It's the one we've been waiting for.
After watching Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Thing, The Fly was the natural third part of the sci-fi/horror remake trilogy.
An original that has its own fair share of iconic moments, not least a genuinely unsettling climax (even to this day), it's something rather special: a glossy, technicolor studio film with some radical ideas and a fractured narrative that sets it apart from the pack. Plus Vincent Price, which never hurts.
But David Cronenberg's remake is close to genre-defining. Smart, remarkably gooey and disgusting, with star-making performances from Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis, its something of a classic of its time.
So the question is, is this as Remazing as expected, or does the original hold unexpected qualities?
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