10/21/16 – day twenty-one of thirty-one days of horror!

Most people are familiar with David Cronenberg’s 1986 remake, but you
might be surprised to find that the original 1958 THE FLY still packs a
punch and remains a cornerstone of science fiction horror. You’ll also
be surprised to find that top-billed icon Vincent Price is not the
monstrous human fly in question but his kindly best friend, and that the
film is shot in color and cinemascope, a rare honor for a 1950s
creature feature. Director Kurt Neumann’s adaptation sticks closely
to George Langelaan’s source story, that of a scientist who fuses his
own DNA with that of a fly when he invents a teleportation device – you
get the drill. Told in flashback by the scientist’s harried wife, the
suspense of the inevitable builds to a truly horrifying reveal of the
brilliantly realized titular creature, and the denouement remains one of
the most unsettling in horror history, ranking right along the shock
endings of CARRIE and FRIDAY THE 13th. This is one of those genre
classics you owe it to yourself to see, especially if you’re a fan (and
why wouldn’t you be?) of the mind-blowing Cronenberg version.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051622/?ref_=nv_sr_2