The Fly * FIRST TIME WATCHING * reaction & commentary *

[@TheHorrorShowChannel]

Your love of Geena Davis makes me really wish you’d watch “The Long Kiss Goodnight” with her and Sam Jackson!

[@ralphbiggs4549]

agree, a total bad ass in that movie.

[@1nelsondj]

Very good movie ("Chefs do that!") and I also liked "Cutthroat Island" though I may be the only one. Hey I like pirate movies, sue me.

[@LOTRFAN33]

@@1nelsondj I liked Cutthroat Island too. I own it. Haven't seen it in a while though.

[@misterprickly]

That movie was shot 40 minutes from my home. All the small town shots were done in the town my High school was located in.

[@mariaannalikouris4673]

Loved that movie!! I need to rewatch it!

[@garethpendlebury7996]

Yeetus the fetus had me howling! What a sense of humour!! 🤣🤣

[@helixspiral]

I lost it!

[@alanscott4846]

I know I don't watch reaction channels but her commentary is really funny.

[@jackjones5314]

This movie has better FX, better acting, Geena Davis, all kinds of better things things; but I like the 1958 original too. The result of the transfer was different, Vincent Price, and the "Help me, Help mee!" at the end still hook me. I can't compare them, I like them both.

[@stevelettieri]

That “help me” scene has stayed with me for decades!!

[@yrenekurtz5268]

I honestly find the original dull and boring. And it isn't because the movie is old, I hold in very high esteem the original versions of The Thing and Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but the original The Fly does nothing for me.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

I like the way Cronenberg worked the line "help me...please, help me" from the original into his version.

[@GigiC4]

Yes I saw the original movie in the local cinema as a child in the 60's and the ending absolutely terrified me.

[@geekdetritus5503]

I saw the original when I was 4, and the ending terrified me. My entire childhood was seeing this and its sequel at the video store, and averting my eyes, as the idea of what a "modern" version of that movie would be scared the hell out of me. I guess you could say this was the number one movie from when I was a kid, that just the idea of seeing it almost gave me nightmares

[@Masky5150]

One thing you can appreciate about 80s horror movies, whether you enjoy them or not, is the use and mastering of practical effects. Before the overuse of CGI, it took tremendous skill and ingenuity to create such memorable movie monsters that we still talk about today.

[@happyapple4269]

Good old fashion schlock horror.

[@palleandersen6808]

And yet, the most horrifying thing about the video is the gal commenting everything down in the corner. :P

[@sumelar]

Go try to make movie calibre cgi yourself and come back and tell us it doesn't take tremendous fucking skill.

[@monkee5th]

The Vincent Price original from the 1950’s is a must watch so “help me”

[@FallenRingbearer]

All Vincent Price movies are must watches lol.

[@GedUK]

Yeah, it's even freakier than this one I think.

[@musicaleuphoria8699]

Hehehe. I get it.

[@TarhosTheKnight]

Oh yea I loved that one too!

[@TarhosTheKnight]

@@GedUK Honestly, that didn't become a horror movie until it reached halfway.

[@dashoot99]

For another movie with Geena Davis and Jeff Goldblum, check out “Earth Girls are Easy” (1988). It also stars Jim Carrey and Damon Wayans.

[@bryanlangerud7953]

Another Geena Davis and Jeff Goldblum movie you should watch is Transylvania 6-5000

[@ElliotNesterman]

_Earth Girls Are Easy_ is a perfect Summer Silliness movie. Put it on the list.

[@footofjuniper8212]

And Julie Brown!

[@miraclefred]

Cuz I’m a blonde yeah yeeeaah yeah!

[@jrobwoo688]

@@footofjuniper8212 Would that be ‘Downtown’ Julie Brown?

[@jeanpaulmedellin]

No one could’ve played the main character as great as Goldblum did, he was born to play this role, not only for his acting chops, but his looks and mannerisms add something unique to it.

[@mmattson8947]

Like Ashleigh, it was a bit of a surprise to find out that Goldblum is an accomplished jazz pianist. (Or to watch Deep Space Nine, and then find out that Avery Brooks is a professor of jazz music.)

[@writhms]

"Teleportation sequence... fat free body..." "He's not teleporting you, Beans. You ARE fat." Quote of the week. lmao 🤣

[@davidabercrombie5427]

i know! poor Beans geting her weight broadcast online. we love you Beans

[@cyclone8974]

Well it's not like it's up to the owner to control what their pet eats or anything

[@GuessWhoAsks]

I love how she has progressed from being annoyed at a long run time prior to watching, to now seeming saddened when the movie to be watched is 1 1/2 hours.

