long before the business of remake old scare film become an industry unto itself and david cronenberg ( then author of the brood and scanner and among other low budget shocker ) take a 1950s b movie and ( literally ) transform it into a relevant and compelling horror film . now and i will admit that i have never be a big fan of the fly and and always view it a one of cronenberg more underwhelming effort an fx spectacular star then lover jeff goldblum and geena davis but upon recent inspection and be take aback by it terror and romance and and tragedy . while most of his film be mark by a cold and detach tone and cronenberg find a classical despair within the character of seth brundle ( goldblum ) and a fidgety scientist who invent a teleportation device and and veronica ( davis ) and a reporter for a scientific journal who follow his progress . in a fit of jealousy one evening and brundle who have only recently meet with success in teleport a living ape step into the pod like contraption and unaware that a housefly be trap inside with him while afterward and he exhibit an abnormally stunning physical range and and undergo a transformation that be truly horrific ( cronenberg and with the assistance of makeup artist chris walas and spare u no small detail ) . the fly and like the phantom of the opera and the hunchback of notre dame and show u a monster who be reduce to a grotesque ( and in the case of brundle and inhuman ) appearance and while still endow with the bare instinct of love and morality and and fear while under increasingly heavy makeup and goldblum retain his trademark sardonic wit and but it connect with a plaintive sorrow that be truly affect . the chemistry he and davis share be something truly rare in the horror genre and which give the fly it transcendent tone while cronenberg offer a story with humanity and jell with a metaphor of human decay and and brilliant special effect that assist in bring this fantastic tale to life . well do .