Spider
Spider is a 2002 psychological thriller film produced and directed by David Cronenberg and based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Patrick McGrath, who also wrote the screenplay.
Plot
Dennis Cleg is a schizophrenic man who has just been released from a mental institution. Known as "Spider", he is given a room in a halfway house catering to mentally disturbed people which is run by unrelenting landlady Mrs. Wilkinson. While in his new abode, Spider starts piecing together his memory of an apparently fateful childhood event.
Awards
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| author | Patrick McGrath |
|---|---|
| award | Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film |
| contentLocation | East End of London London |
| director | David Cronenberg |
| editor | Ronald Sanders |
| events | Childhood trauma coming to terms with the past delusion parental death |
| genre | drama mystery thriller |
| keywords | disturb halfway house mental institution one night prostitute schizophrenic urban area |
| musicBy | Howard Shore |
| nomination | European Film Award for Best Non-European Film Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor |
| producer | Catherine Bailey David Cronenberg Samuel Hadida |
| productionCompany | Catherine Bailey Ltd. Davis Films Grosvenor Park Productions |
| publisher | Odeon Films |
| theme | independent mystery thriller psychological drama psychological thriller |