[@laustcawz2089]

Maybe she's ready for some really long movies: "Short Cuts", "The Longest Day", "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"... Of course, that could mean expanding the length of the reaction videos. Don't know if that's a workable option for her.

[@awkwardashleigh]

my own personal charter development.

[@BenedictWolfe]

"I'm an insect who dreamt he was a man, and loved it. But now the dream is over, and the insect is awake." I've been weeping for half an hour because of that scene.

[@Brothaman2k]

The fact that "Yeetus The Fetus" wasn't the secret phrase is a crime. #ComedyGold

[@shannonbryan2191]

🤣

[@elizabitty213]

Lmao 🤣

[@amandaholbrook7752]

I agree!! Omg! I wanted that to be the secret phrase so bad!

[@porkryne72]

@@amandaholbrook7752 I cant find it

[@rmhartman]

You need to start doing an occasional "throwback Thursday" where you watch the originals of some of these remakes you've been watching.

[@mwflanagan1]

Yes, the original The Fly is superb, and it does have a Volume II. Not so much gore as psychological.

[@dacsus]

@@mwflanagan1 You mean that one with Vincent Price? But it hasn't aged well - the ending is laughable, and the actors are wooden, and they overact. Besides, it's almost a verbatim copy of a short story that appeared in one of Hitchcock's collections, a short story that was great for the time, but nowadays it's naive. This version by Cronenberg is much better, it's the rare case when an upgrade is better than the original version. And this film was ahead of its time.

[@SierraSierraFoxtrot]

*Fantastic idea!*

[@laustcawz2089]

@@dacsus The short story for "The Fly" was originally published in Playboy. Yes, Vincent Price is in the film, but you make it sound like he's the mutated scientist, which is not the case. He plays Francois, the brother of scientist Andre, who becomes part fly. I'm wondering if you've even seen the original all the way through. Price & Herbert Marshall did find it difficult to stop giggling when they shot that climactic scene, but it doesn't show in the finished product. I personally think the ending in the remake is far more laughable (he becomes part telepod---really????!!! Lololol) &, in the final reveal, his eyes look neither human nor fly-ish-- they just look like what they are--FX! One of the highlights of the original is the multi-eye POV effect, which remains iconic. A lot of thought & experimentation went into getting that mask appliance to look exactly right (which pays off wonderfully) & that really IS Al Hedison in the fly mask, not a double or stuntman. The original also focuses much more on the story/characters than the gore & silly humor. Could Patricia Owens' acting have been better? Maybe, but this still does not detract from how compelling the film is.

[@dacsus]

@@laustcawz2089 Where exactly do I claim that Vincent Price is the scientist who turned into a fly? In that case, he could hardly have watched in shock the one who actually transformed in the final scene, screaming in terror. And I also read a short story that was published in one of Hitchcock's short story collections in our country (Czechoslovakia in that time) - when I was about 12-13 years old, long before I saw the film adaptation (by Cronenberg, I saw the version with Price much later, and only because some nostalgists were praising it on the net - and I was terribly disappointed). The version with Price is almost a verbatim copy of the short story, but this is one of those special cases when the edited and modernized film version is better than the original one. Cronenberg did everything better - from the acting, to the script, to the amazing practical effects.

[@lynnamc524]

Fun fact: Geena Davis and Jeff Goldblum got married about a year after this movie came out.

[@jsharp3165]

Then she moved up to marrying directors and plastic surgeons not long after. Practical girl.

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

I thought the girl at the bar was hotter.

[@KennethSorling]

Fun facts about Geena Davis: She's a certified genius, an olympic-level archery amateur (aced the trials but never made anything of it), and speaks flawless Swedish (from stuying at the university of Umeå).

[@bradleywalker8468]

And she used to be Mrs. Jeff Goldblum.

[@guarddog318]

You forgot to mention that she's also quite tall, at 6 foot even.

[@RareHarmony]

Thank you for these new facts. I am inputting the data in my algorithm now.

[@lassesaikkonen501]

@@bradleywalker8468 She also used to be Mrs. Renny Harlin.

