ST105 Nature, Body & Transformation

Body horror and The Fly

Why a changing body frightens, watched at length in Cronenberg's film and again in Swamp Thing #1.

About 180 minutes.

Reading for this lesson

  • Required The Fly David Cronenberg (director and co-writer); Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis the whole film

    Ninety-six minutes. Watch it once straight through, then the transformation scenes again.

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  • Required Swamp Thing #1: "Dark Genesis" Len Wein (writer), Bernie Wrightson (artist) the origin sequence

    Compare the two transformations.

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