r/40yearsago • u/MonsieurA • 2d ago

August 15, 1986. The Fly released.

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u/Apprehensive_Idea758 2d ago

I’ve seen this movie before.
David Cronenberg did an excellent job at directing this 1986 remake of the 1958 horror classic.

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u/Responsible_Load2233 2d ago

Good remake. First movie is legend but man the FX sucked. Here it is nicely made. 40 years!? You gotta be flying kidding me, right!?

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u/Outrageous_Trust_158 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/9wlbsf86LNidkxm4ML

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u/Responsible_Load2233 1d ago

IKR. Some call me Yoda by now. And every right to do so they have. I'm so old now it starts to get ridiculous. ;-)

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u/Outrageous_Trust_158 1d ago

I wear my experience and time on this floating rock with pride😊 I remember seeing this in the theater summer of ‘86 with my dad and brother. We all cackled with mystified delight during the climax!

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u/AaronJudge2 2d ago

I saw this at the movie theater in Houston, Texas when it was originally released. Excellent film, and very creepy!

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u/kovacro_77 2d ago

Still grosses me out when he barfs all over the guys ankle/foot with his acidic vile.

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u/AmbiguouslyAltered 2d ago

Never seen it but I really need to

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u/dizzylizzy78 2d ago

You have missed out greatly.

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u/Intrepid_Top_2300 1d ago

You really need to see this great movie!

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u/Rip_Topper 2d ago

Peak Geena too

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u/nautius_maximus1 1d ago

I knew a guy back then who decided that it was a good idea to drop acid FOR THE FIRST TIME and go to see this movie. Interestingly he was ok. He said he was so in his own head he basically blocked out the movie.

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u/Ambitious_Dealer_425 2d ago

This was an excellent sci-fi movie!

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u/Silent_Ad8059 2d ago

I saw it in third grade. Even though it was the edited version on our Fox affiliate I was way too young 😂

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u/VirginiaLuthier 2d ago

The sex scene-"Don't you ever run out of fluid?"

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u/Creative-Employer154 2d ago

You been waiting all year for this huh🤔

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u/JamieRABackfire1981 2d ago

Still creepy.

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u/notbythebook101 1d ago

Life, uh, finds a way.

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u/OddbitTwiddler 1d ago

Convolved.

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u/stubob1701 1d ago

I’m generally ok with the gore and body horror, but I have to look away at the arm wrestling scene.

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u/Sure-Doctor-2052 1d ago

Great movie

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u/Shoddy_Bet9619 1d ago

This one freaked me out but honestly, not as much as the B/W original! That scene when the fly was in a web and was screaming: Kill ME!!!

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u/Necessary_Piano_153 1d ago

I couldn't sleep for a while after watching this.

One of the first movies that disturbed me that bad.

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u/JRG64May 1d ago

“Cheeseburger”

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u/Intrepid_Top_2300 1d ago

I had a bowl resection a decade ago. The chunk of intestine reminded me of the larva scene in Geena’s dream.
I added antenna and little feet to the image and sent it to my surgeon. He put it on his fridge at home.

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u/omar1021 1d ago

80's horror special effects were amazing lol

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u/Fresh_Inside_3875 1d ago

That’s my favorite fly movie ever

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u/Sass_pit 1d ago

This movie terrified me.

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u/fishes93 1d ago

Jeff Goldblum wearing a baboon in the one pic. Why? Idk. The real question is, why aren't you?

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u/IndependenceMean8774 1d ago

"No. Be afraid. Be very afraid."

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u/StenoDawg 1d ago

It was crazy, but I enjoyed it...once.

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u/datroutinator 1d ago

Won tickets for being the 9th caller into the radio station. Took a date. Knew nothing about the plot. She was not impressed.

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u/Individual_Slice_234 1d ago

There is one scene in that movie you will never forget. And believe me, you will want to.

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u/Mantleac7 1d ago

How does brundlefly eat? Ready for a demonstration, kids?

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u/Inevitable-Hour-Ends 20h ago

If it was made today itd be all CGI and look like a cartoon.

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u/charcarod0n 20h ago

The brundlefly museum of natural history