The Fly (1986) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!!
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- The Fly (1986)
I'm an insect who dreamt he was a man and loved it. But now the dream is over... and the insect is awake.
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We are definitely glad we listened to the advice to not eat before watching this movie! What a shocking experience of a film!
Thank you all for the support!
You want shocking experience watch Braindead by Peter Jackson. Bloody but also hilarious.
Greetings from Poland
One of my favorites movies.
Eh, I probably would have recommended to eat before it... I mean, how are you gonna eat AFTER this?
another example for educating our kids about the negative effects of alcohol.
OMG, between this reaction and Friday the 13th, you two have made my weekend. You are HILARIOUS
Fun fact: legendary comedian Mel Brooks helped to produce this movie, but didn't want his name in the credits because he didn't want people to think it was a comedy.
Interesting!
This is the second time he did this with a filmmaker named David who made weird movies, the first being The Elephant Man for David Lynch. Interestingly, both do say "Brooksfilm" but I guess it isn't specified which Brooks, lol.
Brooksfilm
That is a fun fact! Thanks!
And it didn't work. There are reports of huge crowds showing up wearing cheap plastic fly eyes, clearly expecting a comedy.
This movie's all the more tragic because Jeff Goldblum's character starts out as such an innocent and likable person; his intentions are good, and to see him devolve into a monster is so heartbreaking.
Seth was killed when he entered the replicator.
The Fly might be the best "body horror" movie of all time. The original is good, but this remake blows it out of the water.
Society and From Beyond might be worse or at least equal
@@scott8658 Haven't seen either of those. I'll have to add them to my list.
The effects in the original for its time was still very good. Then there was the spine tingling & chilling climax which would shock audiences to the core today
@@garyclarke9685 The original definitely had a creepy climax. That spider...
@YeahDatsSpooky and what about that blood curdling scream
This is the only horror movie I've ever seen that actually left me weeping in sadness at the conclusion.
As they mentioned, "An American Werewolf in London" has a similarly tragic ending.
“Watching other people puke, it not for me.”
Oops, wrong movie Samantha.😂
I remember seeing this movie early 90's when I was 10-13, but don't remember any off the gross vomit scenes. Must been cutted down version because they showed it in local TV station, lol. 🤘
Probably should skip The Witches of Eastwick or Stand By Me as well.
Bzzzz Bzzz Bzzz Bzzz flapping wings!
@@richardb6260 Have another cherry.😂
Have a donut, Samantha.
Man, the humanity that they give this story is pretty damn incredible.
Seth was so preoccupied with whether he _could_ make teleportation work, he didn't stop to think about whether he _should_
Thread's best comment. 👍
Awesome
If he'd remained clinical, rather than get drunk & teleport without taking all the precautions. With out the fly he may have been Ok (at least as much as the baboon was)
This needs more likes...THE perfect comment
I see what you did there lol. Dr. Malcolm would've talked him out of that shit with a little Chaos Theory haha
This whole reaction is pure gold. Watching the slow realization on your faces as to where the movie was going was a joy to watch.
"This was so much worse than I thought." 🤣
The 80's was the golden decade of horror movies and their great physical effects. Great reaction as always.
Yeah CGI wasn't an option yet. So studios had to do best could in camera.
And Goldblum landed a leading role on TV in the short-lived crime drama Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980). ruclips.net/video/a6KhGZpj5sI/видео.html
Mmmhmmm, body horror and special fx extravaganza.
I lived in that decade and horror movies in that time are marvels.
Cronenberg's target is our relationship with our bodies and what happens when our bodies turn on us and we are helpless to do anything about it. This plays out over and over in his films. Memorable, repulsive and tragic, The Fly is a horror masterpiece and you won't forget it.
Not so much "when our bodies turn on us", he seems more interested with the relationship between humans and technology, and the resulting complexities. At least in works like this and "Video Drome".
@@neuvocastezero1838 Yes! Like the flesh and mind becoming something new.
I watched The Fly probably around 3 decades ago, but when I clicked on this reaction, I wasn't even sure if I had seen it. As soon as it started I recognized that I did see it, but the only things I remembered was that Seth Brundle teleported with the fly & that would cause a problem. I didn't remember anything else of the storyline. I didn't remember to what extent he would transform mentally or physically. I didn't remember any of the gore.
I never took any significant amount of mind altering drugs or alcohol in my life to ruin my memory, yet I forgot about this movie & would've never thought of this movie the rest of my life if it wouldn't have coincidentally shown in my YT recommendations. That was via a recent reaction to it.
This movie won the Oscar for best make up. Jeff’s portrayal was probably his best performance ever, certainly the one which broke him into the big time. Effective & disturbing story.
Incidentally, both Jeff Goldblum and John Getz appeared in Michael Winner's horror 'classic' The Sentinel (1977), Winner had used Goldblum before in Death Wish (1974).
I totally agree, Jeff Goldblum's amazing performance in this is what got him big roles in films such as Independence Day, Jurassic Park and even Thor Ragnarok!
I do too it was his best performance
The dog scene in The Fly 2 is one of the saddest things ever.
I think it scarred me for life when I saw it as a kid. I’ve never watched the movie again because of it.
@@matthewganong1730 I'm in the exact same boat. I couldn't watch it again if I tried.
