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Highly Overrated But Still Good

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

It seems like this has become a cult favorite for a lot of people. Personally, I didn't see the appeal. I was quite interested in seeing this movie because for the longest time, it wasn't available on home video. It's a pretty rare movie, but it's really not worth looking at. It doesn't help that I haven't seen the other Fly movies. This is weird because it doesn't even feature any flies! It just seemed like it was a hard story to continue with this title! The main problem is the relationship. It's strange because this woman meets the guy and they immediately get married. She just starts the movie right away.There actually is this one really good shot in the film. It's actually the first scene and it shows a window being smashed. This is really a great shot and it's filmed beautifully. If only the rest of the film were like that. Another problem is that the film is too anti-climatic. This seemed like it would more appropriate to be featured in an episode of "Mystery Science Theater 3000". I actually did like the makeup effects in this. They do have some creative ideas. Like many movies, the main problem is that they're not used very well. **

Despite the title, there are no flies or fly hybrids in the film other than a photo of the first fly that is briefly shown on the screen. Instead, the film is about the descendants of the scientist from the first film trying to carry on his work--with a few "mistakes" along the way. They, too, are trying to create a matter transference machine but instead of getting mixed with flies, the results were a few deformed people. Instead of dealing with these "freaks" humanely, they just locked them in cells and had their insane servant feed them.Now the fact that there are no fly monsters in the film isn't a bad thing since the plot is still rather interesting and is a pretty decent example of the genre. However, some silly casting and a few clichés don't help it to be all that memorable or worth seeking. Bert Kwouk (of Asian decent) played one servant but the other was played by Yvette Rees who looked about as Asian as a hamster! Also, Carole Gray had a habit of fainting or making stupid choices--making her character seem clichéd and silly. In addition to these odd characters, Brian Donlevy (an old-time Hollywood character actor) and George Baker (a well-respected British actor famous for playing Tiberius in "I, Claudius" as well as many other TV and film roles) are on hand to give the movie some degree of class.Overall, the film has its scary moments but also quite a bit of cheese and flat moments to make it just another 60s horror film. Interesting but far from special.

I wasn't too impressed by "Return of the Fly", but it still fascinated me! When I learnt that there was a third one, I was quite intrigued to see it. I just watched it for the first time on DVD, and I was quite impressed on how smart the story was, and even though there is no Human-Fly monster in it (which, to be honest, is a smart approach), I thought it was more clever to base the movie around the Delambre legacy, rather than focus on the whole "man gets gene-spliced with a fly" blah blah blah! To be honest, I was expecting something REALLY dreadfully cheesy, but surprisingly, I loved it! The visuals (especially, the opening credit sequence, very well thought up!), and the originality of it is superbly done! It's got the classic horror movie style down perfectly! True its not as frightening as say... Alien, but, for its time (1960s), the mutant make up and story are very well sorted! TOTALLY UNDERRATED!

CURSE OF THE FLY (1965) ** (D: Don Sharp) Nice idea; bad execution. The Delambra family contracts a disease and this results in some sporadic mutations now and then. Other than that, a way too dull and talky movie.