
The Fly(1986)
When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.


“It Wants To Get Out!”
Experiments in biological warfare have destroyed all but a few remnants of the human race. Alone in a lab, eight students work feverishly to create a vaccine before they are forced outside in search for food. It is then that the surviving scientists discover creatures mutated by the plague. Now they prepare to do battle against their worst fear: The Terror Within.

George Kennedy
Hal

Andrew Stevens
David

Starr Andreeff
Sue

Terri Treas
Linda

John Lafayette
Andre

Tommy Hinkley
Neil
Yvonne Saa
Karen
Joseph Hardin
Michael
Al Guarino
John
Jack Valan
Gargoyle
The Terror Within is a horror, science fiction film released in 1989 exploring themes of biological weapon, monster, mutant, post-apocalyptic future, laboratory, vaccine. Directed by Thierry Notz, it stars George Kennedy, Andrew Stevens, Starr Andreeff. Experiments in biological warfare have destroyed all but a few remnants of the human race. Alone in a lab, eight students work feverishly to create a vaccine before they are forced outside in search for food. It is then that the surviving scientists discover creatures mutated by the plague. Now they prepare to do battle against their worst fear: The Terror Within.
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