Naked Lunch (1991)

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.

Genres: Crime, Drama

What to watch after Naked Lunch

• Videodrome (1983) — Same subject: hallucination
• The Brood (1979) — David Cronenberg directed both
• Spider (2002) — David Cronenberg directed both
• Nightbreed (1990) — David Cronenberg worked on both
• A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (1971) — Same feel: complex, disturbing
• Clean, Shaven (1993)