Director: David Cronenberg

Writer: Patrick McGrath

From novel: Spider by Patrick McGrath

Keywords: Drama, Mental Illness

A schizophrenic man living in a London halfway house struggles with his grasp of reality.

ABSTRACT
"Spider", an extremely disturbed young man, lives life in a London halfway house years after "witnessing" his father murder his mother in a schizophrenic vision. Left largely to his own devices by the house's inattentive caretaker, Spider stops taking his medication, drifting deeper and deeper into a tortured world of his mind's own creation as he revisits his horrific childhood.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gabriel Byrne	Actor	12-May-1950		The Usual Suspects
Nicola Duffett	Actor	22-Jan-1963		EastEnders, Family Affairs
Ralph Fiennes	Actor	22-Dec-1962		The English Patient
John Neville	Actor	2-May-1925	19-Nov-2011	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Lynn Redgrave	Actor	8-Mar-1943	2-May-2010	The Happy Hooker
Miranda Richardson	Actor	3-Mar-1958		The Crying Game

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