THE FLY ( 1958) Head Scene

THE FLY ( 1958)
This is the original version of a scientist experimenting with matter transference accidentally exchanging one arm and his head with that of a fly which was in the transfer chamber. Written by Craig Clarke .
Scientist Andre Delambre (David Hedison) is found dead with his head and arm crushed in a hydraulic press. Although his wife Helene (Patricia Owens) confesses to the crime, she refuses to provide a motive and exhibits a number of strange behaviors. In particular, she is obsessed with flies, including a supposedly white-headed fly. Andre's brother, Francois (Vincent Price), lies and says he caught the white-headed fly and, thinking he knows the truth, Helene explains the circumstances surrounding Andre's death.

In flashback, Andre, Helene and their son Phillipe (Charles Herbert) are a happy family. Andre has been working on a matter transporter device called the disintegrator-integrator. He initially tests it only on small inanimate objects, but eventually proceeds to living creatures, including a housecat (which fails to reintegrate) and a guinea pig. After he is satisfied that these tests are succeeding, he builds a man-sized pair of chambers. One day, Helene, worried since Andre has not come up from the basement lab for a couple of days, goes down to find Andre with a black cloth over his head and a strange deformity on his hand. Communicating with typed notes only, Andre tells Helene that he tried to transport himself, but a fly got caught in the chamber, which resulted in a mixing of their atoms. Now he has the head and arm of a fly, and the fly has his miniature head and arm, though he keeps his mind.

Andre needs Helene to capture the fly so he can reverse the process. Although she expends great effort in her search, she cannot find it and Andre's will begins to fade as the fly's instincts take over his brain. Time is running out, and while Andre can still think like a human, he smashes the equipment, burns his notes, and leads Helene to the factory. When they arrive, he sets the hydraulic press and motions for Helene to push the button. She activates the press twice - once to crush his head and once to crush his left arm.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• The Fly 1958
• Help Me Help Me (the Fly)
• The return of the fly
• Vincent Price
• The Fly (1958 Film)

[Megazord5]

"Do I have something on my face?"

[bigbob1122]

But does he have a "fly-penis"?

[sonrouge]

If I recall correctly, the actress who played Helene had an extreme fear of insects and hadn't seen the actual fly head until right now, so the screaming was for real.

[NSwisher15721]

The head looks okay, but why does the fly hand look like a big furry cow hoof?

[GamleErik100]

She's gonna need a big can of Raid.

[TOOCH60]

I will cry myself to sleep!

[MAXIMUMGODZILLA45]

His hand looks like it's having a seizure.

[lu04maha]

lol my thought exactly

[pilarek]

a lots of histerical&screaming women, thats a real horror

[TheUrbanVendetta]

Scary DX

[mpjgbx]

SURPRISE! SURPRISE! SURPRISE!

[roguetrooper96]

The extra ears'd have to be super sensitive and quite a ways back too in order to pick up the same sound at different times lol