8 Horror Remakes That Became Classics In Their Own Right

David Cronenberg took the B-Movie material of the 1958 original and carved from it a dark, gory, body horror that is still as potent today as it was when released in 1986. Exploring themes such as aging, illness and masculinity, Cronenberg, like in his other work, creates images and moments that will haunt your mind long after the credits have rolled.

Slow burning, and doing away with genre conventions, The Fly is as much a character study as it is a sci-fi horror. Jeff Goldblum plays protagonist and antagonist, creating a similar empathy for him as people had towards Frankenstein’s Monster as he endures a sense of helpless at what he is becoming.

The film won an Oscar for it’s make up effects and rightly so. Goldblum’s slow transfiguration into the fly is as disgustingly realistic as it is fascinating, and even at times heartbreaking, as his girlfriend played by Geena Davis, becomes repelled by his appearance.

Just be warned, The Fly isn’t for the faint-hearted; the vomit scene: case and point.