Synopsis

Seth Brundle, a brilliant but eccentric scientist attempts to woo investigative journalist Veronica Quaife by offering her a scoop on his latest research in the field of matter transportation, which against all the expectations of the scientific establishment have proved successful. Up to a point. Brundle thinks he has ironed out the last problem when he successfully transports a living creature, but when he attempts to teleport himself a fly enters one of the transmission booths, and Brundle finds he is a changed man. This Science-Gone-Mad film is the source of the quotable quote "Be

Official Review

I’m surprised by all the praise for David Croneberg’s recent films: Spider is an utterly predictable, by-the-numbers psychological thriller, and A History of Violence is a lame and unnecessary attempt at politicizing how awful violence is. For my money, Cronenberg was at his ballsiest with The Fly, his first (and, for what it’s worth, only) high-profile studio project. More than likely, Cronenberg could’ve coasted by with a lame story and a cheap fly head prosthetic and probably still made money for Fox, but instead he gave the unsuspecting public a completely unapologetic, biologically realistic, and purely entertaining film about the horrors of technology and human physicality. …Read More