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The Fly II
Credits
Title:	The Fly II
Genres:	Horror Sci-fi
Directed by:	Chris Walas
Written by:	Mick Garris; Jim Wheat; Ken Wheat; Frank Darabont
Produced by:	Stuart Cornfeld; Steven-Charles Jaffe; Gillian Richardson
Music by:	Christopher Young
Cinematography:	Robin Vidgeon
Edited by:	Sean Barton
Production
Distributed by:	Brooksfilms
Released:	February 10th, 1989
Rating:	R
Running time:	105 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Gross:	$20,021,322 (US) $38,903,179
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The Fly II is an independent American feature film of the horror and science fiction franchises. It is a sequel to the 1986 movie The Fly, which was a remake of the 1958 film of the same name. The Fly II was directed by Chris Walas with a screenplay written by the team of Mick Garris, Jim Wheat, Ken Wheat and Frank Darabont. It was produced by Brooksfilms and released theatrically in the United States on February 10th, 1989.

The film stars Eric Stoltz as Martin Brundle, Daphne Zuniga as Beth Logan, Lee Richardson as Anton Bartok, John Getz as Stathis Borans, Frank C. Turner as Shepard, Ann Marie Lee as Jainway, Garry Chalk as Scorby, Saffron Henderson as Veronica "Ronnie" Quaife and Jerry Wasserman as Simms.

Appearances

Characters

Actor	Role
Eric Stoltz	Martin
Daphne Zuniga	Beth
Lee Richardson	Bartok
John Getz	Stathis Borans
Frank Turner	Shepard
Ann Marie Lee	Jainway
Gary Chalk	Scorby
Saffron Henderson	Veronica Quaife

Locations

• Unknown

Items

• Computer

Animals

• Dogs

Vocations

• Computer programmer
• Doctor
• Guard
• Mad scientist
• Nurse
• Scientist

Notes

• Copyright holder: © 1989, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.

• Production on The Fly II began on April 30th, 1988. Principal photography concluded on July 19th, 1988.

• Actor Frank Turner is credited as Frank C. Turner in this film.

• Actor Garry Chalk is credited as Gary Chalk in this film.

• Actor William S. Taylor is credited as William Taylor in this film.

• Director Chris Walas is mostly known for his work as a special effects artist and creature designer.

• In the first film, Veronica Quaife was played by actress Geena Davis. Here she is played by Saffron Henderson.

Fun Facts

• The tagline for this film is, "Like father, like son".

• In fairness, this movie should have been called "Son of the Fly" in keeping with the fact that Martin Brundle is the son of Seth Brundle and Veronica Quaife.

• This movie includes archival footage of Jeff Goldblum as Seth Brundle from The Fly.

• This film marks the directorial debut of Chris Walas.

Recommendations

1980s horror films

Aliens An American Werewolf in London Beast Within, The Bride of Re-Animator Child's Play Children of the Corn Chopping Mall Cujo Dolls Evil Dead Fly, The Fly II, The Friday the 13th Friday the 13th Part 2 Friday the 13th Part 3 Friday the 13th Part 4: The Final Chapter Friday the 13th: A New Beginning Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan Fright Night Halloween III: Season of the Witch Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers Hell Night Hellraiser Hellraiser II: Hellbound Howling, The Howling II: Your Sister is a Werewolf Howling III: The Marsupials Howling V: The Rebirth Humanoids from the Deep Jaws 3-D Jaws: The Revenge Lost Boys, The Nightmare on Elm Street, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child, A Omen III: The Final Conflict Poltergeist Poltergeist II: The Other Side Poltergeist III Pumpkinhead Puppet Master Razorback Re-Animator Return of the Living Dead Return of the Living Dead II Serpent and the Rainbow, The Scanners Shining, The Shocker Silver Bullet Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, The Thing, The Warlock Zombie High

1980s Sci-fi films

2010: The Year We Make Contact Aliens Battle Beyond the Stars E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Flash Gordon Fly, The Fly II, The

Galaxy of Terror Not of This Earth Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Terminator, The Xtro

External Links

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Keywords

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