Curse of the Fly

I wasn't too impressed by "Return of the Fly", but it still fascinated me! When I learnt that there was a third one, I was quite intrigued to see it. I just watched it for the first time on DVD, and I was quite impressed on how smart the story was, and even though there is no Human-Fly monster in it (which, to be honest, is a smart approach), I thought it was more clever to base the movie around the Delambre legacy, rather than focus on the whole "man gets gene-spliced with a fly" blah blah blah! To be honest, I was expecting something REALLY dreadfully cheesy, but surprisingly, I loved it! The visuals (especially, the opening credit sequence, very well thought up!), and the originality of it is superbly done! It's got the classic horror movie style down perfectly! True its not as frightening as say... Alien, but, for its time (1960s), the mutant make up and story are very well sorted! TOTALLY UNDERRATED!

A strange sequel in which doesn' appear the fly , being developed weird incidents about the amazing effects of the teletransportation . Concerning Dalambre father : Brian Donlevy , an obstinate scientist going on experiments around the experimental teleportation by means a device , being helped by his son Martin Delambre : George Baker . The latter decides to take a wife : Carole Gray who results to have escaped from a mental hospital where was locked . Along the way , Police inspectors are investigating the bizarre happenings. The Horror is Back ! All New and more horrific than before ! Piece by Piece.. Atom by Atom.. Humans invisibly teleported through Time and Space !!! What made Them half-human creatures from the 4th Dimension ?

A thrilling and terrifying film with chills , intrigue , suspense , astonishing transformations and fantasic scenes. It is a shocking horror movie , campy but slowly and traditionally made . Although the film is passable as a simple entertainment , as long as it's compared with the two previous entries and nothing to do with The Fly I and Return of the Fly . Focusing on science risks more than the Fly issue . That's why this Curse of the Fly is a perfect example of the dangers of attempting to control and exploit nature . The picture was professional but regularly directed by Don Sharp . He was a good British craftsman who directed all kinds of genres, thrillers , adventures , suspense , Fantasy , Sci-Fi , Terror , such as : "The Kiss of the Vampire , The Face of Fumanchu, The Brides of Fumanchu, Rocket to the Moon , Psychomania , Callan , Hennessy , The Four Feathers , The Thirty-Nine Steps, Bear Island , Secrets of the Phantoms Caverns" .

This is the third part of "Fly Trilogy" , the first : "The Fly 1958" by Kurt Neumann with David Hedison , Patricia Owens , Vincent Price , Herbert Marshall. "Return of the Fly 1959" by Edward L Bernds with Vincent Price, Brett Hasley , John Sutton . "Curse of the Fly 1965" with Brian Donlevy , Carole Gray , George Baker and Burt Kwouk of Pink Panther series. Furthermore , modern retelling "The Fly 1986" by David Cronemberg with Jeff Godblum , Geena Davis , John Getz and "The Fly 2 1988" by Chris Wallas with Eric Stolz , Daphne Zuñiga , John Getz , Lee Richardson.

The Curse of the Fly is the third and the worst of the three Fly movies. This was made in Britain in 1965, six years after The Return of the Fly and has very little to do with the first two Fly movies.

The son of the original inventor of the transportation machine is continuing with his experiments and as a result of these, he has created mutants which he is keeping locked up in his mansion. At the end, the transporter is destroyed.

Despite this movie being rather disappointing, it has a decent cast: Brian Donlevy (The Quatermass Xperiment, Quatermass 2), George Baker (Inspecter Wexford in The Ruth Rendall Mysteries), Carole Gray (Island of Terror) and Burt Kwouk (who can currently be seen in Last of the Summer Wine).

Despite the above, Curse of the Fly is not totally unwatchable.

Rating: 2 stars out of 5.

I remember seeing the ads for this on tv back in 1965.Man did I ever want to see this flick!Too bad I had to wait over 30 years to do so.One good thing is that I really wasn't disappointed!

This to me is the best of the "Fly" trilogy.A man turning into a fly via a matter transporter is a little outrageous.But turning into a gooey mutant is another thing entirely!

The Delambre family (led by Brian Donlevy) is once again mucking about with transporters.The "mistakes" are kept in the stables.Radiation burns and rapid aging are the norm in this household.

On the downside is the extremely low budget.Not a lot of different sets were used in this film.The make up is okay (but a sight better than the guinea pig man from Return Of The Fly).

There is a very Gothic look to this flick and the cast and crew do extremely well with what they have been given.The ending is pretty much unforgettable and chilling.Excellent b&w photography.Well worth a look!

Curse of the Fly may well be a surprise to you, as it was to me. Expecting some typically cheap, cheesy '60s B Horror film, I instead found a film that captured my attention with a better than average storyline, good acting, interesting, if dated, theories on teleportation, and some rather subtle humor. Burt Kwouk, who played the Chinese houseboy "Kato" in the Pink Panther films to Peter Sellers' Inspector Clouseau, and who seemed to be forever perpetrating sneak attacks on Clouseau, likewise turns up in this film as a Chinese houseboy, sans the martial arts bits. This time however, Kwouk is named "Tai". Yvette Rees, who plays the Chinese house'girl', as it were, is named "Wan". Tai and Wan? Taiwan?

Somebody obviously had a lot of fun writing the screenplay.

The opening scene, featuring the beautiful Carole Gray as Patricia Stanley escaping from a mental institution in her underwear as the opening credits roll, is one of the oddest introductory scenes to be seen in a film of this genre. Absolutely recommended for all fans of horror, suspense, '60s b&w's, camp, and films featuring unintentional humor