Le Retour de la mouche

Original title: Return of the Fly

1959
Approved
1h 20m

IMDb RATING

5.7/10

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Drama Fantasy Horror Sci-Fi Thriller

Philippe Delambre, the now-adult son of "The Fly", does some transportation experimentation of his own.Philippe Delambre, the now-adult son of "The Fly", does some transportation experimentation of his own.Philippe Delambre, the now-adult son of "The Fly", does some transportation experimentation of his own.

Director
- Edward Bernds
Writers
- Edward Bernds
- George Langelaan
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.7/10

5.4K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Edward Bernds
Writers
- Edward Bernds
- George Langelaan
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Videos1

Trailer 1:37

Return of the Fly

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Trivia
Vincent Price signed on for the film after reading the first draft of its script; however, the studio demanded re-writes in order to reduce production costs. The re-writes reportedly removed much of what Price liked about the film's first draft.

Goofs
In the film, when Francois and Philippe visit Andre's laboratory from the previous film La Mouche noire (1958), the messages Andre wrote to Helene on the blackboard can still be seen on it. But at the end of that same film, Helene had told Inspector Charas that she had erased them all off of the blackboard in order to cover up all traces of Andre's experiment.

Quotes
[last lines]
Francois Delambre: Put him in the cabinet quickly.

Alternate versions
For UK cinemas, the BBFC imposed a brief cut to remove the shot of Alan crushing the hybrid guinea pig with his foot. Later video releases were uncut.

Connections
Featured in Creature Features: Return of the Fly (1971)

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Featured review

7/10

Solid Sequel!

This rushed sequel to 1958's classic THE FLY is actually more entertaining than the original thanks to a faster pace and a greater emphasis on action and chills.

The original fly's son, Philippe, is now a brilliant young scientist in his own right. He seeks to reconstruct the teleportation device that erroneously turned his pops into a frightening (well, silly, actually) insect man. With the project a success, a crooked assistant -- in an apparent murder attempt -- teleports Philippe along with a fly (clever writing, I must say). Like father, like son, this bug man is out to terrorize. But maybe, just maybe the man within the beast can be salvaged.

With decent performances from Brett Halsey and the returning Vincent Price, this 1959 outing deserves its own place on the mantle of great black and white horror entries.