david cronenberg version of the fly have little in common with kurt neumann 1958 film of the same title and one of the cheaply make creature feature of the 1950s instead and it reveal many of the director obsession jeff goldblum be seth brundle and a mad scientist who be work on teleport and a mean of transport object through space geena davis be veronica quaife and a magazine writer who become interested in his work and and in him they start an affair and but seth believe veronica be still see her former lover in a rage he try to transport himself and and his gene become catch up with a fly that get into the machine slowly seth take on the feature of an insect a in other cronenberg film and sexuality be see a a dangerous force that lead to disaster seth can not get his amazing machine to transport living creature until he have experience the delight of sex with veronica and but then almost immediately his jealousy lead more like a fly he develop a rag libido while the more physically repulsive he be and the more he want sex like many successful film of the 1980s and the fly be a hybrid and fusing element of both horror and science fiction consider that the plot be from the latter genre and the element of fear and disgust with the human body be traditional to horror both genre and a this film will illustrate and benefit greatly from the increase sophistication of contemporary special effect technique and and the make up ability the success of the film lead to sequel in 1989 and in which the son of seth and veronica begin to display familiar symptom .