To be honest I've always thought the original Fly movie a decent effort but no great shakes - it keeps horror mainly off-screen for a tragic romance, and while it's stylish-looking and engaging Vincent Price gets very little to do. Here, at least, he has a slightly more central role. It may be a hasty knock-off but the sequel is a more traditional horror movie and fun to boot.
Of course the Fly here - played by Brett Halsey as the son of the original transmigration inventor Andre Delambre - looks utterly silly, with a massive over-proportioned head that is unintentionally funny. What is often missed is the frequently mentioned problem of giganticism in the movie, which makes it perfectly logical I suppose. Several times characters say they've cracked the problem; the evidence here suggests not!
The action has moved on about 15 years, and opens with the funeral of Helene Delambre. The movie incidentally is crisply photographed in black and white, and in no time at all we are back at Delambre Freres, scene of the original experiments. Even Michael Mark, the actor who carried his drowned daughter into the village way back in the original Frankenstein, pops up as the watchman, and Phillipe Delambre quickly expresses his determination to carry on in his father's footsteps. He, is, however, not particularly on the ball when choosing his assistants.....
Along the way we get a human crossed with a Guinea Pig (yes, really!) and this time the script is clever enough to make sure the human/fly hybrid is no accident. It is not so clever in explaining how on earth The Fly knows of the existence of the dodgy undertaker, though!
So, yep, the movie may be silly once the Fly gets loose, but it remains enjoyable. Turn your nose up if you wish, but there are many worse films than Return Of The Fly.
Of course the Fly here - played by Brett Halsey as the son of the original transmigration inventor Andre Delambre - looks utterly silly, with a massive over-proportioned head that is unintentionally funny. What is often missed is the frequently mentioned problem of giganticism in the movie, which makes it perfectly logical I suppose. Several times characters say they've cracked the problem; the evidence here suggests not!
The action has moved on about 15 years, and opens with the funeral of Helene Delambre. The movie incidentally is crisply photographed in black and white, and in no time at all we are back at Delambre Freres, scene of the original experiments. Even Michael Mark, the actor who carried his drowned daughter into the village way back in the original Frankenstein, pops up as the watchman, and Phillipe Delambre quickly expresses his determination to carry on in his father's footsteps. He, is, however, not particularly on the ball when choosing his assistants.....
Along the way we get a human crossed with a Guinea Pig (yes, really!) and this time the script is clever enough to make sure the human/fly hybrid is no accident. It is not so clever in explaining how on earth The Fly knows of the existence of the dodgy undertaker, though!
So, yep, the movie may be silly once the Fly gets loose, but it remains enjoyable. Turn your nose up if you wish, but there are many worse films than Return Of The Fly.