Potentially the Ultimate Horror Movie

Rating: 10/10 (19 July 2005)

Looking for a genuine horror movie? One that's creepy, sickening, but also thought-provoking and has the potential to shed the odd tear? You've come to the right place.
First off, this movie is pretty gross. Anyone who can't stand the sight of baboons turned inside-out, ears falling off, and projectile acid-vomit coming into contact with human flesh, then you best try and catch the movie on the other side. You have been warned.
However, for those of you who want a DECENT horror movie - casting away the recent attempts like 'They' and 'Boogeyman' - then 'The Fly' is definitely one of the best. This movie has pretty much every staple that should be in a classic horror movie:
1. Scientist Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum)tampers with nature and becomes cursed from it - his DNA assimilated with that of a fly when the two travel through the teleportation pods,
2. Initially he sees it as a blessing (strentgh, agility etc.),
3. But he gradually becomes more twisted - physically and mentally - until he is a 6ft 6inch Fly-man mutant - Brundle-fly's speech about 'Insect Politics' near the end is one of the creepiest speeches in the history of cinema.
4. And finally, tragedy as he gets his girlfriend to kill him as he cannot take his pain anymore.
It is a deeply unnerving, but ultimately tragic movie. It's not something to watch if you want to feel upbeat by the end. There is no happy resolution. It begins with Brundle as a man, and ends with his death. Nothing else happens once he's out of the picture.
But,as I say, it's one of those films that if you like GOOD horror movies that has atmosphere as-well-as stomach-churning sights, then give it a go. I LOVE IT!
"Be afraid. Be VERY afraid." - Veronica 'The Fly'