[@Chuck_EL]

@@guarddog318 yup and jeff is 6'3"and he went to the same high school as my daughter did in pittsburgh :D

[@toob1979]

This is amongst the best of David Cronenberg's body horror pictures. Brundle's slow mutation into the fly creature was something I had to watch. Gross as hell, but riveting. The grossest part, to me, was the first baboon teleport. Bonus for the jump scare. The best part, however, was after Brundle messed himself up even more with the telepod fusion. Though he didn't have a mouth to speak with anymore, he showed he was still human enough at his core by placing the shotgun on his head. It brought the audience back to caring for Brundle. At that point, he was probably in tremendous pain. There was no way for him to be anything close to human anymore. Death was a kindness to him. I'm a little surprised Ashleigh didn't comment on how Jeff Goldblum tends to be shirtless in movies. He let his six-pack out to play in _Jurassic Park_ too. Now I feel like having a... Cheese. Burger. No I don't. It's too late at night.

[@gunnarolbrand2242]

Ashleigh, that joke with the flystrips had me dying with laughter! Oh and, Cheeseburger!

[@STOCKHOLM07]

Same. That, and her face when a cat made a noise in the other room.

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

If there's another Fly remake, I want to see the Fly-man defeated by gignantic flystrips.

[@njt2347]

Regarding Jeff Goldblum's piano playing - he's actually a pretty good jazz pianist.

[@CrazyYasha]

Watch the movie (Earth Girls Are Easy) he plays great piano in that too. Love that movie.

[@EdwardPearse]

Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra. Apparently he's been playing in a jazz band since they filmed Buckaroo Banzai.

[@treyjohnson4035]

He played piano in eath girls

[@TheLisa-Al-Gaib]

He’s an amazing piano player!

[@rebeccassweetmusic4632]

Yes, he does! He once did a collab with one of the former singers from Post Modern Jukebox

[@UnlicensedOkie]

“I can handle blood guts and gore” Ah but The Fly is something different

[@DravenGal]

Isn’t it though? 🤢

[@UltimateGamerCC]

yeah, this makes even my skin crawl, ugh!

[@alexisnaranjo]

she was thinking body gore , but now she understands body HORROR.

[@Chuck_EL]

@@alexisnaranjo i saw this as a 6 year old...and the baby larve scene gets me everytime...and jeff and geena were a couple during this time too..their chemistry was awesome...his death actually made me cry...second time thats happened first was anakin skywalker's death in return of the jedi when i was 4

[@likecrazyhorse]

"If you can handle The Thing, you can handle The Fly." I tell my Tinder dates the same thing.

[@awkwardashleigh]

STOP. 😂😂😂

[@likecrazyhorse]

@@awkwardashleigh 🧐

[@VIDEOgameDROME]

They should be able to handle the blob then too 😅

[@walterrutherford8321]

She handles the fly first to handle the thing.

[@bradleywalker8468]

"It's one of kind!" Wait, no one told you it's a remake? Cheese burger in paradise.

[@amalgam777]

Heaven on earth with an onion slice

[@gutz1981]

Ashleigh, you may like to know this fact. Mel Brooks was a producer of this film. His company produced this and he took his name off so people would not think it was comedy like Young Frankenstein as this was a remake from a 50s horror movie.

[@markwillis675]

"TUCKER AND DALE VS EVIL."

[@rmhartman]

that's a Wednesday flick

[@MattKayser]

Seconded

[@UtopiaTX]

I made this request too. Yes please!!!

[@Lapinporokoira]

Yes yes yes

[@robertlee6373]

Agreed!

[@DouglasJohnson.]

This was directed by the great David Cronenberg. Someone who specializes in body horror. He made a big splash early in his career with the iconic "Scanners. He also did a brilliant adaptation of Stephen King's "The Dead Zone" and one of my personal favorites, "ExistenZ." His work is, as you put it, "one of a kind." Definitely worth checking out.

[@mmattson8947]

I saw "Dead Ringers" at a late showing (which was a mistake). Great acting and directing, but unsettling and not a pleasant experience.

[@conureron3792]

Oh yes. Gotta add The Dead Zone to the list of movie reviews.

[@ThreadBomb]

I got the feeling Ashleigh was being kind in her judgement of The Fly. I think she'd enjoy Existenz much more

[@SRG1966]

And he has a cameo in this film - he's the doctor in the nightmare sequence.

[@mostresticator3000]

his kid just put out a movie called Possessor, super good

[@jimtatro6550]

Jeff Goldblum deserved a Oscar for this movie in my opinion. I worked in a theater when this came out and I loved watching the reactions from the audience during certain moments, like the post vomit hug.😂👍

[@maccladoz]

The Fly also reminds me of "Re-Animator" which came out roughly the same time, another tale about a mad scientist.

