Spider

Cronenberg directs Ralph Fiennes in this chilling psychological drama about a mentally-disturbed man confronting his horrifying childhood memories.

Ralph Fiennes stars as a mentally-disturbed man who takes residence in a London halfway-house. Troubled by distressing flashbacks, he plumbs the depths of his psyche to piece together his memories and uncover the root of his trauma.

Focusing on the terrors of an internal landscape rather than the visceral body horror for which he is best known, Spider stands as one of Cronenberg's most important works - certainly, one of his most passionate, as he deferred his salary to pursue its creation. With transfixing supporting performances from Miranda Richardson and Gabriel Byrne, this is a profoundly human drama that weaves together a suffocating web of memory and isolation.