Ditto. Unbelievably sad with the dog.
Spoilers guys, but yeah. Hopefully they'll watch it, because no reactor I know off has done it so far
The Fly 2 is such and underrated sequel.
Stathis (John Getz) was a stereotype of the soulless, materialistic 80's yuppie, kind of like Burke in Aliens. The movie plays a bit of a trick on the audience, because it's logical to assume he'll turn out to be even worse than Burke. But while he's flawed and often wrong, he turns out to have it where it counts, and becomes the voice of reason as Seth loses all control. Great writing imo
And Bateman in American psycho
THIS^ ... the audience is against Stathis almost the whole movie... hes kinda an A-Hole..... but he ends up saving the day in the end.
Loved the Simpson’s version in their Tree House of Horror. Homer gets the telepods in a yard sale, uses them to get beers from the fridge without having to get up from the couch. And Bart reprises a few iconic scenes from the original the fly movie.
3 words: Cat Ear Medicine.
@@hughdavidvisor1769 ewww. . . . . That’s good.
The spider shaking its fists at Bartfly cracks me up every time.
And don’t forget… CatDog
That entire episode just zipped through my head. LOL. Homer also unzips his fly to use the telepod but Marge yells at him.
2:14, fun fact: Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis got married in 1987, but later divorced in 1992. They are still friends to this day.
I recall they both also starred in another movie ‘Earth Girls Are Easy’ also starring Damon Wayans and Jim Carrey
@@willthorburn1985 I'd love to see them watch this. It's great fun (and the "Blonde Song" is hysterical).
I heard she read him poetry during those long, long hours when he sat in the makeup chair...
@@DeltaAssaultGaming Did someone ask?
This was one of three films they did together; the 1st being Transylvania-2000 and their 3rd and last one being Earth Girls are Easy
“I’m pregnant”. They gasped 😟. Best reaction EVER!!!
Yes ... and TBR's reaction to the larva birth gets me every time. ... PEACE.
@@sheilaburns8977larva burst?
Even though this is a horror/gore masterpiece, I have always considered it to be a tragic love story. Jeff Goldblum deserved a Oscar nomination for this role, his best performance ever imo.👍
I 100% agree its a horrific, gore filled and tragic love story. 🖒
100% agree! And I think it’s also a metaphor, watching someone you love to become a “monster” 🥲
Yeah, this and Mr.Frost where he makes the devil!.
I agree, but ya gotta admit, Geena Davis makes-it-look-effortless performance really helped sell it as well.
@@daveb947 it is indeed years later and i still feel that gut wrenching feeling not just for the astoundingly gross and amazing effects but because it is a such a tragic love story .
I don't know if anyone has mentioned that Goldblum and Geena Davis were a real life couple they worked on two other movies together before this and got married soon after the FLY was finished , the marriage didn't last very long tho.
stay tuned for more stories and ENJOY THE HALLOWEEN season CHEERS.😁
Probably one of my most favorite reactions from you guys. I laughed the hardest after you guys realized the maggot baby was a nightmare....and at your reaction to the end credits reveal. Keep up the good work you two.
That was more disgusting than I remembered lol.
Credit to the special effects team.
love your channel man.
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@@thefilmeffect6089 Cheers 👍
@Al Alan lol Not every difference of opinion is "Right-Wing" His channel is common sense comedy. I hate Right and Left. Nice try tho.
The correct response when anyone mentions David Cronenberg is
"Not when we're eating" LOL
One of the best horror films ever made. Cronenberg is the master of body horror
So it is^^
@ A Amir agreed with you 100% on that one ! one of the best Horror films and i've actually worked on movie sets too this recalls what Eli Roth says in his History of Horror series [and i am paraphrasing here ] if you know Body Horror then you know one name looms high above the others in the field CRONENBERG! ENJOY HALLOWEEN up ahead mate.👿💀🤣
“So seeing other people puke, it’s not gonna be good for me”
Poor Sam had no idea
I thought the same thing. 😂
Really, really great film. David Cronenberg is such a class act, having contributed to making the horror genre respectable and an art form to be taken seriously. Emotional and powerful music by composer Howard Shore.
He even got to be murdered by Jason Voorhees and hunt Night Breed's!
Yep. I’m glad in Rick and Morty, Rick uses his name as a verb form for turning his planet into grotesque monsters.
So many great Cronenberg Howard Shore scores - before he became a household name with Silence Of The Lambs and LOTR
"this guy is even creepier than the fly guy" LMAO that line had me dying
Samantha mentioned she thought Brundel would exit the pod with a giant fly head. That actually happened in the original version of The Fly from the 1950s. Which is also worth a watch.
"fly head on a human body"
That's the 1958 version of the Fly with the amazing Vincent Prince in it!
You guys saying “…Brundlefly??” in unison absolutely slayed me, y’all are great to watch!! This movie is traumatic 😍 fun fact: all the leads in this movie are 6 foot or taller and the director, David Cronenberg, is a shortish king at 5”8’ and picturing him directing up at these giants makes me very happy
I mean he is in the abortion scene.
One of the few remakes that surpasses the original.
I´m so glad The Fly 2 is non canon. It´d be just too much.
Also, John Carpenter's The Thing.
