Would You Still Love Me If I Was A Giant Fly? (The Fly [1986] (DVD))

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Product:	The Fly [1986] (DVD)
Date:	29.04.08 (11 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Excellent script

Disadvantages: Not really a scary horror

The Fly was released in 1986, and as is the case with most older horror movies, is hard to find scary once you've been exposed to modern special effects and gore.

That doesn't mean that what's left can't be a good film though - perhaps the more so for having to rely more heavily on the script than special effects.

To give you the story in brief, scientist Seth Brundle (played byJeff Goldblum) is working on a top secret project - the world's first teleportation device. He accidentally reveals this to journalist Veronica Quaife (played by Geena Davis) at a party without realising she's a journalist, then begs her to keep it quiet. She promises to do so, as long as she can have exclusive rights on the story once he has teleported a man for the first time. Meanwhile, she documents for him, and they start sleeping together (it's that sort of B movie).

Unfortunately, after successfully teleporting a baboon for the first time Brundle is overtaken by a burst of enthusiasm, and decides to teleport himself without sending the animal off for testing first. Teleporting while alone in the lab, he doesn't notice that a fly has teleported with him, and doesn't realise that in the teleport its genes have been spliced with his.

The rest of the film follows Brundle and Veronica, as she subsequently tries to hide all this from her editor and exlover Stathis Borans (played by John Getz), and then when it can't be hidden any longer, dealing with the fact that her lover is in fact turning into a giant fly (as the title might suggest).

As I suggested earlier, the great strength of The Fly is in the script. Borans is particularly great, with such hilarious lines as "I'm sure Typhoid Mary would be a very nice person too when you saw her socially" and "Do I have permission to claim your body when this is all over?" but I also liked Brundle's "I'm an insect... who dreamt he was a man... and loved it".

Don't expect a scare from this one, but do expect a very enjoyable film. It's £4.98 on Amazon - well worth snatching up.

Summary: A highly enjoyable film - just don't expect to be scared