History YMMV / TheFly1958

** The infamous "HEEEELP MEEEE!" climax for some, though others find it NightmareFuel. They had to keep reshooting the scene because Creator/VincentPrice and Creator/HerbertMarshall couldn't stop cracking up, and Creator/DavidHedison (who played André and the André-headed fly) found the high-pitched voice more funny than horrifying. (Appears as a MythologyGag in [[Film/TheFly1986 the 1986 remake]], when Seth -- under completely different circumstances -- whimpers "Help me. Please, help me," and the Narm is gone.)

* SignatureScene: The scene where the André-headed fly is revealed is often the subject of parody. It even received a MythologyGag in [[Film/TheFly1986 the 1986 remake]].

* CommonKnowledge: Creator/VincentPrice does not play André (he instead plays his brother François), though most people think he does.
* DesignatedVillain: The spider gets crushed to death for the mortal sin of being a carnivore. Or perhaps merely because it was next to the fly-human which freaked out Inspector Charas to the point of feeling it necessary to kill both.

** The infamous "HEEEELP MEEEE!" climax for some, though others find it NightmareFuel. They had to keep reshooting the scene because Creator/VincentPrice and Creator/HerbertMarshall couldn't stop cracking up, and Creator/DavidHedison (who played André and the André-headed fly) found the high-pitched voice more funny than horrifying. (Appears as a MythologyGag in the remake, when Seth -- under completely different circumstances -- whimpers "Help me. Please, please help me," and the Narm is gone.)

** The infamous "HEEEELP MEEEE!" climax for some, though others find it NightmareFuel. They had to keep reshooting the scene because Creator/VincentPrice and Creator/HerbertMarshall couldn't stop cracking up, and Creator/DavidHedison (who played André and the André-headed fly) found the fly-human's high-pitched voice more funny than horrifying. (Appears as a ShoutOut in the remake, when Seth -- under completely different circumstances -- whimpers "Help me. Please, please help me," and the Narm is gone.)

* SignatureScene: The scene where the André-headed fly is revealed is often the subject of parody. It even received a ShoutOut in [[Film/TheFly1986 the 1986 remake]].

** The infamous "HEEEELP MEEEE!" climax for some, though others find it NightmareFuel. They had to keep reshooting the scene because Creator/VincentPrice and Creator/HerbertMarshall couldn't stop cracking up, and Creator/DavidHedison (who played André and the fly-human) found the fly-human's high-pitched voice more funny than horrifying. (Appears as a ShoutOut in the remake, when Seth -- under completely different circumstances -- whimpers "Help me. Please, please help me," and the Narm is gone.)

** The infamous "HEEEELP MEEEE! HEEEEEEEEELP MEEEEEEEEE!" climax, though others find it NightmareFuel. They had to keep reshooting the scene because Creator/VincentPrice and Creator/HerbertMarshall couldn't stop cracking up, and Creator/DavidHedison (who played André and the fly-human) found the fly-human's high-pitched voice more funny than horrifying. (Appears as a ShoutOut in the remake, when Seth -- under completely different circumstances -- whimpers "Help me. Please, please help me," and the Narm is gone.)

** The infamous "HEEEELP MEEEE! HEEEEEEEEELP MEEEEEEEEE!" climax, though others find it NightmareFuel. They had to keep reshooting the scene because Creator/VincentPrice and Creator/HerbertMarshall couldn't stop cracking up, and Creator/DavidHedison (who played André and the fly-human) found the high-pitched voice more funny than horrifying. (Appears as a ShoutOut in the remake, when Seth -- under completely different circumstances -- whimpers "Help me. Please, please help me," and the Narm is gone.)

* DesignatedVillain: The spider gets crushed to death for the mortal sin of being a carnivore. Or perhaps merely because it was next to André-fly which freaked out Inspector Charas to the point of feeling it necessary to kill both.

** The infamous "HEEEELP MEEEE! HEEEEEEEEELP MEEEEEEEEE!" climax, though others find it NightmareFuel. They had to keep reshooting the scene because the actors couldn't stop cracking up, and Creator/DavidHedison (André and the fly's actor) found the high-pitched voice more funny than horrifying. (Appears as a ShoutOut in the remake, when Seth -- under completely different circumstances -- whimpers "Help me. Please, please help me," and the Narm is gone.)

