{"id":3590,"date":"2013-09-13T06:30:17","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T05:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/?p=3590"},"modified":"2013-09-19T08:01:42","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T07:01:42","slug":"the-fly-1958","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2013\/09\/13\/the-fly-1958\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fly (1958)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Kurt Neumann&#8217;s <i>The Fly<\/i> (1958), starring Vincent Price, David Hedison, Patricia Owens and Herbert Marshall, a scientist (Hedison) is obsessed with developing a molecular matter transmitter. When he attempts to test the invention himself, he is unwittingly joined by a companion &#8211; a fly that has sneaked into the transportation pod with him. Unchanged in its ability to terrify, Andrew Cheverton revisits the brilliant classic horror\/sci-fi thriller, released in the UK on Blu-ray by 20th Century Fox on 16 September 2013.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3591\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3591\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/The-Fly-Comic-Strip.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3590]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/The-Fly-Comic-Strip.jpg?resize=474%2C693\" alt=\"The Fly Comic Strip\" width=\"474\" height=\"693\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/The-Fly-Comic-Strip.jpg?resize=594%2C868 594w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/The-Fly-Comic-Strip.jpg?resize=300%2C438 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/The-Fly-Comic-Strip.jpg?w=800 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3591\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Comic Strip Review by Andrew Cheverton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"info\">More information on Andrew Cheverton can be found <A HREF=\"http:\/\/angrycandy.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/A>.<\/div>\n<div id=\"expander\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To mark this month&#8217;s Blu-ray release of Kurt Neumann&#8217;s original <i>The Fly<\/i>, we revisit the brilliant classic horror\/sci-fi thriller.<br \/>\n<i><b>Comic Strip Review by Andrew Cheverton<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11,12],"tags":[97,707,32],"class_list":["post-3590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-check-it-out","category-comic-strip-reviews","tag-horror","tag-kurt-neumann","tag-sci-fi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/purUP-VU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1290,"url":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/reviews\/2010\/08\/18\/cargo\/","url_meta":{"origin":3590,"position":0},"title":"Cargo","author":"VirginieSelavy","date":"August 18, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"This slow-paced, atmospheric Swiss sci-fi movie is set in a grim future where Earth has become inhabitable. 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