Australian label Via Vision Entertainment has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray
The Fly: Ultimate Collection. The five-disc set will be available for purchase on March 8.
This limited edition includes the original
The Fly (1958), Return of the Fly (1959), Curse of The Fly (1965), the 30th anniversary special
edition of David Cronenberg's The Fly (1986) and The Fly II – Special Edition (1989).
This 1080p set will contain five discs and an array of must have supplementary materials for
horror and sci-fi collectors and fans of the franchise. Some of these include the
documentaries Fear of the Flesh, The Brundle Museum of Natural History, The Fly Papers,
deleted scenes, extended scenes, audio commentary by director Chris Walas, alternate
ending, film tests and much more.
This is a worldwide premiere on Blu-ray for The Fly II and
Curse of The Fly and the first time every film in the franchise has been packaged together on
high-definition.
AV Maniacs covering the original film directed by Kurt Neuman writes, "This classic film is
tonally different from the Cronenberg redo from '86 but both manage to deliver terrific
entertainment that have earned them their due spots in history." "David Cronenberg's The
Fly is that absolute rarity of the '80s: a film that is at once a pure, personal expression and a
superbly successful commercial enterprise," wrote Dave Kehr in the Chicago Tribune.
Richard Corliss in Time Magazine observed "A gross-your-eyes-out horror movie that is also
the year's most poignant romance."