David Cronenberg’s remake of the 1958 movie

20th Century Fox / Brooks Films | Aug 15, 1986 (USA)
96 min. | USA: R | Science Fiction/Horror

Screenplay: Charles Edward Pogue
Director: David Cronenberg

Seth Brundle, a brilliant but eccentric scientist attempts to woo investigative journalist Veronica Quaife by offering her a scoop on his latest research in the field of matter transportation, which against all the expectations of the scientific establishment have proved successful. Up to a point. Brundle thinks he has ironed out the last problem when he successfully transports a living creature, but when he attempts to teleport himself a fly enters one of the transmission booths, and Brundle finds he is a changed man.

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