* DesignatedVillain: The spider gets crushed to death for the mortal sin of being a carnivore. Or perhaps merely because it was next to Andre-fly which freaked out the inspector to the point of feeling it necessary to kill both.

** While the reveal and bizarre sight of the transformed Andre was genuinely frightening to 1950s audiences, it hasn't aged especially well. Since the fly's head mask isn't expressive, and Andre of course can no longer speak, the final stretch of the extended flashback is mostly dramatic staggering and smashing on his part. This was not uncommon in B-movies of the era as any ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' viewer can attest, but this film has significantly more lavish production values and better acting than most of those, so for it to suddenly take a turn into the sort of hijinks ''Film/{{Matinee}}'' went on to spoof is unintentionally funny.
** The infamous "HEEEELP MEEEE! HEEEEEEEEELP MEEEEEEEEE!" climax, though others find it NightmareFuel. They had to keep reshooting the scene because the actors couldn't stop cracking up, and Creator/DavidHedison (the fly's actor) found the high-pitched voice more funny than horrifying. (Appears as a ShoutOut in the remake, when Seth -- under completely different circumstances -- whimpers "Help me. Please, please help me," and the Narm is gone.)

** The infamous "HEEEELP MEEEE! HEEEEEEEEELP MEEEEEEEEE!" climax, though others find it NightmareFuel. They had to keep reshooting the scene because the actors couldn't stop cracking up, and Creator/DavidHedison (the fly's actor) disagreed with this choice as he found the voice more funny than horrifying. (Appears as a ShoutOut in the remake, when Seth -- under completely different circumstances -- whimpers "Help me. Please, please help me," and the Narm is gone.)

** The infamous "HEEEELP MEEEE! HEEEEEEEEELP MEEEEEEEEE!" climax, though others find it NightmareFuel. They had to keep reshooting the scene because the actors couldn't stop cracking up. (Appears as a ShoutOut in the remake, when Seth -- under completely different circumstances -- whimpers "Help me. Please, please help me," and the Narm is gone.)

** Similarly subverted in the 1965 sequel ''Curse Of The Fly''.

* NightmareFuel: The fly's cry (from the page quote) as it is trapped in the spider's web and is about to be eaten.

* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/DavidHedison's character is the only one (aside from the cat) to die in the film. And yet in real life, he managed to outlive everyone else in the cast.

* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/DavidHedison's character is the only one to die in the film. And yet in real life, he managed to outlive everyone else in the cast.

* MemeticMutation: Like we even have to say it...

* SignatureScene: Take a guess.

* DesignatedVillain: The spider gets crushed to death for the mortal sin of being a carnivore.

** While the reveal and bizarre sight of the transformed Andre was genuinely frightening to 1950s audiences, it hasn't aged especially well. Since the fly's head mask isn't expressive, and Andre of course can no longer speak, the final stretch of the extended flashback is mostly lot of dramatic staggering and smashing on his part. This was not uncommon in B-movies of the era as any ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' viewer can attest, but this film has significantly more lavish production values and better acting than most of those, so for it to suddenly take a turn into the sort of hijinks ''Film/{{Matinee}}'' went on to spoof is unintentionally funny.

* ExactlyWhatIMeantToSay: When he was caught in the spider's web screaming "Help me! Heeeeeelp meeeeeee!!" he probably didn't mean "pick up that big ol' rock and crush me with it." Just saying.

** While the reveal and bizarre sight of the transformed Andre was genuinely frightening to 1950s audiences, it hasn't aged especially well. Since the fly's head mask isn't expressive, and Andre of course can no longer speak, so the final stretch of the extended flashback is mostly lot of dramatic staggering and smashing on his part. This was not uncommon in B-movies of the era as any ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' viewer can attest, but this film has significantly more lavish production values and better acting than most of those, so for it to suddenly take a turn into the sort of hijinks ''Film/{{Matinee}}'' went on to spoof is unintentionally funny.

** The infamous "HEEEELP MEEEE! HEEEEEEEEELP MEEEEEEEEE!" scene from the original. (They had to keep reshooting the scene because the actors couldn't stop cracking up.) Appears as a ShoutOut in the remake, when Seth - under completely different circumstances - whimpers "Help me. Please, please help me," and the Narm is gone.

* ExactlyWhatIMeantToSay: When he was caught in the spider's web screaming "help me!Heeeeeelp meeeeeee" he probably didn't mean "pick up that big ol' rock and crush me with it." Just saying.