Science fiction/
horror movie released in
1958. Directed by
Kurt Neumann and written by
James Clavell, based on a
story by
George Langelaan. Starred
David Hedison as
Andre Delambre,
Patricia Owens as
Helene Delambre,
Vincent Price as
François Delambre, and
Herbert Marshall as
Inspector Charas. Hedison's
scientist experiments with
teleportation and accidentally gets his
head and
arm switched with a
fly.
The
film is actually a bit
dull -- there's little
action, fewer
scares, and Price plays a fairly
milquetoast good guy. The
makeup isn't too
impressive either -- it's not really bad, but it is just an oversized, full-head
insect mask. The best moments include: what happens to the
cat after Hedison
teleports it; Hedison
sucking down his
meals; and the
famous scene with the
scientist-headed fly being
menaced by a
spider and
screaming "
Help meeeee! Help meeeee!"
It was, of course, remade a bit more successfully by
David Cronenberg in
1986.