Review of Return of the Fly (1959) by Stuart K — 02 Sep 2011
After the success of The Fly (1958), 20th Century Fox immediately ordered a sequel to go into production. Unlike the first film, this one was in black and white, and done cheaper. But, there's something more effective, and Vincent Price is his usual self, as he was in a lot of other films out around this time.
It begins with Phillipe Delambre (Brett Halsey), the son of Andre Delambre, the man whose head was replaced with that of a housefly, wants to carry on his father's legacy and scientific research. However, Phillipe's uncle Francois (Price) is against all this, fearing more tragedy will occur, but Phillipe convinces Francois otherwise.
Phillipe hires assistant Alan Hines (David Frankham), who turns out to be an industrial spy called Ronald Holmes, who is also working for a shady man in the Montreal underworld known as Max Barthold (Dan Seymour).
However, while 'Alan' is stealing secrets, things go awry when 'Alan' kills a policeman, ends up getting him spliced with a rat, and then Phillipe discovers what's happened and then gets trapped in the teleportation pod, with a fly.
.. Guess what happens next... It's a good film, and despite the fact this one was done cheaper, but it feels more intimate and too the point. It has good performances too, and Price is always good value to a film, and he was in a league of his own.
A sequel followed in 1965, then the remake. :P.
This review of Return of the Fly (1959) was written by Stuart K on 02 Sep 2011.
Return of the Fly has generally received mixed reviews.
Was this review helpful?
