David Cronenberg's The Fly (1986) stars Jeff Goldblum as Seth Brundle, a brilliant scientist who creates a teleportation process using telepods. Geena Davis, who was Goldblum's real-life partner during the filming, plays the ambitious journalist Veronica who falls in love with Brundle. Coming in at approximately an hour and 36 minutes, Cronenberg's remake of the 1958 movie (which was based on a 1957 short story) packs a lot in, getting right to the mad scientist's lab then plenty of body horror, experiments with flesh, and a bizarre transformation. Brundle, who teleports himself during a drunken pity party, did so with a fly on board. Since the computer doesn't know what to do with these two separate entities, it fuses them, resulting in Brundlefly, and utter tragedy. Daisy Koenig, a graduate of Winthrop University's design program, talks about what makes Cronenberg's The Fly so memorable and why unhappy endings are the best kind. - Daisy Koenig, a graduate of Winthrop University's design program, is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer based in Charleston, SC. She just finished painting her first mural for the software engineering company Modus21 and continues to illustrate for a variety of clients. https://daisykoenig.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/daisykoe/ https://www.instagram.com/daisykoenigart/ - The Fly (1986) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091064/ https://people.com/movies/geena-davis-says-short-marriage-jeff-goldblum-was-magical-exclusive/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000343/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0486228/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Langelaan - Other movies and shows discussed, alphabetical list Alien (1979) Beetlejuice (1988) The Brood (1979) Call Me by Your Name (2017) Cosmopolis (2012) Dead Ringers (1988) eXistenZ (1999) The Fly (1958) Frankenstein (2025) The Fury (1978) Hereditary (2018) Hostel (2005) The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) Saw (2004) Scanners (1981) Spider (2002) Videodrome (1983) Wicked (2024)