If you loved The Fly, try Crimes of the Future

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Crimes of the Future has roughly 3.9× fewer votes than The Fly — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by David Cronenberg, and they both carry the body horror, surreal mood tags, and they sit in Horror / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Fly, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Crimes of the Future is

A darkened theater, the smell of antiseptic, a scream from the stage. A celebrity performance artist and his partner publicly showcase the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances, an investigator from the National Organ Registry watching closely. Cronenberg revisits his body horror roots.

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