The Fly
A scientist’s teleportation breakthrough becomes a tragic mutation nightmare that tests the limits of love, identity, and human ambition.
Overview
A scientist's groundbreaking invention leads to a horrifying transformation that changes everything.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- tense
- macabre
- tragic
- classic horror night
- science fiction double feature
What critics said
Critics broadly regard it as an unusually suspenseful and effective science-fiction horror film whose mystery structure and restrained shocks elevate its lurid premise.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
François Delambre and Inspector Charas investigate Andre's death before Helene recounts the preceding months.
Andre's teleportation experiment transforms a domestic scientific breakthrough into an irreversible mutation.
Andre's accidental fusion with a fly progressively compromises his human body and selfhood.
The color production contrasts domestic normality with striking laboratory machinery and disturbing fly-human imagery.
Films like The Fly, and why
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
shared science-fiction horror, tragic transformation, and anxiety about scientific experimentation
The Incredible Shrinking Man
shared 1950s monster cinema, technological hubris, and suspenseful mystery framing
The Island of Dr. Moreau
shared mad-scientist premise, body transformation, and cautionary science-fiction horror
Movie Details
- Director
- Kurt Neumann
- Release Date
- 1958-07-16
- Runtime
- 94 min
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (628)
Cast
- David Hedison
- Patricia Owens
- Vincent Price
- Herbert Marshall
- Kathleen Freeman
- Betty Lou Gerson
- Charles Herbert
- Eugene Borden
- George Calliga
- Harry Carter
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Fly about?
- A scientist’s teleportation breakthrough becomes a tragic mutation nightmare that tests the limits of love, identity, and human ambition.
- What is The Fly like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Fly as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Fly violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in The Fly as moderate.
- What did critics think of The Fly?
- Critics broadly regard it as an unusually suspenseful and effective science-fiction horror film whose mystery structure and restrained shocks elevate its lurid premise.
- Which films are like The Fly?
- Films with a similar feel include Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Incredible Shrinking Man, and The Island of Dr. Moreau.
- How long is The Fly?
- The Fly runs 94 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Fly?
- In United States, The Fly is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
