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Scream Factory: The Fly Collection Blu-ray

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Scream Factory has detailed The Fly Collection which will be available for purchase on December 10.

The complete list of bonus features includes a bevy of new interviews and audio commentaries with cast and crew, including with producers Mel Brooks and Stuart Cornfeld, screenwriter Mick Garris and composer Howard Shore. The Curse of the Fly and The Return of the Fly are presented here for the first time on Blu-ray in North America.

Experience the ultimate in horror The Fly Collection, featuring 1958's The Fly starring Vincent Price, The Return of the Fly, in which the son of the original scientist continues his father's work and The Curse of the Fly, in which a woman finds she's married into the wrong family. David Cronenberg's 1986 remake of The Fly electrified audiences with its ground-breaking, gooey effects and the riveting performance by Jeff Goldblum as Seth Brundle, a scientist whose teleporting experiment takes a tragic toll. The hair-raising sequel to the remake stars Eric Stoltz as Seth Brundle's son, who is beginning to show the effects of his father's experiment.

BOX SET CONTENT:

The Fly (1958)

Synopsis: When scientist Andre Delambre (Al Hedison) tests his matter transporter on himself, an errant housefly makes its way into the transportation chamber, and things go horribly wrong. As a result, Delambre's head and arm are now that of the insect. Slowly losing himself to the fly, Delambre turns to his wife, Helene (Patricia Owens), for help. But when tragedy strikes, Delambre's brother (Vincent Price) and Inspector Charas (Herbert Marshall) are forced to pick up the investigation.

NEW Audio Commentary with author/film historian Steve Haberman & filmmaker/historian Constantine Nasr
Audio Commentary with actor David Hedison and film historian David Del Valle
Biography: Vincent Price
Fly Trap: Catching a Classic
Fox Movietone News
Theatrical Trailer
Return of the Fly (1959)

Synopsis: Philippe Delambre (Brett Halsey) has been wrestling with his family legacy for years, knowing that his father perished as a result of his experiments in teleportation. Though warned by his uncle Francois (Vincent Price), Philippe insists on refurbishing his father's laboratory and continuing his investigations. The idea would be bad enough on its own, but Philippe hires an assistant who calls himself Alan Hinds (David Frankham) but is actually a wanted criminal.

NEW Audio Commentary with actor David Frankham
NEW Audio Commentary with author/film historian Tom Weaver
Audio Commentary with actor Brett Halsey and film historian David Del Valle
Theatrical Trailer
TV Spot
Still Gallery
Curse of the Fly (1965)

Synopsis: Scantily clad Patricia Stanley (Carole Gray) breaks out of a mental hospital and is picked up by passing motorist Martin Delambre (George Baker). The two do not reveal much about themselves to each other, but nevertheless decide to get married. At the Delambre family mansion, Patricia meets Martin's father, Henri (Brian Donlevy), an eccentric scientist. Snooping about the grounds, she discovers evidence of the family's strange experiments in teleportation and the grisly results thereof.

NEW Audio Commentary with author/film historian Steve Haberman and filmmaker/historian Constantine Nasr
NEW interview with actress Mary Manson
NEW interview with continuity Renee Glynee
Theatrical Trailer
TV Spot
Still Gallery
The Fly (1986)

Synopsis: When scientist Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) completes his teleportation device, he decides to test its abilities on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a housefly slips in during the process, leading to a merger of man and insect. Initially, Brundle appears to have undergone a successful teleportation, but the fly's cells begin to take over his body. As he becomes increasingly fly-like, Brundle's girlfriend (Geena Davis) is horrified as the person she once loved deteriorates into a monster.

NEW Audio Commentary with author/film historian William Beard
NEW The Meshuggener Scientist – an interview with executive producer Mel Brooks
NEW Beauty and the Beast – an interview with producer Stuart Cornfeld
NEW A Tragic Opera – an interview with composer Howard Shore
NEW David's Eyes – an interview with cinematographer Mark Irwin
NEW interview with casting director Deirdre Bowen
Audio Commentary with director David Cronenberg
Fear of the Flesh: The Making of THE FLY – covering all 3 stages of the production – Larva, Pupa and Metamorphosis
The Brundle Museum of Natural History with Chris Walas and Bob Burns
Deleted Scenes with Storyboard and Script versions
Extended Scenes
Alternate Ending
Test Footage (Main Titles, Lighting and Makeup Effects)
Vintage featurette/Profile on David Cronenberg
Still Galleries (Publicity, Behind-The-Scenes, Concept Art and Visual Effects)
Theatrical Trailers
TV Spots
George Langelaan's short story
Charles Edward Pouge's Original Screenplay
David Cronenberg's Screenplay Rewrite
Magazine articles with photos and video
Trivia Track
Two Easter Eggs
The Fly II (1989)

Synopsis: Anton Bartok (Lee Richardson), the CEO of a research laboratory, acts as the self-appointed guardian of orphan Martin Brundle, whose father had been a researcher at the lab. Though Martin is scarcely five, he has the appearance of a 20-year-old (Eric Stoltz) because of mutant insectoid genes in his system. Martin grows up confined to the laboratory, unaware of his true nature, with only pretty scientist Beth Logan (Daphne Zuniga) to call a friend. Soon, the fly within begins to emerge.

NEW Fly in the Ointment – an interview with producer Stuart Cornfeld
NEW Original Visions – an interview with screenwriter Mick Garris
NEW Version 2.0 – an interview with screenwriter Ken Wheat
NEW Big and Gothic – an interview with composer Christopher Young
NEW Pretty Fly for A Fly Guy – an interview with special effects artist Tom Sullivan
NEW interview with cinematographer Robin Vidgeon
Interview with director Chris Walas
Interview with producer Steven-Charles Jaffe
Audio Commentary with director Chris Walas and film historian Bob Burns
Transformations: Looking Back at The Fly II
The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect
Video Production Journal – a behind-the-scenes look at the special effects
Composer's Master Class: Christopher Young
Storyboard to Film Comparisons with optional commentary by director Chris Walas
Vintage Featurette
Extended Press Kit Interviews with Eric Stoltz, Daphne Zuniga and Chris Walas
Alternate Ending
Deleted Scene
Teaser Trailer
Theatrical Trailer
Still Gallery
Storyboard Gallery

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Re: Scream Factory: The Fly Collection Blu-ray

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Nice packaging and collection of extras, but the lack of a new scan for Cronenberg's film is regrettable, and I have zero interest in the disgusting Fly II or the sequels to the 1958 film. It this set hits a $40 price point (like the Critters set last month), I may pick it up.

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Monterey Jack wrote: Fri Nov 08, 2019 9:39 amIt this set hits a $40 price point (like the Critters set last month), I may pick it up.
...and it has on Amazon. :) Ordered!

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