Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meeting the devilish Dr. Benway, 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.
Released: Dec 27, 1991
Runtime: 115 minutes
Stars: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Julian Sands, Roy Scheider, Monique Mercure
Crew: Howard Shore (Original Music Composer), Peter Suschitzky (Director of Photography), William S. Burroughs (Novel), David Cronenberg (Director), Jane Tattersall (Sound Effects Editor), Don White (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)