It is not a remake. It is a new adaptation of the George Langelaan short story.
I prefer the original. It's closer to the source material, and I think the storytelling is better.
Original was very much a classic sci-fi. This was much more horror. It'd be interesting to see how they would react to the original after seeing the super graphic remake.
"Wha....you...can hug that?!!?"
Great reaction to the ear.
23:49 A lot of movies _play_ at "horror romance," but when Brindlefly says "I'll hurt you if you stay" and Howard Shore's score goes into overdrive, I lost it all.
That whole scene is the movie. It is perfection.
The score is fantastic
@@Mr_Incognito113 Totally agree. Fantastic movie score. .... PEACE to ALL.
I cried pretty hard the first time I saw this, it's so heartbreaking. Their chemistry is so good and I wanted to believe so bad that she could save him. I was pretty young when I saw this so it was one of the first movies I ever saw with such a tragic ending.
Howard shore made this? He made lord of the rings
12:46 With his genetic makeup changing, he is getting more strength, endurance and speed. His diet begins to shift to more "sweets" as well because of his altered metabolism. You can also tell from his personality that he becomes more "jittery" than before and sometimes talks like his mind is going 90 MPH which is also due to the changes. But all the pluses came at a price.
Fun Fact: The Doctor (Gynecologist) taking out the "Larva"-Baby is David Cronenberg himself.
Right^^ 🤢
That was the most gruesome moment in the movie.
Gynecologists don't deliver babies. That's an obstetrician.
@@DarthMohammedRules Just look at the IMDb Listing - David Cronenberg: Gynecologist - plus most Gynecologists are also Obstetricians in real life.
9:54 "geez Louise"
..well that's Thelma, Louise is Susan Surandon 😄😄😄
Along with the Thing, absolutely one of the best horror remakes ever!!! You guys are crushing it with the horror movies & i can't wait to see whats next! I would highly suggest the original from the 50s with the icon Vincent Price. I watched it the other night & was blown away, especially at the end. Also...poor Brundlefly...felt so bad for him at the end.
Yeah the ending of the original was hard to watch,bone chilling stuff. There was a sequel that wasn't too bad
It is not a remake. It is a new adaptation of the George Langelaan short story.
@@Brian-qn7fn Still classified as a remake but fair enough
@@Brian-qn7fn I liked how the '86 version did a roundabout homage to the original story with regards to the accidental Bundlefly/telepod merge. Spoiler-free version: the protagonist in the original story falls victim to a similar "point of no return" accident beyond the initial fly transformation as well.
The 50s Fly is not good don't even recommend it and waste their time lol
"David Cronenberg, that sounds familiar..."
Aw geeze...
David Cronenberg's reputation is for movies with extreme body horror, and… fair enough. But honestly, if you watch a bunch of his movies (including his later, non-gory stuff), I feel like the _actual_ through-line of his work is a character (not necessarily the protagonist) whose sense of self is being threatened with irrevocable change. The body horror is just Cronenberg's way of visually depicting something that normally only happens inside a person's head.
Interesting take.
Great insight.
Not all of Cronenberg movies incorporate the gore element and the nasty body deformations, take for instance Dead Ringers or Crash... what's always in his movies is what you said about the individual threatening and change and the moral implications of it.
Sadly I don't watch a movie from him since Spider, the only thing I watched about him was Star Trek Discovery, he appeared in season 3 🖖
Well best way to horrorify is to poke a nerve that viewer wasn't sure that had.
@@JulioLeonFandinho But the gore and body horror are prevalent enought that his name becomes a meme in Rick & Morty.
'The Fly' from the 50's actually scared me more (even now) because I saw it when I was about 6. This film came out when I was 21 so I was already numb to 70's and 80's horror. The 'help me!' scene in the old film is truly freaky and memorable and anyone who has seen it knows what I'm talking about.
That scene is still one of the most iconic scenes for anyone who has seen the original movie. I recently referenced it to my son.
That final scene in the original film terrified me as a child. The premise was ridiculous but the fear was real.
This movie is an icon of the 80's. Dark, sci-fi, human dilemmas, great story, great special effects... Just awesome.
21:39 The two of you saying "Brundle-fly??" in unison is the high point of this reaction for me.
21:49* another scene was filmed but was cut: Brundle spliced a baboon and cat together to see if he can cure himself with the telepods. It ends in disaster as the monkey cat attacks Brundle, beats it to death with a lead pipe, climbs up the roof, then feels a slight pain in his side, he falls off the roof, and lands on a dumpster where an insect leg tears through his abdomen, bites it off, and throws it away. The scene was so strong audience members threw up in the theater.
Like Vincent Price said in the 1958 original, "He was searching for the truth. He almost found a great truth, but for one moment...he was careless."
I'm surprised Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978) was so low in the poll. It's one of the best remakes.
Jeff Goldblum is in that too.
Such a great cast in that movie.
Such a great movie, it really generates such an intense atmosphere of justified paranoia. That ending scene with Donald Sutherland and Veronica Cartwright is absolutely iconic.
