RankquantRQ
The Fly (1958) poster
1958
global pct
83.0

Film · 1958 · Films · 1950s

The Fly

Scored from 139 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1950s (561 peers).

83.0%
Global percentile
vs. all 52,376 ranked titles
71.8%
In-cohort percentile
Films · 1950s · 561 titles
96.0%
AI-adjusted percentile
139 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A brilliant scientist develops a matter transportation device, but when he tests it on himself, a common housefly slips into the chamber with him. The accident fuses their atoms, leaving him part man and part insect, and he desperately races to reverse the transformation before he loses his humanity entirely. His wife is left to grapple with the horrifying consequences.

Released in 1958, The Fly is a drama, horror and science-fiction film.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1950s films — 561 of them. The calibrated figure is built from 139 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 143 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.

Is The Fly (1958) worth watching?

Cohort
Films · 1950s · 561 titles
Calibrated reviewers
139

Cohort: Films · 1950s

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