Cronerberg is often considered the King of Venereal Horror in film world.His films are complex and brutal psychic study of the filth and bestial nature of human beings.It is difficult to watch his films. "The Fly"is one of his most talked about films which stars Jeff Goldblum in the lead role. "Spider" is not as disturbing as his other films usually do,but is intriguing. The movie stars Ralph Fiennes as a mentally disturbed person residing in a halfhouse where he hallucinates his childhood memories assuming himself to be a silent observer. Ralph Fiennes completely blows me away with his stupendous performance...... murmuring gibberish,scribbling nonsense in his diary..all seems so haunting and realistic.The way he handles the role,it shows his calibre as an artist of his business.Miranda Richardson also gives a quite unsettling performance, as the film goes by,you will understand and mark my words you will be totally in awe of her role.The film is justifiably genred as a horror,and horror is not always jumpscare.The gloomy atmosphere of halfway house with the perfect absorbing score by Howard Shore will hold you tight to the seat,the movie is slow, but it will gradually engulf you to it's centre.Cronerberg has wonderfully adapted his film from a novel by Patrick McGrath which is said equally absorbing.The film has tempted me to watch more of Cronerberg's works.

powerful. convincing. uncomfortable. or only a Cronenberg. admirable performances. and the wise science to use the plot possibilities in the right directions. a film about illness. or about illusion. or the need to escape from yourself. not original but perfect made. and this did it the perfect choice for the admirers of genre or director. short, one of films who remains in memory as the precise portrait of a state. who could be defined in many ways. but this is the source of fascination. a murder. and the looking for truth. different clues. and the deep solitude. and nothing more. that is all.

If you know Cronenberg, well, I don't even need to carry on with this sentence...This mystery/drama is tormented, unsettling...but strangely in light of its plot, not as unhealthy (as some of his other creations).The film is brief, but terribly dense both in events and atmosphere. It feels just the right length as 20-30min more would feel too suffocating. It's not painful to watch or anything, in fact one should praise its great fluidity despite little to work with as content.It's highly original. The ending is superb cinematically, the acting very good, and as difficult as it was (to separate from other films of the sort) - it's especially authentic.My one criticism: not enough clues/explanations as to why he's such a troubled child to begin with.

I watched this movie a couple of nights ago. The Miranda Richardson's characters did give a clue about the outcome. But I think the performances were uniformly good, particularly Ralph Fiennes, although he does seem to be a bit type cast now. One minor but disconcerting flaw- unless someone can enlighten me. When The Father and the tart are making out under the bridge, she apparently gives him masturbation to the point of ejaculation, which she after he comes shakes off her hand. Well, if the Fiennes character, did not observe this, and the tart was a creation, this incident would not have occurred, so in fact it would appear to have been inserted without any logical explanation as to why it's there.