great grotesque transformation

Rating: 9/10 (5 April 2015)

Oddball scientist Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) meets Veronica Quaife (Geena Davis) at a party. He tells her that he's working on something that will change the world. It's teleportation and it works. However it's only for inanimate objects. He is surprised to find out that she's a reporter and wants to keep it a secret. Her Particle magazine boss and possessive former boyfriend Stathis Borans (John Getz) doesn't believe her. Seth offers her exclusive access as long as she hold off for awhile. Seth gains insight while with Veronica and fixes the problem. Then he tries to teleport himself but a fly contaminates the telepod.
David Cronenberg has created something special from a campy 50s B-movie. The creations are creepy and Cronenberg uses it to its most disturbing effect. Then there is Jeff Goldblum. His jitteriness is the perfect mannerism to being a fly. His disintegration is one of the greatest horror transformations of all times. Geena Davis is more than just a beauty. She shows enough bravery in her character that she is perfectly believable in her later scenes. It is a great horror movie.