The Fly1986
“Be afraid. Be very afraid.”
Directed by David Cronenberg
On the charts
🏆 Won 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 10 nominations total
The premise
When brilliant, eccentric scientist Seth Brundle makes a huge technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.
Horror Vault's take
A visionary scientist's triumph over the limits of human travel quickly curdles into something far more disturbing when a seemingly routine self-experiment goes catastrophically wrong. Director David Cronenberg crafts a slow-burn descent that is equal parts science fiction nightmare and gut-wrenching tragedy, anchored by a chameleonic performance from Jeff Goldblum. The horror here is intimate and relentless — less about what lurks in the dark and more about watching a man dissolve from the inside out. Few genre films of its era match its ambition or its anguish.
Content: Graphic Body Horror, Disturbing Transformation Sequences, Gore, Grotesque Practical Effects, Themes Of Terminal Illness And Bodily Decay
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