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The Fly
Film
Film1958
The Fly
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene, who tells him that she has just killed her husband. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that he invented a matter transportation apparatus and, while experimenting on himself, a fly entered the chamber. From TMDB
338 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
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| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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The Fly is a 1958 science fiction horror drama film, directed by Kurt Neumann, starring David Hedison, Patricia Owens and Vincent Price.
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60 of 338 · most liked firstThe actor who plays the monster in The Fly is the same guy who plays the scientist at the beginning of the movie. Makes me wish i paid more attention lol. Time for a rewatch
positive · AI labelView post →I know we all know this absolute toad of a man is scum but it truly cannot be overstated just how much he sucks and looks like you threw a Bond villain and the rich property developer who wants to close the Community Center in an 80s kid movie in the Fly machine This is Dem leadership
neutral · AI labelView post →The Fly, as in, the human-bodied, lab-coat-wearing, flyhead-and-claw-having mutation from the original film, should be recognized as a "monster type", just like a wolfman, a dracula, a gillman, etc, etc
neutral · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 The Fly (1986) By John Cordero
neutral · AI labelView post →My favorite Robert Eggers film, and one of my favorite films of 2024. Reminded me of seeing the original Alien or Cronenberg’s The Fly for the first time. Beautiful and horrifying. I know a lot of folks on here dislike or hate it. But I adore it. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/nosf...
neutral · AI labelView post →We discovered that Bethany has never seen a David Cronenberg movie and are remedying this. As of now her ranking has been (in descending order): The Fly Eastern Promises A History Of Violence what will we watch next who can say
neutral · AI labelView post →THE FLY was released 40 years ago today. A classic David Cronenberg body horror film, and the movie that launched the career of Jeff Goldblum, the story behind the scenes will make you afraid, very afraid… 1/54
neutral · AI labelView post →The Fly is on AMC. Gremlins just went off. What a magical period of movie-making. Practical effects grossness is the supreme grossness
positive · AI labelView post →Dave Franco and Alison Brie tell us how ‘TOGETHER’ stands out from other body horror films “There have been other body horrors that focus on romance, like The Fly... but we wanted the romantic element, this codependent relationship to be the cornerstone of this film.”
neutral · AI labelView post →horror film pitch for dogs: The Fly. not about a device that turns you into one, it's literally just that there's a fly in the room and the dog is fucking terrified.
neutral · AI labelView post →In 1996, Nic Cage invited John Madden over to his place to check out the Telepods he bought from the movie The Fly and Madden turned it on and
neutral · AI labelView post →I’ve seen so many B sci fi movies and tv I think I could direct an Ant-Man movie in my sleep. It’s just the original The Fly but the guy learns to love it and turns his much younger wife into the fly at some point.
neutral · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 The Fly (1986) By Tom Ralston
neutral · AI labelView post →Mel Brooks produced THE ELEPHANT MAN, THE FLY, and 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD for god’s sake. Do you know how hard it is to turn 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD into a movie, let alone a good one?
neutral · AI labelView post →#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #FilmSky #MovieSky Buddy (2026) Akria (1988) The Fly (1986) The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (2019)
neutral · AI labelView post →When I was a teenager my favorite Cronenberg movie was THE FLY, in my 20s it was VIDEODROME and now it's definitely CRASH. I wonder if it will keep changing for me. That's a sign of a great filmmaker.
positive · AI labelView post →Fun fact. The 1980 Hungarian short Oscar winning film ‘The Fly’ was created from nearly 4,000 crayon drawings. Original post
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy 40th to THE FLY, a curiously seminal film for many a Film Freak Central contributor. I believe it was in his MIRACLE MILE book that @mangiotto.bsky.social talked about having the film recorded on audio cassette and ritually listening to it, which flummoxed Cronenberg when he told him.
neutral · AI labelView post →The monologue in the trailer given by Terry Alexander, and how it works with John Harrison's score, gives me goosebumps every time. Second favourite horror movie monologue after the "insect politician" speech in Cronenberg's The Fly
neutral · AI labelView post →Without saying The Fly, fav Jeff Goldblum film?