[@spicy321]

She should definitely watch that, and also From Beyond.

[@Sting6312]

Ashley, if you like this remake to "The Fly", you might want to see the remake of "The Blob" from 1988.

[@predicadormalvado6408]

Agree.

[@richardb6260]

Great movie.

[@nordicbrick2460]

The Blob remake is okay, but the original is just a tiny bit better imo, The Fly remake however is miles ahead of the original

[@ernestsauter8093]

The screenplay of The Blob was written by Frank Darabont who also wrote The Shawshank Redemption.

[@jwrockets]

"I think you pissed it off."

[@s.c.sanchez1610]

This movie explained to me how flies eat and ever since I get sad whenever a fly lands on my food.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

lol except you dont give them enough time to barf, and they dont bug me when i'm eating anymore, since i pulled a beetlejuice and chomped one of them fuckers when they wouldnt get off my sandwich.

[@lawr5764]

What worries me, is they might have just stood on that steaming pile in the backyard. 💩😜

[@marennicholson5444]

To truly appreciate Geena Davis you’re gunna have to watch either Thelma and Louise (almost got her the Oscar) or The Accidental Tourist (got her the Oscar)

[@harrymarshall]

,, ya damn tootin' 😏

[@leiatyndall8648]

T& L is free on KZbin right now.

[@macmcleod1188]

Plus the long kiss goodnight and Earth Girls Are Easy.

[@pennyj777]

Ashleigh you NEED to watch Thelma and Louise for SURE! 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@amandaasbury3688]

@@pennyj777 yes! I'd love to see her reaction to that one!

[@davidmeir9348]

Just so you know, the team who made the fly animatronic and the fly make up on Goldblum got a well deserved Oscar for best make up. It holds up 40 years later, it's just outstanding work.

[@PuppetDungeon]

Oh, you gotta watch The Fly 2. It's a damn good follow up. Great reaction Ashleigh.

[@iKvetch558]

Ah yes...the Fly with Jeff Goldblum...the movie that brought a whole new dimension to the good old fashioned "spit take!" 😋💯😁

[@chubtoons]

Don’t know if anyone has already mentioned it, but this movie was produced by Mel Brooks. Another reason to love it!

[@elizabitty213]

Wow that’s random and super cool!

[@GeekMasterGames]

Awkwardly, during the premiere screening, because the studio didn't know what kind of movie it was, they just saw Mel Brooks' name on it, they passed out silly cartoon antennae headbands to the attendees. AWKWARD

[@elizabitty213]

@@GeekMasterGames oh my gosh! This is sooooo information that I didn’t know I needed lol but I am so happy I know now!

[@pete_lind]

@@elizabitty213 Its a SLM Production Group / Brooksfilms production , Mel did not want his name showing , when people would have been thinking its a comedy . SLM Production Group was behind 1980s movies , Aliens , Commando , Poltergeist , Romancing the stone , a.s.o Brookfilms did produce also David Lynch , The Elephant man , his wife has main role in that movie .

[@elizabitty213]

@@pete_lind wow 🤩 learn something new everyday that’s cool

[@michaelevans6669]

This movie is a remake of the 50's classic "The Fly" based on a novel.

[@joebalusikiii5811]

One of the few remakes that surpasses the original.

[@mercedogre]

starring Vincent Price, the master

[@kelliadams8695]

“help meeee! Help meeee”. Lol hilarious “scary” movie

[@mortimerbrewster3671]

@@joebalusikiii5811 Subjective. I prefer the first movie. It didn't rely on gore to be a horror movie.

[@joebalusikiii5811]

@@mortimerbrewster3671 you're not really a Brewster.... you're the son of a sea cook! I don't dislike the original at all. *I* like where Cronenberg took it as far as the possibilities.

[@devodavis6747]

"This is *DEFINITELY* a one-of-a-kind movie" It's a remake.

[@CousinCreepy]

Help meeeee!

[@pathatfield2543]

“Palm-ela Hand-Erson”!!!You are an absolute,genuine comedian!!!”Yeat-us the Fetus”:Another great one!

[@ZenSponge]

“Eww there is a hair coming out of his face.” - Her “Aw man.” - Me With Muh Beard

[@michaelbuick6995]

There is a Fly 2, and it somehow manages to be even gorier than this one. Also fun fact the doctor holding the "larva baby" is a cameo by the film's director David Cronenberg.

[@co7346]

No! Not The Fly 2, the dog sequence made me cry 😭

[@nooffencealan9135]

There is also the original film made in 1958.

