"I'll hurt you if you stay..."

Rating: 9/10 (16 November 2015)

'The fly', in my opinion, is a romantic horror. I've seen this one when it was just out on VHS and loved it. I have seen the original as well, but it is a bit bleak compared to this, which makes sense considering David Cronenberg is a favorite director of mine and the better means he had to create the appropriate gore. The focus of Cronenberg on the relationship between the mutating scientist and the emotionally involved journalist is one the film's absolute strong points. The greatest horror takes place in the end, when Veronica blows Seth to pieces - at his own request.
The gore is an important aspect of the film, but the rather straightforward story and the carefully dosed gore (though increasingly so, as the film nears the end) within the sober frame of an experiment gone wrong, makes 'The fly' a really special kind of horror film. Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis fit this extraordinary '80s bill perfectly.
Hadn't seen it in a long while, but I was blown away once again. 9 out of 10.