A True Romance with a Horror Setting

Rating: 10/10 (25 February 2005)

What does love really mean? Do you stop loving someone if they change? What if they change so much that they are unrecognizable? What if they have absolutely no control over their change? What if they don't even want to change? This is a great love story, a tragedy. The ending is heartbreaking. Has an audience ever felt such sadness at the demise of such a hideous, murdering creature? We, as does the Geena Davis character, still see that "thing" as Seth Brundle, at least in some sense. This is as moving as a sci-fi, horror movie can get. We care about these characters. Director Croenenborg at the top of his game, making us feel the horror of our own bodies, of change upon them, of disease. I find this much more romantic than say "Titanic". Will your girlfriend be grossed out? Maybe she'll appreciate the love story. I did.