[@MacTechG4]

@@co7346 I doubt Ashleigh would like the dog sequence, it just hurts my heart…

[@Daveyboy100880]

"I can't do bones where they're not supposed to beeee! " I shouldn't giggle, but I did 😁 You were on fire with your predictions this time, Ashleigh! Jolly good show!

[@AFMountaineer2000]

When this came out on VHS back in the 80s, my older brothers rented it. And my 5/6 year old self walked in on it at the very end when his face fell off....I didn't handle it very well.

[@Highice007]

"I'll hurt you if you stay." Best Gina Davis film is The Long Kiss Goodnight.

[@gutz1981]

So apparently this film was supposed to be a type of metaphor of the 80s AIDS pandemic which at the time no one really knew what it was all about. Where as the 50s movie was just a straight up "Half Man, Half Fly" horror, this was about the villain being "Internal" and eating away at you. Though the director later said he was more influenced by Cancer and not AIDS. Sad movie.

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

It really wasn’t. Cronenberg said it wasn’t about AIDS at all

[@williamjones6031]

1. You, "I've been on the receiving end of that one". That's what she said.🙄 2. Jeff Goldblum also stared in "Independence Day" HINT HINT

[@conureron3792]

Now watch the Simpson’s version in their tree house of horror. Homer gets the pods in a yard sale and uses them to get beers from the fridge without leaving the couch. Ha! And Bart reprises several iconic scenes from the original The Fly.

[@rmhartman]

the original, or the remake?

[@conureron3792]

@@rmhartman - simpsons did a spoof on both in the same episode.

[@praxton]

"Blood, guts, and innards..." Oh, if only it was that. This, oh boy, this is something else.

[@hoagsmash4188]

This is one of the BEST flicks ever. Not just horror. The acting, the screenplay, obviously the effects, it's basically a perfect film. Also, "Palmela Handerson" and "yeetus the fetus" had me DYING 😂😂

[@scottc4199]

I always love re-watching The Fly, it shocks me how gory it is everytime and just how scary the smaller effects are like his subtle skin texture and the hair

[@tylerhughes5420]

I love how they imply he wouldn't still revolutionize the world with inanimate teleportation... he'd still win the Nobel prize and change the world.

[@jgreen2015]

Yeh man. I mean..my mind was blown when i found out amazon does SAME DAY delivery in the US Theyd be straight on that shit

[@douglascampbell9809]

Right. Yup, shipping items completely changed forever.

[@joerogers9413]

"How'd he get his hands on a monkey?" Yeah, this guy is pretty sketchy.

[@TheMKCrab]

fun fact, they didn't have to train the baboon to be so friendly and trusting with Jeff Goldblum; it just immediately took to him and liked him.

[@LibraKing3121]

Baboons don't grow on trees. That thing probably cost a small fortune.

[@toob1979]

@@LibraKing3121 *Baboons don't grow on trees* No, but you can find them there.

[@waynefeller8824]

He probably bought it from Jim Jones.

[@joerogers9413]

@@waynefeller8824 😆

[@ShortyLongstrokin]

The original version of "The Fly" with Vincent Price is a great movie as well, and also has a great ending (although different from this one).

[@findlestick]

This movie is a metaphor for watching a loved-one gradually die of a terminal illness. Seeing them fall apart before your eyes and there’s nothing you, or they can do, except await the inevitable. 😔

[@wolphintv]

Yeah, it’s why it’s one of the most *brutal* horror movies of the time.

[@yrenekurtz5268]

I must say, I love how the movie doesn't have villains. Brundle is a tragic figure and in a sense a victim of his own good intentions, and Stathis while a massive jerk ultimately does care for Veronica (in a very dickish way).

[@DeltaAssaultGaming]

That Stathis guy would’ve been MeToo’d so bad.

[@toxicsugarart2103]

@@DeltaAssaultGaming and it would be well deserved. guy straight up broke into her apartment.

[@billythealiensmiller]

The fact that he saved the day was a great twist.

[@redrick8900]

Both the guys in this are villains. Brundle tries to steal her DNA and murder her to fix himself.

[@yrenekurtz5268]

@@redrick8900 By that time Brundle was way past the point his sanity broke, remember how he was ranting about insect politics and how he was a fly that dreamed to be a man.

[@CalciumChief]

9:56 Yeah, that's the main difference between this and the 1958 one. Here it's about the body horror and the slow transformation, and the original was more about building up to the reveal. 21:39 Yeah, there is, but like many sequels of the time, it's kinda on the stragiht-to-video level.