I saw this at a double feature with ALIENS in the village, when I was eleven, with my dad. Was one of the best October afternoons ever. Aliens was like a comedy afterwards. Cronenberg is a legendary Canadian director and definitely check out his other works. Naked Lunch is killer. Eastern Promises and History of Violence are, as was already mentioned, the most accessible of his works. CRASH will mess you up. Definitely a tough one but fkg fascinating. He has a real thing for body horror. Also he cameod in a movie called NIGHTBREED as the villain and was chilling.
When the sequel to The Fly came out a few years later, the trailer was more exciting than the film. Had Eric Stoltz and Daphne Zuniga if I recall. Directed by the creature effects genius Chris Walas. I think he shoulda stayed in his Lane and it would’ve been a better film, alas..
I love you guys and am so happy watching these again with you! Thanks for that!
I saw the same double feature in the theater (in Queens) but the order was reversed. Aliens came first.
@@periechontology maybe that was it/ it’s only been 35+ years, and I was a kid so maybe that was the order/ I just remember thinking that Aliens was a cakewalk by comparison lol
I saw that double feature too but in the metro Atlanta area. Must have been a Fox Halloween promotion of their two big scary movies from 1986.
One of the best horror films ever made.
To answer your query, Brundle whispers (at the beginning of the film) “Begin teleportation sequence” so that Veronica won’t know what’s going on until after the stocking demonstration. Then, he whispers “Do you love me?” when they’re out on the town and he buys her the necklace, after he teleports himself.
Anyway, the film is a potent metaphor for aging and terminal illness. Brundle is reborn in the telepod, goes through puberty (weird hairs, hyper-sex drive, lots of junk food), and begins going insane as his body disintegrates. The gore is all carefully calculated to echo real-world aging and disease (losing hair/nails/teeth, walking with canes, losing control of bodily functions, etc.).
The early stages, with Brundle becoming a manic and arrogant jerk, reflects the notion of him (mistakenly) thinking of the teleportation process as being like a drug (another of the film’s metaphors), when in fact the fly DNA is hypercharging him and affecting his body chemistry (sort of like how bipolar disorder works in reality), as well as heightening his primitive impulses for food and sex. The high wears off once he becomes sickly and discovers what has actually happened to him. We see a glimpse of the real Brundle again before his body begins disintegrating, which pushes him over the edge into fear, desperation, and insanity.
Brundle’s sarcastic jokes and his supposed pride over what he’s becoming are just the gallows humor and attempts to cope of a man trying not to be overwhelmed by his inevitable loss of humanity. His attempt to merge with Veronica is a last-ditch attempt by a drowning man to add more humanity into the DNA mix…and is also a twisted gesture of his love for her.
As Cronenberg has noted, the film is essentially a human drama with the sci-fi elements added in to make it emotionally tolerable for the audience. It’s a movie about the death of Seth Brundle and how he deals with it, mentally, emotionally, physically, and philosophically. Boy meets girl, they fall in love, he develops a terminal illness (or, more to the point, ages), and gets worse and worse until he reaches a point where he is so mentally and physically disabled that he asks his lover for assisted suicide. That’s what the movie is actually about, and why it hits so hard, because we all have to deal with aging and death.
Also, Brundle’s desperate search for a cure was established in an infamous scene which was cut out after an audience test screening. It would have foreshadowed the final scene of the movie (and tied up a few loose ends, as well as featuring another stage of the Oscar-winning makeup which did not appear anywhere else in the film), but the audience lost sympathy for him. I’ll just leave this here:
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Surprisingly, i hadn't seen that deleted scene. As interesting as it is, It was correct to cut it.
The metaphor for aging doesnt fully add up, since he goes from canes to help walking, to running around on the ceiling and not needing assistance until death. Otherwise 👍
Cronenberg has specifically said that it’s about aging, and once you go in knowing that, all the pieces start to click into place. Of course, Brundle going from sickly to walking on walls and whatnot is necessary to fulfill the requirements of the sci-fi/horror/monster movie plot, but the overall narrative and emotional thrust of the movie is that he’s deteriorating and going through various mental and emotional gymnastics in order to try and cope with it. After things begin to go south, he’s scared. Then, he tries to study and embrace it by saying that maybe it isn’t a bad thing, celebrating the uniqueness of what he is becoming, naming himself “Brundlefly”, and doing his little “How does Brundlefly eat?” science skit for the camera. Then, out of desperation, he begins working on a dedicated fusion program to water down the fly DNA (which the deleted scene would have introduced), tries to get Veronica to have the baby so that maybe he’ll live on in some form or another, and finally tries to merge with her in an attempt to regain some semblance of humanity. None of this works, because his deterioration and death are inevitable, as it is for all of us.
This is all very specifically an exploration of how people try to cope with aging and disease. People will try to hide aging with beauty products, try to incorporate it into their aesthetic view and treat it as not a bad thing, and hope to continue living on through their children.
But, in the end, nothing works, and Brundle gets worse and worse until he just wants to die. And then he does, and the movie ends (although several variations of an epilogue sequence were filmed, but deleted). Very depressing, which is why Cronenberg made the most of disguising his themes within the sci-fi/horror framework, because it creates an emotional cushion for the audience to better process the underlying ideas.
The script is also peppered with subtle references to aging (“I’m not getting any younger”, “I’m looking forward to a hairy body, it’s one of the compensations of old age”, etc.). Rewatch the movie with this in mind, and the subtleties become clearer and clearer, and the film becomes more than just a very well-crafted monster movie. It’s one of the best and most honest films ever made about how we deal with disease and death, far more honest than the usual Hollywood pap.
