He’s a squirter.
First we got cosmic with Adam Egypt Mortimer’s outstanding imaginary friend tale Daniel Isn’t Real, then we got hot with the 1981 parody Student Bodies before getting fancy (and super duper queer) with Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope. Now, we’re getting weird, gooey and tragic with David Cronenberg‘s masterful remake of The Fly!
In the film, scientist Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) completes his teleportation device and decides to test its abilities on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a housefly slips in during the process, leading to a merger of man and insect. Initially, Brundle appears to have undergone a successful teleportation, but the fly’s cells begin to take over his body. As he becomes increasingly fly-like, Brundle’s girlfriend Veronica (Geena Davis) is horrified as the person she once loved deteriorates into a monster.
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Episode 139 – The Fly (1986)
Check the windows in your teleportation pod because we’re heading up to Toronto to discuss all the gooey goodness in David Cronenberg’s seminal horror remake The Fly! Joining us is Bloody Disgusting’s lead critic (and co-host of The Bloody Disgusting Podcast): Meagan Navarro!
Join us as we trace the film’s journey from page to screen (rewrites, Mel Brooks, tragedy and Total Recall) before discussing the film’s possible AIDS allegory and, of course, all the praise for the film’s outstanding and Oscar-winning special effects.
Plus, respect for the film’s handling of abortion (in 1986, no less) normalizing the cock and references to Zenon: The Zequel and Cube 2: Hypercube. Hey, it wouldn’t be a Cronenberg discussion if it wasn’t weird!
Cross out The Fly!
Coming up on Wednesday: To celebrate the release of Nia DaCosta’s Candyman this weekend, we’ll finally be discussing Bernard Rose’s original adaptation of Clive Barker’s short story “The Forbidden.” That’s right, it’s time to finally dive into Bernard Rose’s Candyman!
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