When the nerdy guy you met at a party starts doing calisthenics in his living room after performing science experiments on himself, be afraid…be very afraid.  Join us as we kick off our body horror-themed month with 1986’s The Fly. 

***CONTENT WARNING: discussions of abortion, death of an animal, terminal illness

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Artwork by Gabrielle Fatula ([email protected])

Music: Epic Industrial Music Trailer by SeverMusicProd

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Sources: 

• ‘DOES THIS LOOK LIKE A SICK MAN TO YOU?’: The Horror of Identity and the Identity of Horror in David Cronenberg’s ‘The Fly’ by Travis Woods: https://cinephiliabeyond.org/fly/#:~:text=In%20Cronenberg's%20The%20Fly%2C%20all,of%20their%20own%20masculine%20identities

• The Fly IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091064/trivia/

• The Fly 1986 Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fly_(1986_film)

• ‘I’m Becoming Brundlefly…’: Body Horror, Gender Dysphoria, and David Cronenberg’s 1986 sci-fi/horror The Fly by Lexi Bowen: https://medium.com/@transylvania/im-becoming-brundlefly-body-horror-gender-dysphoria-and-david-cronenberg-s-1986-a706d9a933f8