Overview
Release Date:
1958 (Norway)
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Tagline:
If she looked upon the horror her husband had become... she would scream for the rest of her life!
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Plot:
A scientist has a horrific accident when he tries to use his newly invented teleportation device.
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Awards:
1 nomination
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User Comments:
I'm still scared of The Fly
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Additional Details
Also Known As:
La mosca (Argentina) (Spain) [es]Öldüren arzu (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]A Mosca (Portugal) [pt]A Mosca da Cabeça Branca (Brazil) [pt]De vlieg (Belgium: Flemish title) [un]Die Fliege (West Germany) [de]Fluen (Denmark) [da]Flugan (Sweden) [sv]I myiga (Greece) [el]Kärpänen (Finland) [fi]L'esperimento del dottor K. (Italy) [it]La mouche (Belgium: French title) [fr]La mouche noire (France) [fr]
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Runtime:
94 min
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Trivia:
Uncredited producer
Robert L. Lippert was able to make additional money from the success of this film. His own company, Regal Films, produced
Space Master X-7 (1958) which 20th Century Fox used as the cofeature for this film.
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Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When the fly is first revealed in the spider's web, when Vincent Price's character is unaware, you see the fly struggling in the web. The string used to make the fly shake is visible.
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Quotes:
François Delambre:
No, Helene and Andre believed in the sacredness of life. They wouldn't harm anything...not even a fly.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in
Smother (2008/II)
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Is it possible to read Langelaan's short story online?
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1958 and 'The Fly'. Who could ever forget it. At the age of 9 or so, I was a horror movie veteran, or so I thought. I would attend the Saturday matinees of a local theater, armed with my THIRTY FIVE CENTS, which was good for an admission, a huge coke and a Butterfinger as long as my forearm.
The theater was, as usual, very dark and of the 3,000 seats, 2996 we unoccupied, the norm on a Saturday afternoon. The sunset times had been carefully memorized as to not be foolishly caught in the dark walking home from a horror flick.
In spite of the subtle warnings from a couple of neighborhood kids who had already seen 'The Fly', I remained confident, having survived several movies, including 'Them' and 'The Invisible Man'. The movie was terrifying enough, but nothing in my 9-year old brain prepared me for the absolutely numbing terror that assaulted my senses at the end of the movie. My 16 oz. cup, containing now only ice left my grasp and clattered noisily on the cold floor and the last vestige of the sticky Butterfinger froze in my open mouth as I was transfixed on the terrifying ending. I knew that I was in trouble.
I walked the 3/4 mile home, BACKWARDS and in the middle of the street as to not encounter any bush or shrub, ALL of which I was sure contained the nightmarish image that was forever burned into my brain. Now I understood why none of the kids who had seen the movie boasted or talked about it, they were still too terrified.
10/10 for terror.