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* AdaptationalContextChange: In the famous climax of the 1958 film, the fly with Andre's head was shrieking ''"Help me!"'' as it was about to be devoured by a spider. In this version, Seth moaning "Help me...please help me" is a plea for emotional support from his lover as he faces the prospect of further metamorphosis and eventual death.
* AdaptationNameChange: The scientist who gets merged with a fly because of the teleportation experiment is named Seth Brundle rather than Andre Delambre.

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* AdaptationalContextChange: In the famous climax of the 1958 film, the fly with Andre's André's head was shrieking ''"Help me! Please, help me!"'' as it was about to be devoured by a spider. In this version, Seth moaning "Help me...please please, help me" me..." is a plea for emotional support from his lover as he faces the prospect of further metamorphosis and eventual death.
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The scientist who gets merged with a fly because of the teleportation experiment is named Seth Brundle rather than Andre Delambre.André Delambre.
** The female lead who tries to help the scientist is renamed from Hélène Delambre to Veronica "Ronnie" Quaife.
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* NauseaFuel: The BodyHorror in this film is so extreme that for the first time since ''Film/TheExorcist'', this movie had people literally leaving the theater before it was over and retching. [[invoked]]
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* CanadaEh: While the setting is never explicitly discussed by the characters, the CN Tower, Kensington Market, and various other Toronto landmarks are shown throughout the film. Lingo-savvy viewers will note that the local barfly in the arm-wrestling scene uses the Canadian term "chocolate bars" instead of the American "candy bars", and Veronica suggests she and Seth go on a "holiday" rather than "vacation" in an earlier scene. (Amusingly, the original 1958 film was set in Canada too, specifically in Montreal.)

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