[@daveolson6001]

9:13 Weird Al Yankovic had a “love” song called “One More Minute” in which he lamented that “I’m stranded all alone in the gas station of love, and I have to use the self-service pump.”

[@jwrockets]

Love that song.

[@Logan_Baron]

Should be noted that that was one of Weird Al's original, not parody songs. He's such a great writer beyond just parodying someone else.

[@Mr.Sequiro]

Geena Davis is one of the most beautiful people ever. I will say it again you NEED to watch Thelma and Louise. Child's Play yay! A personal favorite of mine. I hope The Omen makes it this year.

[@FunkSoulBrotherUK]

Ashleigh should love Thelma & Louise!

[@laustcawz2089]

If she's going to watch "Thelma & Louse", she should also watch "Hero", with Geena Davis, Dustin Hoffman & Andy Garcia. Anyone who asks "Why?" should watch both & keep in mind that "Hero" came afterwards & Davis did the films one after the other. Perhaps she took the "Hero" role for feeling a little guilty about the inherent misandry in "Thelma & Louise".

[@Ivy94F]

Long Kiss Goodnight is my favorite GDavis movie.

[@jrrollins84]

Fun Facts: Mel Brooks produced this movie The story was originally published in Playboy magazine The 1950's version had Vincent Price

[@kirstylouise7278]

I don’t usually mind a bit of gore but this movie is on another level! Seen it so many times and it still turns my stomach, which shows how incredible the practical effects.

[@BigEvilNetwork]

This is part of what I like to call the THE Trilogy Of Remakes; this, The Thing, & The Blob. All originals were more in the vein of scifi but the 80s remakes were straight up horror which I loved!

[@elizabitty213]

The images in this film can forever haunt your nightmares but it is a right of passage IMO lol make sure you don’t eating anything like a Cheeseburger 😎

[@SamuelBlack84]

The only scenes in films that haunt me these days are sex scenes because they make me unspeakably jealous

[@elizabitty213]

@@SamuelBlack84 lmao 🤣

[@SamuelBlack84]

@@elizabitty213 I don't find it funny and I don't appreciate that you do

[@juliaroth4855]

I get chills when I look at Goldblum at the beginning and at the end. Each in completely opposite ways

[@davideddy8557]

At the end of spooky season you absolutely must watch Tucker & Dale vs Evil. It's by far the funniest 'horror' movie I've ever seen.

[@FlippinGurtrude]

Now that you've watched The Thing and The Fly, there's one last remake masterpiece you need to see... The Blob. These films are seen as movies where special effects were at their very best and the horror is untouchable with today's CGI fests.

[@Waldorf-2020]

Hmm.. All three are remakes. All three are great. Does this mean we're too harsh on remakes? 🤔 Nahhh.. 😁

The only Blob I liked was the 1958 Steve McQueen's version.

[@EdSigma]

The 1988 Blob is a tonne of fun, with some of the best monster effects of the era, and would make for a great reaction video on here. It's a film that we really need to talk about more.

[@debbiek4951]

Cheese burger! I couldn't stop laughing when you said she should put up those fly strips. Hilarious!

[@fretlessproductionscalifor4854]

Practical effects will always be more impressive to me. Cheese burger!

[@DavidHayes56]

For a remake of a classic, it is amazing how a slightly different turn in what happens during the transport makes this such a different movie.

[@croc3801]

Just so you know. The Fly 1986 is a remake of The Fly 1956, which has 2 sequels. The Fly II came out in 1989. I saw them both when I was 14. I preferred the second one back then but these days I have a better appreciation for the first one.

[@StuartSmithHandForgedKNives]

Please add Willow, Dodgeball and Starship Troopers to your watch list

[@kirbywilliamson2942]

Willow, definitely Willow .

[@TCM215]

Oh you got to do dodgeball

[@lynnkain]

Love Willow. Starship Trooper meh …except for Dina Meyer…wow. Likes the book better.

[@harrymarshall]

,, please someone request Kingpin,, it's got Bill Murray in it 😏

[@cherokeedreams2519]

What can we do to take out this fly thing? Everybody: Guns!! Ashleigh: Fly strips! (Cheese burger!)

[@gutz1981]

These two Gena and Jeff were a couple in the 80s. Wonder what it would have been like seeing them out in the street or at a club as they are both very tall. She's 6' and he's 6.4'.

