not a lot of people realise that this be a remake of an old vincent price classic about a man who head be transplant onto a fly and vice versa . whilst that film be a ridiculous b movie and this truly disturbing adaptation be something far different . an obsessive scientist decides to try out the teleportation machine he be perfect on himself and little realising that an ordinary housefly be trap in the transfer chamber with him . upon reappearance and he seem to be normal . but he soon begin to slowly transform into a monstrous hybrid . while most horror fan may see this a a silly monster movie and little realise that at the heart of the story lie a man who be try to fight a bizarre form of cancer that he be slowly succumb to . the on screen chemistry between then husband and wife jeff goldblum and geena davis bring the real sense of tragedy to this movie . this help transcend the grotesque display of mutated flesh go on here .