neutral · AI labelView post →SHE HAD TO KILL THE THING HER HUSBAND HAD BECOME - BUT COULD SHE? Just got a belated Father’s Day gift from my kitties: as I mentioned earlier they like to chase flies so the got me THE FLY original 1958 half sheet movie poster 😁😍🐈⬛🖤🪰
neutral · AI labelView post →Clayface (2026) is a gothic romance, a body horror film, and a super villain origin story rolled into one. Its as much Darkman as it is The Fly, and it never loses sight of the fact that its protagonist is indeed turning into a monster. I dug the hell out of it. 👍
neutral · AI labelView post →I've *really* been slacking on film watches lately, but a couple new ones since my last #letterboxdfriday. Been so long since I watched The Fly that it barely felt like a rewatch. Still so good. Bring Her Back was an unsettling but great surprise. #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →My wife came to bed and immediately started talking about what if the eighties The Fly movie but with Rouge the Bat
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey everyone - for my latest Summer of (Movie) Love series, I’m celebrating Cronenberg’s THE FLY. This is the film I’ve probably covered the most in my career but I really wanted to dive into it again. from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io/summer-of-mo... Open to free/paid subscribers! 🪰💚
neutral · AI labelView post →TALES FROM THE DARK SCREEN DAY 14: THE FLY (1986) #TalesFromTheDarkScreen day 14 brings you one of the best remakes of all times: David Cronenberg’s THE FLY! A very few can do body horror like Cronenberg- Jeff Goldblum’s metamorphosis into Brundlefly is hard to watch still to this day… brrr
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy 40th anniversary to THE FLY - my favorite Cronenberg film & one of my all-time favorite movies ever. from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io/summer-of-mo... This is open to both free & paid subscribers - cheers!
positive · AI labelView post →Earlier this week, I released my article on one of my favorite films of all-time, THE FLY, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this month. I tried to put a lot of love into this, so I thought I'd share it again: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io/summer-of-mo... Open to free & paid subs.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Fly (1958) 🎬🖤 Directed by Kurt Neumann
neutral · AI labelView post →OTD: 8/15/1986: David Cronenberg's body horror classic THE FLY opens in U.S. theaters. I will never NOT love this movie, which I genuinely consider one of the 80's strongest romance flicks. Really! #filmsky 📽 #horrorsky
positive · AI labelView post →The Fly II (1989) Dir. Chris Walas – Often maligned when compared to 86 film, this sequel deserves a second look. Stoltz brings heart to the tragic son of Brundle’s legacy as science once again runs amok. Wet and gruesome with a surprisingly emotional core. The ending is better than you remember.🎞️📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →Now rewatching THE FLY. There's so much good about this movie, but this time around I'm struck by the nice subtle makeup effects in the first and second acts. Brundle starts to look a little sickly and gross even before the horror really kicks in.
positive · AI labelView post →All rewatches for the first week of November Return Of The Fly (1959) The Haunting (1963) Batman (1966) Gun Crazy (1950) #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #lastfourwatched #filmsky 🎬🍿📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →Does anybody else remember Moviedrome? Sunday evenings on BBC2, Alex Cox would introduce the audience to the weird and wonderful cult classics, such as The Fly, Brazil, and Q - The Winged Serpent. It certainly helped shape my taste in film and I'm certain many others of my particular vintage!
neutral · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 The Fly (1986) By John Cordero
neutral · AI labelView post →The Fly is one of my favorite creature features and Cronenberg films. Wrote about how this tragic monster movie confronts death and disease
positive · AI labelView post →Currently watching The Fly!!
neutral · AI labelView post →MUHA/THE FLY (1967): Aleksandar Marks' terrifying animation for Zagreb Film was aired by Channel 4 in the late 80s/early 90s. Revolving around the relationship between a man and a fly (which grows to enormous size), it's one of those 'once seen, never forgotten' gems.
