Upon its release, many interpreted the film, which is set in New York, as an AIDS allegory. However, as the insect's instincts grow stronger, Goldblum loses his humanity and morphs into something more monstrous. At first he seems to benefit from the mixture, gaining superhuman strength and senses. He tries the device on himself and unwittingly scrambles his DNA with that of a fly.
In this science fiction horror directed by David Cronenberg, Goldblum plays a scientist who is determined to invent a teleporter. Jeff Goldblum has never looked more delicious or more terrifying than in the 1986 version of The Fly, a remake of the 1958 camp classic.
