me as interesting now, however, is the whole subplot with the creepy ex-boyfriend, which gives the story a certain internal mirror. In both cases, Geena's boyfriend turned into a monster over time and therein skulks a metaphor. A solid creature feature, The Fly is only a remake in name and basic premise. Having Goldblum running around ranting about "the flesh" and the aforementioned "relationships are horror" vibe are Cronenberg through and through. If I have (and always have had) a criticism of this film, it's that once the make-up goes on Goldblum, it stops looking like him very quickly. I wish I could still see the actor in there, it would have made the last transformation that much shocking.saydin7
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Great movie, together with Stephen King's It this has made the most impact on me when I was a lot younger.Cynicus Rex
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