Genre: Sci-fi/Drama
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Judy Davis, Peter Weller, Roy Scheider
Summary:
Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee (Peter Weller) and his dead-eyed wife, Joan (Judy Davis), like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meeting the devilish Dr. Benway (Roy Scheider), Bill gets a drug made from a centipede. Upon indulging, he accidentally kills Joan, takes orders from his typewriter-turned-cockroach, ends up in a constantly mutating Mediterranean city and learns that his hip friends have published his work -- which he doesn't remember writing.
Reason to Watch:
Based on 1959 novel by William S. Burroughs
Extremely disturbing
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