A scientific experiment goes wrong, and a man turns into a fly. This served as the recipe for an OK 50s mutant movie. David Cronenberg's remake went way beyond, and I don't mean in its deliciously grotesque special effects. The film turned the malignancy of its misguided hero (Jeff Goldblum) into a metaphor for all degenerative diseases — cancer, AIDS, Alzheimer's — and the effect it has on the victim. He fights it; he tries to outthink it; he monitors his deterioration, with irony, then anger. Because The Fly is about a man facing his own decay, and hoping against hope to negotiate with the inevitable, it is the most human of all horror films.
View the full list for "Top 25 Horror Movies"Latest Lists
Around the Web
- A Man Among Machines From THE HUFFINGTON POST
- Steve Jobs Dead: Apple Co-Founder Dies At 56 From THE HUFFINGTON POST