The Female Experience of Body Horror in Cronenberg’s The Fly
4 min readFeb 21, 2021
The 80s horror flick reveals lack of female agency is the true plot twist
Warning: Spoilers ahead.
Directed by David Cronenberg, 1986's The Fly is a Science Fiction/Horror film in which a scientist unwittingly becomes the recipient of genetic material from a common house fly. Over the course of the film he evolves into a half-man…