[@dadoctah]

Two lines here come straight from the Vincent Price original: Brundel pleading "help me!", and "be afraid, be very afraid". In the novella (I don't think they used it in the movie) the scientist tries to fix his situation by re-teleporting with some software changes, and manages to get some of his cat's DNA mixed in as well (I don't think the cat was in the machine with him; he had run an earlier experiment like the one with the inside-out monkey and the cat just disappeared, theoretically getting "stored" somewhere until the second accident).

[@filmnut79]

Ashleigh, you will also be happy to know that Mel Brooks was one of the executive producers of the film, uncredited. It’s under his company Brooksfilms. He produced some serious films without credit, as people will automatically assume it’s a comedy.

[@rikdekard71]

I have watched this many, many times. Chris Walas who did the special effects won an Oscar. I think that Jeff Goldblum should have been nominated too.

[@rmhartman]

Genre films didn't get the recognition they sometimes deserved back then.

[@DarthMohammedRules]

This is one of the greatest sci-fi horror movies of all time, right up there with Alien and The Thing (John Carpenter).

[@zanelee6629]

Love your reactions and comments, as usual. And Beans is safe from ever having to worry about being teleported "Cheeseburger." Reminds me of the old-school SNL skit about Cheeseburger Cheeseburger Cheeseburger :P

[@morningcoffeebreak7367]

Thanks for the review! I finally found out what happened in the end! OK... like you, I grew up on a farm. I can catch, clean and cook my own fish, but couldn't deal with the fly juices. LOL

[@jamesjoseph1249]

Your reaction to this reminds me of a comedy classic I think you should watch: 'City Slickers' You'll recognize a lot of the cast.

[@tmpreardon4200]

Geena Davis is incredible. Olympian, Mensa member, Oscar winner...tall person.

[@HistoritorJimaldus]

Pirate :)

[@NevTheDeranged]

Olympian? Like... goddess, or athlete?

[@jwrockets]

@@NevTheDeranged Athlete. She's an archer.

[@NevTheDeranged]

@@jwrockets that's so cool, I had no idea!

[@tmpreardon4200]

@@NevTheDeranged She competed in the Olympics...for archery, I think.

[@TruckerMike_FL]

I enjoyed this version of "The Fly" when it came out, but I still prefer the original 1958 B&W version

[@ShawnRavenfire]

The 1958 version was in technicolor. The sequel, which had a lower budget, was in black and white.

[@denisedinwiddie9543]

Loved it

[@melissabrecosky6520]

*tiny little voice* "help me"

[@timsgilable]

The end of the original was haunting.

[@lawr5764]

Yeah, me too. It's more "tragic love story", than a horror movie.

[@Fish-bw9yh]

Would love to see a reaction to the 1958 version. Whole different level of effects and stuff

[@petemcfeet28]

I heard that one time David Letterman was asked, "You have interviewed a lot of beautiful women as host of Late Night, is there anyone that you can think of that blew you away with their beauty?" and without a moments hesitation he said "Geena Davis" and then something to the effect of everyone knows how beautiful she is on screen, but to be in her presence is indescribable. I believe Dave. My God, have you seen her in Thelma and Louise? She is a goddess in that movie! Anyway, great reaction once again. I'm enjoying HalloBeans. (Spelling?) Cheers!

[@JCResDoc94]

17:10 under the famous Tennessee _"if it's a fly-baby tho"_ law. -JC

[@AndreNitroX]

Funny enough Goldblum and Davis did a alien movie together called “Earth girls are easy”

[@toxicginger9936]

Which is delightful... And free to watch on KZbin. 😁

[@AndreNitroX]

@@toxicginger9936 Yes, i just did it yesterday. surprisingly jim carey and damon wayans are also in it?

[@laustcawz2089]

Co-starring Julie Brown, who co-wrote it & it was based on a song originally from her 1984 EP, "Goddess In Progress"-- kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4WVZXR9fJd_isU

[@AndreNitroX]

@@laustcawz2089 i didnt know that

[@TimDownsAnimation]

You called it! There is a The Fly 2, and you might be surprised at how not-awful it is? It’s not as good as the original, but it’s kind of an oddly decent little follow-up

[@kickingnscreaming9120]

I thought I was the only person out there who enjoyed Fly 2

[@TimDownsAnimation]

@@kickingnscreaming9120 Nah, man. It's like one tier below a cult classic lol. Anyone who dislikes it probably just needs to try rewatching it now after so long since it's not quite fair to compare it to the Cronenberg classic. GoodBadFlicks did a really good video on it as well, which was really validating to watch.