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Thank you for the insightful comment. I'd never (consciously) thought of it that way before, though it seems obvious in retrospect. That theme really hits home.
"Invasion of the Body Snatchers" and "The Omen" Trilogy finished lower in your poll but you HAVE to watch those. They're both horrors that have withstood the test of time to become all time classics. IOTBS is also another great movie starring Goldblum.
Yes, both movies are great. Gee, we had some really good movies in the 70's and 80's. .... PEACE to ALL.
8:13, Albert Einstein wore the exact same clothes every day, and it's a true fact.
The words come from eistein . Genius does not lose his time with clothes...the time is about thinking
The fact that Jeff Goldblum didn't get an Oscar nom for this movie is a heinous crime.
If you were familiar with Cronenberg's earlier films, the level of graphic scenes wouldn't be a surprise. Try his movie, Videodrome. I would be very interested in seeing the discussion after that one. Cronenberg made more accessible films later in his career. A History of Violence and Eastern Promises are first rate thrillers.
There's a sequel, The Fly II. It could have been called Son of the Fly. John Getz is in it as well. He has a line where he talks about Goldblum's character. "He bugged me".
One thing I thought about was that even if it was problematic when transporting organic things, it could have revolutionized shipping. Imagine ordering something from Amazon and it immediately appears in your home telepod. That alone would have changed the world.
Love History of Violence
"Rabid" is some crazy schlock.
Videodrome was Great! I don't know anyone else that's seen it :(
@@pamosborn1956 it's literally been decades, but I've seen it. I don't remember much except the VHS in the abdomen.
Scanners is good too
When I think of "body horror" I think if this movie. Probably my 1st introduction to it. Disturbing, gross and also devastatingly sad. The sequel is more of the same themes. But this movie, whether you love it or hate it, you will not forget it. Wonderful acting, amazing special effects, depressingly sad story. One of the few remakes that surpasses the original.
The Film makers considered a few different epilogues for the movie: one where the kid was born normal, one where it was born with butterfly wings or something like that. In one, she got back together with her ex.
They didn't like any of those endings, so they just cut to the credits. As David Cronenberg said, "Once your hero is dead, the story's over"
I don't agree with that saying, I think it depends on the execution. You can have a story where the initial protagonist dies, and the story continues. Also, I don't think Brundle really qualifies as a 'hero' here
Definitely the right call. Not every story needs an epilogue. Sometimes, once the conflict is resolved, it's the end. Period. And if you so desperately need to know what happens after that, you can always use your imagination and come up with your own.
@@leovenegas4785 Only resentment I have that those endings no longer are a possibility is because that shitty sequel exists.
@@irondragondxd3836
Pretend they dont exist lol. Same with the Star Wars sequels.
@@SuperFang1 pretty much, though I wish I didn’t have to pretend.
Yes, it's gross and gory. It is also genuinely heartbreaking, such a great film!
I love Sam talking about a Fly head on a human body, because that’s the original 1958 version of this film with Vincent Price ( who was not the Fly). Plus it had one of the most terrifying endings imaginable for that premise ( as in, what does the other side look like).
"Help me!"
Yes that ending was unforgettable & gave me nightmares
I have long forgotten most of the 1958 Fly (doubt I've watched it since the 80s), but "Help Me!" is something that has stayed with me to this day. Definitely unforgettable.
Would the 1958 version be reaction worthy?
It was David Hedison aka Felix Leiter from Live and let die and licence to kill
@@ChurchOfTheHolyMho honestly it's a good flick, it's not the unending horror of this one, it's a product of its era and budget. It's something that would have made a compelling twilight zone episode, a fair bit of camp but...it's a 50s b flick so, that's to be expected. Much of it is lost in just...modern common knowledge, everyone knows the reveal and so the big punch of him with the cloth over his face being removed and seeing what happened to him is lessened. You know the twist already...it's like watching the others or the sixth sense or seven and knowing beforehand what the twist is or watching the Blair witch project outside the hype and atmosphere of this new "viral marketing" no one really knew at the time, you can never really get the effect that the original had, they're still great movies of their genre and style, just like the fly is a great fun 50's b-film and anything with Vincent price kicks ass, but it's hard to get that gut punch when you know the ending beforehand.
Remove the sci-fi spin, and this movie is a love story about a couple dealing with a terminal illness. David Cronenberg (the director) always said that a good sci-fi/horror story needs to be good enough to stand on its own without the fantastical elements. "The Fly" succeeds in that effort without a doubt. It's just difficult to see past all the glorpy sticky stuff 😁
As others have mentioned, PLEASE watch the original with Vincent Price. It’s completely different but excellent in its own right. It’s a beautiful example of 50s sci-fi/horror.
It trips me out seeing people’s reactions when they see the abrupt ending. No build down. Just the credits directly after the climax of the film. A lot of movies in the 80’s ended that way. Either way, this is one the greatest films in the history of cinema. It never gets old. The plot, character development, practical effects and a tragic love story, all molded together perfectly. They don’t make them like this anymore.
Geena Davis' performance at the end always gets to me. Great film.
