The Fly
Scientist becomes insect
A 1986 science fiction horror film directed by David Cronenberg, in which a scientist's teleportation experiment goes wrong when a fly enters the pod, causing his DNA to merge with the insect's.
The film stars Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis.
Be afraid. Be very afraid became a widely quoted tagline.
The Fly is considered a landmark of body horror cinema and won an Academy Award for makeup.
It was itself a remake of a 1958 film based on a short story.
- insectSix-legged invertebrate
- buzzContinuous low drone
- wingsLimbs for flight
- swatHit something sharply
- bug zapperDevice that electrocutes insects
Jeff Goldblum · horror · science fiction · metamorphosis · teleportation · grotesque · mutation · creature · pest · maggot · decay · carrion · landing · compound eyes · filth · transformation · scientist · mad scientist
- CronenbergScanners, Naked Lunch, Shivers, Spider, body horror
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- 80s sci-fiBlade Runner, E.T., The Terminator, Back to the Future, Aliens
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- monster moviesGodzilla, King Kong, Frankenstein, Dracula, The Blob
- 1986 EventsChernobyl, Challenger disaster, Halley's Comet, Top Gun, Ferris Bueller
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