The insect horror classic involves a scientist fusing with an insect during a teleportation accident?

• A. The Fly II
• B. The Fly
• C. Metamorphosis
• D. The Incredible Shrinking Man

Answer: (B)

Recognizing a film by its transformation setup helps you pick the right title. The scenario described—an experiment with teleportation that goes wrong, causing a scientist to fuse with an insect—matches the classic insect-horror film The Fly. In that story, a scientist’s teleportation attempt merges his DNA with that of a fly, turning him into a horrific human-fly hybrid and driving the suspense and horror from that transformation.

The sequel continues the Brundle storyline but centers on what happens after the initial fusing and mutation, rather than the original accident itself. Metamorphosis is Kafka’s story about a man turning into an insect, not tied to a teleportation experiment. The Incredible Shrinking Man follows a man shrinking due to radiation, with a very different premise. So The Fly is the best fit for the described scenario.