1986 · horror · sci-fi
The Fly
Directed by David Cronenberg1h 36m1986
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.
Our read: The Fly (1986) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive horror · sci-fi entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, steady, extreme horror / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- bleak
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“You want Cronenberg body horror as tragic love story about losing your humanity.”
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