Spider (2002), dir. David Cronenberg, Catherine Bailey, Ltd/Grosvenor Park Productions/Davis Park
As Devil's Night comes to a close and the day of All Hallow's draws ever closer, we take a look at a film more than a few called Cronenberg's transitional film.
Spider (Ralph Fiennes) has just been released from a mental hospital. His only regular contact is his landlord, Mrs. Wilkenson (Miranda Richardson). She's strict but Spider seems to be doing better. Can't recall much but he remedies that by taking long walks around the industrial areas that surround his halfway home.
It is during his walks that his past comes back to him; living in a lower class area of London in the 1950s and the death of his mother at the hands of his father (Gabriel Byrne) and his father's forcing his mistress (Richardson) to act as Spider's mother.
Of course, things take a turn when Spider sees Mrs. Wilkenson slowly turning into his father's girlfriend...
Transitional; this is really where Cronenberg went from pure body horror to a more mental horror. Small cast helps too as we really see the world through Spider's eyes.
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