Moderately so — The Fly mixes scares with other modes. As a body horror film, it scored 7.0/10 for fear, 6.0/10 for atmosphere, and 8.8/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in The Fly?

The Fly has 2 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

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The Fly is tagged as body horror, infection, creature feature on Watch Darkly. The film's page lists similar horror films selected by curated scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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body-horror

The Fly

1986 · R · 1h 36m

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.

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Curator Score

8.8

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Based on 1 curator rating

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Jump scares

The Fly has 2 jump scares. Compare counts

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8.8Overall

Fear7.0

Gore7.0

Atmosphere6.0

Intensity9.0

Genres

science-fictionhorror

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Details

Budget$15M

Box office$60.6M

Directed by

David Cronenberg

Written by

Charles Edward Pogue, David Cronenberg

Cinematography

Mark Irwin

Music

Howard Shore

Starring

Jeff Goldblum as Seth Brundle · Geena Davis as Veronica Quaife · John Getz as Stathis Borans · Joy Boushel as Tawny · Leslie Carlson as Dr. Cheevers · George Chuvalo as Marky · Michael Copeman as 2nd Man in Bar · David Cronenberg as Gynecologist

Production

Brooksfilms, SLM Production Group

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