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This attribute controls the content of the description and og:description elements. | David Cronenberg's 1986 re-interpretation of the 1958 film, which itself was based on a short story by George Langelaan. The premise is similar, but advances in special effects and direction by David Cronenberg make things even stranger. This time, mild-mannered but brilliant quantum physicist Seth Brundle (played by Jeff Goldblum) is on the cusp of perfecting his matter transporter after meeting reporter Veronica Quaife (Geena Davis), the love of his life. The happiness is too good to last, as he was accidentally fused with a common housefly on a molecular-genetic level in a seemingly successful transportation experiment. Rather than creating an immediate monster, Veronica now must cope with the pain of watching her lover literally fall apart on a physical and emotional level, and the awful uncertainty of whether the child inside her was conceived before or after the fateful transportation... |