It was tragic that she had to see her lover get destroyed by his own invention and she knew despite his monstrous acts he was a victim of a horrible disease!
You should watch some other Cronenberg movies like "History of violence", "Eastern Promises" and "Videodrome". Videodrome drove almost the entire set insane including the producers.
Nightbreed...
Having this be your first introduction to Cronenberg is some real heroic effort, good on you two for finishing the movie. :D
That was so much fun watching your reactions to this. Seeing the dread come over you as you realized what you were seeing and wondering what next. Then both of you covering your eyes. Priceless. Seriously I did feel for you both, a little bit. Jeff Goldblum should have been nominated for an Oscar. Great reaction, guys. Thank you.
I watched that film a day after it opened here in los angeles
in a PACKED theater.
When his transformations began to happen, we the audience really had to keep it together.
The scene with his fingernails, is BURNED into my psyche.
In press interviews promoting the film,
Gina Davis said her facial reactions when she had to
hug a deformed Brundle were real, she was HORRIFIED.
The doctor who delivers her maggot in the birth dream
sequence was played by the film's director David Cronnenberg.
So glad you reacted to this iconic, yet VILE looking film
'Seeing other people puke... is not going to be good for me!" -- Oh, boy... LOL!
Great pick. The insect politician speech scene is one of Goldblum's best.
Remember watching this at the cinema in Sydney when it opened. The audience - including me - just sat there in silence at the end for a good few minutes!
3:15* another fun fact: the design of the telepods was based on a Ducati motorcycle cylinder.
First of all I have to say:
This film is an absolute masterpiece.
I know there are enough films that didn't need a remake. But I would have liked to know what this film would look like today, of course with a good story and good actors.
bad cgi
See the sequel!
It's good. It features one of the most advanced practical creatures before they started doing it all with CG
The Fly II is fantastic in it's own way; SEVERE poetic justice, gore that at a couple points goes even farther than in 1986, and if you have even a passing affection for dogs it hits like a truck.
Depends on your definition of good. The sequel is at least “gooey”.
The movie is 35 years old, but it is so... well done. I've seen it dozens of times, and it continues fascinating me. It's almost like a theater play, with 3 characters, a couple of scenarios, short and to the point.
I laughed harder at this reaction than all your others. This movie grossed me out and it was funny as hell seeing you share the same feelings.
/reacting to Brundlefly vomitting on Stathis's hand and foot
"That might be one of the grossest deaths, or almost deaths I've ever seen"
Dude, in The Fly 2 some unlucky security guard gets sprayed in the face by the vomit drop and it melts his face off down to his skull, and the worst part is that he's still alive. It's nasty af.
John Getz is a great actor. Someone already pointed out, he is one of the main characters in the first Coen brothers film, Blood Simple (which you should watch). And, he plays an editor again (newspaper) in David Fincher's Zodiac.
John Getz is also in Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead --- starring Christina Applegate. I used to watch that one when I was a kid.
John Getz reprises his Fly role in the sequel with Eric Stoltz as Brundle junior.
Wow, you two are hitting it out of the park with movie choices lately, what a great Halloween season lineup!
FINALLY! Someone is watching "The Fly". This movie creeped me out when it cam out. Granted I was 8 back then, but still.
Just search "The Fly reaction" and you'll find a bunch of them =)
David Cronenberg sends this script. And I think, you know, I grew up in Pittsburgh, and my sister and I used to go to the Leona Theatre in Homestead and see a beautiful old theatre, and see many of the first runs of... oh my golly, Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), and great movies. And a lot of Roger Corman movies, and The Sadist (1963), and Iga. And a lot of Vincent Price movies, including, probably The Fly (1958). So when I got this script, I think I had a kind of a thrilling association already with it, and then it's such a wonderful script. David Cronenberg is so smart, an artist, and so individual, and it was wonderful. And what a part, very chewy and delicious. I was kind of very excited right away. We talked about it, and then, there we go.
Chris Walas, who won the Oscar for the makeup that he did, designed this thing. And I remember going to his shop, you know, with David Cronenberg early on, and they had... he had drawn out the different stages of my devolution, and we talked about it. Then I started to try on some things, and they photographed them, and, you know, it was a very thoughtful and careful process, a masterful, and artful process. Stephan Dupuis was his cohort, Chris Walas', who got me in, finally, the dentist's chair. It started at 3:00 in the morning, as I remember in Toronto. And they did five hours of makeup on me, to put this stuff on. And during this, I meditated on the part, and I got ready for the day. And, then, you know, technology is what it was, makeup technology, it started to fall apart right away. So the whole rest of the day he's taking it up, and gluing it down again, gluing it down again. At the end of the day, not that I'm complaining, they didn't have a solvent to take it all off, but, you know, it's an hour of rub, rub, rub, rub, rub, rub, rub, rub, rub, rub, your skin is red now. And, you know, all that kind of stuff, but it was fine. They took great care of me. And, of course, doing that project, he and I --- I had an idea. There was an idea about the ending that I had become passionate about. I didn't, when John gets his character to win finally, and for me to become a kind of a - I dunno what I was protecting at that point, but I had a big passionate idea about it. I said, "No, don't let them be together at the end, let them" --- I dunno, something about her being devoted to me, or, I don't know what. We hashed out some kind of collaboration, we had --- I enjoyed it very much, and I think he did, too.
