The Fly

The Fly

1958 · 94 min · EN · 7.0 (604 votes)
Dir. Kurt Neumann · Starring David Hedison, Patricia Owens, Vincent Price, Herbert Marshall, Kathleen Freeman, Betty Lou Gerson · Music Paul Sawtell · The Fly Collection

If she looked upon the horror her husband had become...She would scream for the rest of her life!

Science FictionHorrorDrama

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.

VIBE

A chilling descent into scientific folly, this film is a slow-burn of creeping dread and tragic transformation. It feels like a classic cautionary tale, steeped in an unsettling atmosphere and a sense of inevitable, grotesque doom. The mood is melancholic, punctuated by moments of genuine horror.

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