jamesraeburn2003 Henri Delambre (Brian Donlevy) is obsessively continuing the experiments started by his father and has succeeded in creating a machine that can transport human beings. He managed to transport himself from London back to Montreal, but ended up with radiation burns as a result. Despite his determination to carry on with his work, Henri's two sons, Albert (Michael Graham) and Martin (George Baker), are fed up and want to settle down into ordinary lives. Martin has married Patricia Stanley (Carole Gray) who, unknown to him has escaped from the local asylum. When she discovers three people - including Martin's real wife, Judith), who have been turned into deformed mutants as a result of Henri's botched experiments imprisoned in cells at the rear of the Delambre's country mansion; Inspector Charas (Charles Carson) of the local police is called. He becomes suspicious that the Delambre family are carrying on the failed work of Henri's father and, as a result, Henri attempts to destroy all the evidence and transport himself back to London. But, as you will expect, it all goes horribly wrong...A better than expected conclusion to The Fly trilogy which is notable because, unlike its two US made predecessors, this was shot at Shepperton in England at a time when that studio was struggling to find films to make and had laid off many employees. The film is pure scientific mumbo jumbo of the cheesy, drive in b-movie kind. Nevertheless, in the hands of the talented director Don Sharp, the results are better and a bit more polished than one would have expected. The opening sequence in which Patricia Stanley escapes from the asylum wearing only a nightdress is splendidly shot in slow motion as the credits unscroll and the theme tune played by the Royal Philharmonia Orchestra features, perhaps, the most beautiful and haunting piano forte of any horror film. In addition, there is another masterfully staged shock sequence where Patricia awakes in the middle of the night during a thunderstorm to hear piano music playing. When she goes to investigate she encounters Martin's real wife, the disfigured Judith, who was a distinguished pianist, at the piano. We learn that one of the Delambre's servants, Wan (played by the excellent Yvette Rees who was standout in Don Sharp's minor chiller, Witchcraft (1964) was devoted to her mistress and is not happy that Patricia has married Martin and stages the night time encounter so that Judith can attack her. The film is shot in excellent, unsettling black and white by Basil Emmott, a real veteran of British b-movies. Performances are generally good all round but Brian Donlevy who was superb in the Hammer Quatermass movies is less effective here as the mad scientist Delambre. Another let down is the climax that does not quite make the horrific impact upon the audience than it seeks perhaps due to the limitations of the budget and the schedule which I suspect was very tight indeed.All in all, Curse Of The Fly emerges as a better than average conclusion to The Fly trilogy which, to be honest, was never that strong anyway thanks to the handling of its director and crew who perhaps invested more effort into it than it deserved.

fenian2153 To be sure, there are genuinely scary moments in this film, but the cons outweigh the pros. The opening sequence of the lovely Carole Gray making her escape from the insane asylum is very atmospheric. PROS: She's in bra and panties and the scene is in slow motion. CONS: But then George Baker (as Martin) sees her running down the road ,in her skivvies, in the Canadian night, and MARRIES her!?Then we're introduced to Martin's father, Henri (Brian Donlevy). It seems he's recuperating from something on a couple of sawhorses. PROS: Good laboratory set. CONS: Mr. Donlevy's voice rises to a laughable squeek when he gets agitated. The family's curse is being fanatical about matter teleportation. "Imagine being able to send help where it's needed INSTANTLY!", squeeks Henri.Various other characters are introduced: Chinese servants (Tai and Wan), the director of the asylum, the police inspector, the misshapen human teleportation guinea pigs, etc. PROS: good makeup on the "failures". CONS: A Caucasian actress trying to portray an Asian house servant. It's stupid and offensive, especially when she speaks in "Engrish".It all goes to Hell in the end, of course. The former lab assistants are fused horribly into a large, multi-limbed, gelatinous mass. Daddy gets disintegrated. Martin keels over and ages into a skeleton. The police inspector leads the now numb Ms. Gray away as the music swells.Thank God it's finally... THE END