[@ortizmo]

The sequel was better than I was expecting, seriously. 👍

[@ThreadBomb]

Remember, this movie is a tragedy for Jeff Goldblum's character, but it's also a tragedy for the fly!

[@frankj10000]

Imagine the fly coming out of the teleporter and gradually turning into a human.

LMAO.

[@watchoutjackie3063]

Cheese burger!! Love those! And omg I forgot how young Jeff was in this movie. So fun!

[@erictaylor5462]

17:30 That dream, where a pregnant woman dreams she is giving birth to something monstrous is actually very common. My sister and 2 of my friends both had the dream before their babies were born.

[@lapelcelery42]

Everyone on some level has the fear that their baby will irrevocably destroy their life. Of course, in a sense that's true - they necessarily destroy your old life and give you something different.

[@andrewstopper2593]

"Cheese Burger!" Fun fact: This isn't Geena Davis, or Jeff Goldblum's first film together, that was actually the hilariously good bad film "Earth Girls Are Easy," That also stars in an early role Jim Carrey, and Damon Wayans! I think you'll enjoy that film, and Liar Liar, and The Last Boy Scout! Keep up the great reacts! They're the best.

[@vincentjoyce5100]

Julie Brown’s Cause I’m A Blonde!

[@kaylam.6264]

I think technically their first film together was Transylvania 6-5000, then it was this movie, and then it was Earth Girls are Easy

[@terrelgeer7298]

"Watching somebody else get sick, that'll make me get sick." Ashleigh, darling, you have no idea what's coming...

[@Redfern42]

And yet, she kept her lunch with aplomb, more "fascinated" by the hybrid biology than anything else. It was the exposed compound fracture from the arm wrestling match that almost "got" her. Ashleigh fooled us all!

[@StandUpComedyFan28m]

She should watch Goon then. Lol when Glatt's fighting The Boss at the end.

[@Greenwood4727]

i was so excited to hear you watching childsplay.. then you mentioned THE MOVIE, Rocky horror and my enjoyment/happiness went to another level.. it has to be one of my fav films of ALL time

[@samieltheinfamous]

What I like about this one is that the pacing really lends itself to the feeling of unease and growing dread, until the final act which displays a very dark, unrelenting atmosphere of despair. As I see it, Veronica and Stathis may be breathing when the credits roll, but there are no survivors in that room (well, except for the fetus, but that's another movie).

[@billythealiensmiller]

A highlight is when she hugs Seth Brundle as he pleads, "Help Me ! Help Me !" . That reprise of the desperate line from the original was a MUST and did not disappoint !

[@herbyragan7801]

The concept for the film actually goes back to 1958 when the original “The Fly” came out (good film), so it’s a two of a kind movie.

[@sconni666]

Cheeseburger. Saw this in the theater with my friends. We snuck a case of beer in through the side entrance. The 80's we're good times.

[@jrobwoo688]

I have only seen the 1958 Fly, starring Vincent Price. I am so ready for this!

[@mizzfit02]

'Cheese burger!' You need to put “The Long Kiss Goodnight” (for Christmas) & “CutThroat Island” (any time of the year) on your list.

[@rickewilde]

When i first saw this movie, during the final scene i actually become nauseous because of the intensity of the transformation. All these years later i still remember it as extremely disturbing.

[@drakocarrion]

There is definitely a Fly 2, & it's criminally under rated.

[@Eidlones]

You're shockingly right.

[@ModeMan101]

But the huge missed opportunity was to make a Fly 3: Fly vs Fly.

[@yrenekurtz5268]

Absolutely. It is a much more straightforward horror movie and isn't anywhere as deep and mature as the first movie, but it's still a very enjoyable sequel with some stellar creature effects.

[@bratsmovies17]

"I'm getting better" - The fly 2 movie

[@mcapps1]

You should watch the original with Vincent Price. Classic. "Help me" lol

[@shannonbryan2191]

Cheese Burger! You, as always, are just a delight. Thank you for the hard laugh with your yeetus the fetus 🤣

[@dickychip]

The movie was produced by Mel Brooks who didn’t want the public to know of his involvement as he thought it could turn the audience off a horror movie, but he did come up with the line ‘Be afraid be very afraid’, Vincent Price did actually watch the movie and loved it up to one point at the end where he thought the movie went too far. the 1889 sequel is well worth checking out too.

[@jakk222rem]

I missed this reaction 2 years ago. Just started. I'm glad you're prepared for the inards. Can't wait to see how you deal with the outards.