As I became The Fly, I don't think I had --- I hadn't really practised, and kind of developed a real concrete idea about how I would behave physically, and this and that.
As the story goes, I did find a fly and looked at it. I put it in a plastic bag, and looked at it, and how it was moving around. And, so, I got something from that. I think on the day when I put on the thing, finally, things kind of came, They had to come together, and they did. I remember the first thing we shot is when I am fully flied out.
I crashed through that glass brick wall in the medical facility, and, you know, uh, do something like that.
You know, I had to come up with it, but we did it. It was just a joy to do. And then his wonderful words, insect politics, and this and that, really, really fun. And the tragedy of it, the romantic tragedy of it, is really delicious to chew on. And, of course, Mel Brooks produced it, Brooksfilms. You know, I loved him. And, then, you know, it was all done, and I went to Times Square, I think, for the opening. And, boy, it was a ruckus, 'cause nobody knows how it's gonna play or anything. It was a,... I stood in the back, and it was a real ruckus crowd that seemed to enjoy it that night, it was thrilling. And in the decades to come, it gets enjoyed, and people come up to me and say one thing or another, and I'm thrilled that I did it. It was a high point creatively, and career-wise, too.
- Jeff Goldblum (from Independence Day (1996), Jurassic Park (1993), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), The World According to Jeff Goldblum (2019 - present day)), who played Seth Brundle in The Fly (1986).
Besides The Thing, this movie and Scanners are some of my favorite body horror films. One more thing "Be afraid, be very afraid".
Another excellent Jeff Goldblum movie (the first one I saw him in) is the 1983 The Big Chill. A huge cast, killer soundtrack, and top notch drama/comedy.
There is also a cut scene where he tested combining two creatures into one with the 2nd Baboon and a cat that was wildly bizarre. It was cut because Brundle beat the Baboon/Cat to death and made him look too evil too soon in the film. That scene also showed a 3rd atrophied insect limb push out of his side and Brundle rip it off his side.
The ending of TBR just saying “what?!” And Sam putting her head in her hands, is the same reaction I had the first time I watched this haha
As far as John Getz's character is concerned, my take is, just because someone's an A-hole, doesn't mean they're a bad person. He still loved his ex, and was jealous, which explains his motivation in the movie.
If you love someone, you don't treat them as a possession. That's envy and entitlement, not love.
Stathis was an asshole. If he wasn't, he would have called the cops when BrundleFly kidnapped Ronnie. Instead, he went alone, so the only possible outcomes were Stathis being the big hero or him not really caring what ended up happening to Ronnie at all.
A broken clock is right twice a day, but in the end it's still broken. Doing one good thing doesn't make a bad person automatically good. He stalked and harassed her the entire movie. He was not a good person
Cronenberg did a great job setting up the characters at the beginning of the fly and that set up paid off at the end. Stathis was introduced as this guy who was still in love with Veronica at the start and his love for her lead him to becoming the hero in the climax. Seth was introduced as this ambitious scientist whose ambition and obsession with his invention lead him to his demise and Veronica was introduced as an independent, emotionally strong woman who became very supportive of her doomed lover and being the one who had to kill the monster at the end, great characters and great movie!
@@jermainehaslam5634 Stathis was neither in love nor the hero. Both would have required him to contact the cops, or anybody, after BrundleFly took Ronnie. He didn't, meaning he was either going to be the "hero" or leave her to her fate, ie. selfish.
@@michaelccozens Nah, Stathis was in love with Veronica and you could tell he genuinely felt bad for Veronica when she told him she was pregnant
with Seth's baby. That's one of the things that's great about the fly, none of the characters are perfect Seth was a likeable character but he was insecure and he became corrupted by the fly genes in his body and Veronica should of been more clear with Seth about her relationship with Stathis and Stathis was just suffering emotionally from Veronica leaving him!
0:57 - My first exposure to the "Blum" was Buckaroo Banzai. A greatly flick.
Cowboy 🤠!☺️👍
One of my favourite films! So glad you enjoyed, was fun to watch. It's the perfect mix of goofy concept, disgusting practical effects and very human, often poetic writing. Really one of a kind.
One of the few films that traumatized me... That ending! So intense and gross and scary...but so heartbreaking too!
I watched this when i was like 12, and havn't seen it since, it's printed in my memory very clearly.
Tell me about it. This movie gave me recurring nightmares when I was around that age.
"This is so much worse than I thought"..... one of your best lines ever :-)
Cronenberg is a brilliant filmmaker.
Suggestion: Watch “Existenz”. While not a horror film, this film continues the theme of body horror.
Also, I HIGHLY recommend, “A History of Violence”. A non-horror yet disturbing film.with one of my favorite actors, Viggo Mortensen.
Yes. I second Existenz. And don't eat any Chinese takeout before watching it 😉
Yes. Just like Videodrome, Existenz is an interesting commentary on reality and media.
What I love most about this movie I looked up to Jeff Goldman cause he reminds me a lot of my dad. And his performance in this movie was so classic his character was definitely something I was inspired and sympathized for
Seth Brendle was just a man who wanted to create the biggest change in the world and I want to believe his work would have been a success he'd be remembered for generations better than he is now.
