The Fly (1986)
Often, studios do remakes because they think it's an easy cashgrab based on an already existing fanbase. However, when directors that are passionate about the material redo earlier films it can lead to brilliant results. One need only take a look at 'The Thing' or 'The Blob' and of course this one. The original 'The Fly' was clearly a cautionary tale about human hubris, but as this one is directed by David Cronenberg, it's a little... meatier... and has more to do with disease and aging. Cronenberg also spices this up with hefty doses of Kafka's 'Metamorphosis' and various ideas about horrid things like cancer. The endresult is an absolute classic. Jeff Goldblum (the man, the myth, the god) plays Seth Brundle, a quirky scientist with poor social skills, who at a convention drags a hapless reporter (Geen Davis) with him to show his work. She isn't impressed at first, but when it transpires Brundle has actually managed to create working ...
