Release date: August 15 1986.
Story: Jeff Goldblum plays a scientist named Seth Brundle who is busy trying to perfect his teleporting machines. But with the help from a journalist (played by Geena Davis), he manages to perfect it to the point where living beings can use it. But while testing it using himself as a test subject, he fails to notice that a house fly has entered the device as well. And the two of them merge with terrifying consequences.
My thoughts: This was a remake of a 1958 movie of the same name and story. But it is considered to be better than the original. In the original, the scientist only swapped heads and left arms with the fly and is trying to find a way of reversing it. While in the remake, the transformation from human to hideous human/insect hybrid (named Brundle-fly) takes its time through out the film. And the results are both impressive and shocking. Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis are great to watch and the other characters have their great moments as well. This is a great film for those who are both horror fans and science fiction fans.
My score: Four stars.
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