Superior Remake Summer & season five rolls on with a little teleportation mishap that leads to some unsettling bodily horror. Tune in as Chris talks Mel Brooks, tongue flutters, & the Bechdel Test – plus, John Seavey of HPH joins us in the sidecar as the LSCE screens the 1986 Sci-fi horror classic “The Fly.” Join us!

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Works Cited:

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James, Caryn. “Film Reviews: The Fly.” New York Times. Aug 15, 1986. Article Link. Accessed 4/18/2023

Metz, N. “Breaking down science behind 1986's 'the fly'.” Chicago Tribune. Oct 23, 2017. Article Link. Accessed 3/12/23.

Parish, James Robert. It’s good to be the King: The Seriously Funny Life of Mel Brooks. 2007. Wiley & Sons. Hoboken, NJ.

Riede, Austin. “The House of Pain and the Insect Politician: Surveillance and the Body in The Fly and The Island of Dr. Moreau.” Northern lights (Copenhagen) 17, no. 1 (2019): 71–84.

Seibold, Whitney. “David Cronenberg Sees Deeper Meaning Behind His Body Horror.” Slashfilm.com July 29, 2022. Article Link. Accessed 4/14/23

Thurman, Trace. ‘The Fly’ Was Released 30 Years Ago Today. Bloody-Disgusting. 8/15/2016. Article Link. Accessed 3/11/2023.

Trigg, Dylan. “The Return of the New Flesh: Body Memory in David Cronenberg’s The Fly.” Film-philosophy 15, no. 1 (2011): 82–99.