José Luis Rivera Mendoza (jluis1984) One of the best horror movies of the 50s is without a doubt the 1958 version of "The Fly", the story of a scientist who gets fused with a common fly when a experiment goes awfully wrong. Directed by Kurt Neumann and starring David Hedison and Vincent Price, "The Fly" went on to become an enormous hit thanks to its effective mix of mystery, suspense and horror. As usual, to the surprising success of "The Fly" followed the making of a sequel, "Return of the Fly", released immediately the following year and with Price reprising his role. However, the change of focus from suspense to shock and horror, together with the rushed shooting and the low-budget made "Return of the Fly" an inferior product that did nothing but give a bad reputation to the series. This reputation extended to the third and final film, 1965's "Curse of the Fly", which is often labeled unfairly as "one of the bad sequels" when actually, it is a minor jewel of science fiction."Curse of the Fly" follows once again, Henri Delambre (Brian Donlevy), who despite having been almost destroyed by his father Teleportation machine in his youth, he has spent his life continuing his father's work. Now he has his two sons working with him, and the Delambres have finally achieved transatlantic Teleportation, with Martin Delambre (George Baker) coordinating the Canadian side and Albert Delambre (Michael Graham) the British side. However, not everything is going well for the Delambres, as after a series of disastrous failures both Martin and Albert are disenchanted with the project and are willing to start a normal life. Henri's experiments will become endangered once again when Martin marries Pat Stanley (Carole Gray), as the newly arrived bride has secrets of her own that could unleash the curse of the Delambres, the curse of the Fly.Writer Harry Spalding does a terrific job in bringing back the series to its original themes of mystery and suspense, and while he downplays horror in favor of sci-fi, the story carries an appropriate feeling of doom. Spalding's script is very respectful of the themes exposed in George Langelaan's original short story, and unlike "Return of the Fly", it recaptures the Gothic atmosphere of the original movie and manages to tie in everything exposed in the previous films and give a proper conclusion to the Delambres' saga. The addition of an element of madness to the story is really clever, and allowed director Don Sharp some chilling scenes. As the backbone of the movie, it is truly Spalding's script what separates "Curse of the Fly" from other b-movies of its time, and returns the series to its former glory, at least for a last dance.Better known for his work with Hammer Studios, director Don Sharp took the job of bringing Spalding's script to life while he was still at the top of his game. Already familiar with low-budget conditions of work, Sharp hides his monsters in the shadows and employs atmosphere and music to create the horrors of the Delambres' house, and by doing this not only his monsters become more realistic and menacing, he also returns to the series' roots by focusing the horror in the unknown and the unseen. Basil Emmott's excellent cinematography is of great importance for this, as paired with Bert Shefter's eerie score create an ominous atmosphere of dread that suits the Gothic style of the series to perfection. In many ways, "Curse of the Fly" feels like a science fiction version of those low-budget Hammer thrillers of the 60s like "Nightmare" or "Paranoiac".Being produced in the United Kingdom, "Curse of the Fly" showcases a lot of British talent in its cast, which overall means a significant improvement over "Return of the Fly". Brian Donlevy of "Quatermass" fame appears as the aging Henri Delambre, who despite all the tragedies he has lived insist in fulfilling his father's dream. Donlevy's performance as the tragic scientist is quite subtle, yet of great power. George Baker is for the most part effective, and even when at times appear a bit wooden he manages to carry the film without problems. As the troubled Pat Stanley, Carole Gray delivers probably the best performance of the film, giving a very natural performance in her role. The performances by the supporting cast are nothing special, but most make a good job with their roles. Burt Kwouk and Yvette Rees do have some quite good scenes as the Asian servants Tai and Wan.As often happens with sequels, low-budgets can really become the Achilles' heel of a movie, and "Curse of the Fly" is no exception. While Don Sharp does a great job into hiding it during most of the movie, it is impossible not to notice that the make-up work in the movie is pretty bad and probably the worst thing in the film. Also due to budgetary constrains, the designs for the Teleportation machines look sadly poor and even anachronistic (they look like something out of a 50s film), cheapening some of the film's best scenes. Still, thanks to the high quality of Spalding's screenplay, most of those quibbles can be easily ignored as the film's story is simply captivating. The masterful direction by Don Sharp also helps in this as for the most part he manages to disguise the movie's flaws.Often dismissed as another cheesy horror from the 60s, "Curse of the Fly" is actually a fine piece of cinema that ultimately redeems the series in this the last chapter of the saga. One would have wished a better budget for this story, as the epic tragedy of "The Fly" is ended in an amazing fashion here. However, Don Sharp really made wonders with what he got (a true trademark of a Hammer alumni) and delivered a product worth of praise. While of course not as good as Neumann's classic, "Curse of the Fly" is definitely an unfairly hidden gem of science fiction. 7/10

Chris Gaskin The Curse of the Fly is the third and the worst of the three Fly movies. This was made in Britain in 1965, six years after The Return of the Fly and has very little to do with the first two Fly movies.The son of the original inventor of the transportation machine is continuing with his experiments and as a result of these, he has created mutants which he is keeping locked up in his mansion. At the end, the transporter is destroyed.Despite this movie being rather disappointing, it has a decent cast: Brian Donlevy (The Quatermass Xperiment, Quatermass 2), George Baker (Inspecter Wexford in The Ruth Rendall Mysteries), Carole Gray (Island of Terror) and Burt Kwouk (who can currently be seen in Last of the Summer Wine).Despite the above, Curse of the Fly is not totally unwatchable.Rating: 2 stars out of 5.