Strays from the source
11 May 2024
One of my sci-fi/horror/fantasy reviews written 50 years ago: Directed by Don Sharp; Produced by Robert Lippert and Jack Parsons for 20th Century-Fox release. Screenplay by Harry Spalding; Photography by Basil Emmott; Edited by Robert Winter; Music by Burt Shefter. Starring: Brian Donlevy, Carole Gray, George Baker, Michael Graham, Jeremy Wilkins, Yvette Rees, Burt Kwouk, Charles Carson, Rachel Kempson, Mary Manson, Warren Stanhope and Arnold Bell.

Ultra-cheap third entry in "The Fly" series is poor in every respect, but has a couple of interesting wrinkles: it opens spectacularly in slow motion with a "Straw Dogs" window explosion, followed by luscious Carole escaping from an insane asylum for a romp through the woods clad only in white (pointy) bra and panties. Later she strolls about endlessly in a white nightgown. The film continues the series' teleportation theme but brilliantly leaves out the fly! Purity is destroyed by the inclusion of a descriptive scene recalling the last film with a still so as not to leave a naive viewer in the dark.
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