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched The Fly and was cute to find comments from guys who framed the fly guy™ as a victim when to me the movie was specifically about the woman and it can be read as a film about how nerdy dorky men who are perceived as inoffensive end up replicating patriarchy, like in gaming communities.
negative · AI labelView post →happy Friday film lovers 🫶🏻 here’s my #LastFourWatched & it was a great week, The Fly was insane lol
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching #filmsky The Fly |1986 David Cronenberg |chronological |10.23 www.imdb.com/title/tt0091064 ·a botched experiment transmutes a man into a monstrous insect·
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's horror rec is the 1988 remake of the Blob. Everyone talks about the remake of the Thing and the Fly, but this easily deserves to stand up there as well. Great small town horror film with a threat so much larger, and not afraid to go in directions you wouldn't expect. #HalloweenRecs
neutral · AI labelView post →Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Day #309 "The Fly" (David Cronenberg/1986) Cronenberg's masterclass in body horror, fucking brilliant! Jeff Goldblum is on fire in this one, so damn good. Remember though, be afraid, be very afraid. Check it out!
positive · AI labelView post →Books to Films 📚=🎞️ The Fly (1957) by George Langelaan was adapted in 1958 & by David Cronenberg in 1986. The short story published in Playboy is fleshed out in both films. A body horror motif emerges from the more cerebral scientific original particularly with the 86 film. 👤⌯⌲🪰 #booksky #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched Clayface (2026); don't fuss over the comics connection and just think of it as a mainstream horror movie. Tonally--not that different from Cronenberg's The Fly. Thumbs up.
neutral · AI labelView post →Post-nerdfest movie: THE FLY (1986)
neutral · AI labelView post →The other thing about Mel Brooks? HE'S A GREAT PRODUCER. He hired David Lynch to direct The Elephant Man based on Eraserhead, he made 84 Charing Cross Rd film-able for Anne Bancroft as an anniversary gift, & hired Cronenberg for The Fly..
neutral · AI labelView post →I was wondering whether, like in the film The Fly, Trump and Johnson had got into a matter transporter together
neutral · AI labelView post →"Be Afraid" is the chilling old tagline to the 1986 movie The Fly, and probably the tamest thing someone could invent to make trans people sound scary
neutral · AI labelView post →Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Year 2, Day #244 "The Fly" (Kurt Neumann/1958) An absolute classic of sci-fi/horror! You definitely want to check this one out.
positive · AI labelView post →I realized I've never seen The Fly (1986), so tonight's movie features young hot Jeff Goldblum (as opposed to silver fox Jeff Goldblum).
neutral · AI labelView post →Deep down I have hopes the werewolf in the upcoming Wolfman movie it's like The Fly of 1986 and the character slowly mutates through the film... I really hope cause this can't be their final look.
neutral · AI labelView post →David Cronenberg at the Chatelet Theater for the production of the opera "The Fly", adapted from his film of the same name (with musical director Plácido Domingo and composer Howard Shore) - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →THE FLY was reportedly filmed in just 18 shooting days. That's a remarkably short production schedule for a CinemaScope science-fiction film featuring elaborate makeup and special effects. #TCMParty #TheFly ^JW
neutral · AI labelView post →Controversial opinion; while not as good as David Cronenberg's original, The Fly II is an effective sequel you won't forget; it's a shame there's no way to legally stream this in the UK in 2026. A miserable 24% RT rating, but I'm certifying this fresh; 3 out of 5 film-authority.com/2026/11/04/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →THE FLY is 40 years old today. David Cronenberg’s finest film, and it hit when my father learned he was dying of cancer. I watched him transform over the months into an alien being who was still my father. THE FLY is the greatest film ever made about watching your loved ones grow sick. A masterpiece
positive · AI labelView post →🪰Now Watching: The Fly (1986)
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched The Fly II (1989). I’ve heard a lot of (reservedly) positive things about this film lately. And I can see why it gets only tepid praise — it completely abandons the tone and gravitas of the first film, and becomes a cheesy B-monster movie. But it’s a REALLY GOOD cheesy B-monster movie!
neutral · AI labelView post →#LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday #FilmSky Scary Movie 6 The Slumber Party Massacre I Am Mother The Fly
neutral · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 The Fly (1986) By John Dunn
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