As if David Lynch were reincarnated

Rating: 8/10 (25 December 2014)

The Fly (1986) reminds me of the little I could stomach of Eraserhead (1977). But instead of just grossing out the audience, David Cronenberg made it fascinating and moving. I don't understand why there is no such category as "Tragedy". That is the primary description of The Fly. Maybe IMDb thinks "tragedy" would be a spoiler? That's why I checked the spoiler checkbox. Watching the whole movie is a bit difficult for me (not for lack of trying), but I just listened to the entire audiotrack. Besides the makeup, it has good special sound effects. Would like to have seen it win more awards. Jeff Goldblum should IMO have been nominated for Oscar or Academy stuff. I love the story in spite of the hard-core political correctness in the relationships. We always get that with good science fiction. This one is great.