Seth fought so hard to try and fight the changes happening to him even when the insect instincts in him took over but when his humanity came back on he begged Veronica to end his suffering which I cried over knowing there was no way out and I wish he could have found a cure Seth will forever have my fandom and sympathy
Great respect to Jef Goldman and Gina Davis for their great performance in this tragic scifi movie!
Oh man, as soon as I started watching this video, I could hardly wait to see Samantha's reactions to all the gross scenes! Samantha, you DID NOT disappoint! 😂
Same, they did not disappoint. Both of their horrified looks showed they were not prepared for this body horror
27:00 I'm dying 😂😂
A classic horror that's far beyond just gore and shock like so many modern horrors. Very powerful stuff. Really, for the genre it's in, it's a bit of a masterpiece.
Good reaction as always! Teleportation was always something I took for granted from shows like Star Trek but it's actually a pretty crazy tech. It basically kills you and then creates a copy of you. Yeah I'll be passing on using any teleportation devices if they're ever developed.
That's what is even more disturbing than the fly monster thing, I'm questioning if that really is Seth Brundle at the other pod. Because the computer is not really transporting as it seems but copy and paste.
And not even an exact copy, but an “interpretation” of the original…
Been worried about flies puking on me since 1988.
The practical effects were amazing, and still hold up today.
There's nothing more I can say that hasn't already been said about this masterpiece, but what I love about early Cronenberg (that you can also see throughout his filmography) is his expert use of editing when showcasing an initial shot of realistically gruesome violence, followed by a reaction shot, followed by yet another, extended shot of the aftermath of the violence.
Jeff and Geena are the perfect team in this.
I saw Jeff Goldblum promoting the movie on the Tonight Show when it opened. The host back then, Johnny Carson, asked Jeff if after making this movie he would swat a fly. Goldblum thought about it for a good while and answered no. I've always remembered that because of how long and seriously he considered it before he answered.
In the original version from the 1950’s, the man wound up with a large fly head, and the fly wound up with a tiny human head. Maybe more in line with Sam’s ideal 😂😂😂😂😂.
You're spoiling this for them by saying that.
@@AdamtheGrey02 Yeah, they’ve watched scores of films from the 1950’s. Grow up. This is supposed to be fun.
@@michaelsegriff3362 lol grow up? We're here to watch them go into movies as fresh as possible without having major scenes that happen further into the films being revealed. Who cares if they watched films from the 50s. You going to apply that logic now to spoil any film they watched per decade. Stop being so sensitive about my criticizing your post.
@@AdamtheGrey02 Adam take this in the spirit it’s intended. Grow up, be a man, don’t be a busybody, washerwoman or a male Karen. I don’t care what you think, your last comment was gibberish, and if you whinge at me over nonsense you’re going to get pushback.
@@michaelsegriff3362 lol you're still hurt I see. How about acknowledge part of the fun watching reactors is them seeing scenes for the first time. You clearly care what I think or you wouldn't have reacted like a little baby who refuses to acknowledge what he did was quite ignorant.
I have a bit of my own interpretation of this story. To me, this story is an allegory about illness and the despair of the prospect of dying, and clinging to life by any means necessary. After my wife's death, I understood this story even more in that her body turned against her (cancer) and underwent changes that were life-threatening; changes against which she and the doctors were powerless and from which she ultimately died. She fought until the last breath, but unfortunately that rotten disease was stronger.
I believe kronenberg has said that about his movies before.
I'd urge you to see Cronenberg's DEAD RINGERS, a film nowhere near as gruesome as THE FLY -- not even close! -- but one with a career-defining performance by Jeremy Irons, the always-welcome Genevieve Bujold (as icing on the cake), and a haunting story about two people who are one person (or so they want to believe). I'd call it Cronenberg's best film, and one of the best of its decade.
The Fly is a timeless masterpiece that still fills me with such dread. It's such a tragic film, and even though it's a fictional film, the implications of succumbing to a disease that slowly kills you are real.
I still can't rewatch the final 5 minutes to this day. So freaking gross! But it's an amazing film. Goldblum was robbed of an Oscar nomination.
That's how I feel about the final 5 minutes of The Fly II. Watched it when I was 4 years old....big mistake lol
I have no desire to revisit the ending because of the deep sadness of it all, especially when Brundle Fly holds up the shotgun, directing Geena Davis to put him out of his misery. For me it is one of the most depressing endings to one of the best horror movies of its kind.
Back in 1986 i was a young man who went to see this on the big screen , i still remember that afterwards the film played on my mind for days , no other horror film has done that since .
The Fly, one of the best remake of classic 50's horror movie made into an 80's classic one with The Thing and The Blob in the same era ! The trio of intense body horror, probably one of the best of his genre ! In the same kind, i highly recommend Color out of Space with Nicolas Cage, best Loftcraftian movie too ! Cronenberg has such a disturbing vision of the human body in his movies, it's kinda amazing !
Nobody reacts to The Blob (1988). I blame Patreon polls. Too bad. It's such a good movie. Written by Frank Darabont.
@@richardb6260 completely agree.
@@richardb6260 yeah and 3/4 of the effects still holds and are amazing and creative !!
The Blob might not be a stone cold classic like The Fly or The Thing, but it's super fun!