tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post7819895450619121022..comments2024-03-27T07:58:00.899-07:00Comments on Horror Movie A Day: The Fly (1958)BChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480847497966171794noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-86655535254193940032011-08-01T19:40:27.518-07:002011-08-01T19:40:27.518-07:00Actually, the ambiguous nature of the "help m...Actually, the ambiguous nature of the "help me" scene has always struck me as one of the most subtly terrifying aspects of the film. It makes you wonder... what really happened? How much of the man was in the fly, and vice versa? Could it be that the thing in the lab was really an insect that only thought it was a man? That the mind and memories of the scientist were but echoes of the human being who went into the machine, and the creature's regression into an animal state was merely a return to form?<br /> Or were the bits of humanity in its thoughts truly pieces of Andre? The brain of a human is surely greater than the brain of a bug, so couldn't it have been dominant in both beings? Because the pitiful thing screaming for help in the web clearly did not have the mind of a fly! Were there really two Andres?<br /> What was the experience like for that poor creature, the moment it flew from the box? Did it mirror its person-sized counterpart? Could it be that it began its wretched life as a confused fly, only to slowly "wake up" to being a man trapped in that nightmarish condition? In which case, what hideous twists of fate. Which of the creatures had it worse? At least the fly-man had the comfort of a loved one acting out of love. The man-fly was lost and alone, finally coming back to himself only in time to scream for help before a gruesome end.<br /> That's what really gets to me. Thinking that, in a very real sense, for his perversion of nature, Andre Delambre died a horrible death... twice.Joe Englandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09736479622821269273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-81949394401639490952009-12-03T22:42:42.053-08:002009-12-03T22:42:42.053-08:00So happy you reviewed this, a childhood favorite o...So happy you reviewed this, a childhood favorite of mine, along with Cronenberg's remake. My dad and I had a double screening over the course of a weekend and then got to the awful 80's "The Fly 2", which he had picked up from the video store, for some convinced it would be awesome. I mean, you can't blame a 10 year old for not picking up on such things, but you would think a grown man knows better...<br /><br />Anyway, I wanted to point out, that the trailer you posted clearly answers your question as to whether or not this is horror.alt153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-78482027270565204292009-12-03T19:59:10.705-08:002009-12-03T19:59:10.705-08:00This was the first movie I ever owned, back when I...This was the first movie I ever owned, back when I was like 8 or 9. I would watch it at least once a week. It's still at my folk's house, but I no longer have a VCR to play it in.Erichttp://www.shonborn.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-64074792192800961212009-12-03T18:32:32.898-08:002009-12-03T18:32:32.898-08:00Sorry, I hated the Cronenberg take, but I love the...Sorry, I hated the Cronenberg take, but I love the original. And I'm sure the humor was intentional, the product of the same writing talent that kept the complex structure of the original story and turned it all into a great black comedy. The screenplay was by James Clavell, years before he wrote "Shogan."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-90771233058164346822009-12-03T15:04:14.358-08:002009-12-03T15:04:14.358-08:00If Dragon Wars is a horror movie, so is this.
It&...If Dragon Wars is a horror movie, so is this.<br /><br />It's a really good movie, I was just kind of disappointed when I found out that Vincent Price doesn't play the scientist or do anything villainous. I was expecting that going in.DemonBarbernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-22323689678130167172009-12-03T11:44:30.992-08:002009-12-03T11:44:30.992-08:00I watched this movie as a kid and the ending -- wi...I watched this movie as a kid and the ending -- with the fly in the web -- really upset me. It didn't scare me, it just made me upset and freaked out and shaky. It was the first film to have that effect on me and I really appreciated the experience. The horror came from feeling the other character's terror on such a visceral level. It's one thing to scare an audience with shocks and bangs. It's another thing entirely to make them sympathize with another person so much that they agonize along with them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17955445273163999748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-44336413271426122492009-12-03T06:42:24.397-08:002009-12-03T06:42:24.397-08:00I think the horror here was less the "OMG it&...I think the horror here was less the "OMG it's coming to get me!" style than an early example of the Body Horror thing. Maybe for audiences in the 50s just the idea of being a fly-man was horrifying enough. This is a great movie, though, and if the "Help Meee!" ending doesn't make sense, it makes up for it in sheer creepiness for my money. As 70s Italian horrors taught us well, something doesn't have to make sense to be RIGHT. :)The Vicar of VHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832137990485130735noreply@blogger.com