Check the windows in your teleportation pod because we're heading up to Toronto to discuss all the gooey goodness in David Cronenberg's seminal horror remake The Fly! Joining us is Bloody Disgusting's lead critic (and co-host of The Bloody Disgusting Podcast): Meagan Navarro!

Join us as we trace the film's journey from page to screen (rewrites, Mel Brooks, tragedy and Total Recall) before discussing the film's possible AIDS allegory and, of course, all the praise for the film's outstanding and Oscar-winning special effects.

Plus, respect for the film's handling of abortion (in 1986, no less) normalizing the cock and references to Zenon: The Zequel and Cube 2: Hypercube. Hey, it wouldn't be a Cronenberg discussion if it wasn't weird!

References:

• William Beard. The Artist as Monster: The Cinema of David Cronenberg
• Willow Maclay and Caden Gardner. talkconversations-on-transgender.html?m=1">Body Talk:Conversations on Transgender Cinema
• Ernest Mathijs. AIDS References in the Critical Reception of David Cronenberg. Cinema Journal, Summer, 2003, Vol. 42, No. 4

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