"Spider" is a psychological thriller about a mentally insane man trying to cope with his past. When he moves into a halfway house and stops taking his medication, his past starts catching up to him.

At the beginning of the movie, we see Spider's adoration for his mother. When asked to retrieve his father, Spider rushes to the bar to find him. However, Spider's opinion of his mother begins to change later on that night, when he looks out his bedroom window and sees his mom being caressed by his father. It appears as if Spider does not approve.

Further into the movie, we see his father, with another woman. When his mom catches him in this act, his father "kills" her. However I do not believe that this was the case. Since Spider seems to be constructing his past, and not living it, I believe this was created from his imagination to fuel his anger towards his father; which stems from his Oedipus complex and failure to split from his mother. I believe that this was also a......

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Title: Reflection On Spider, The Movie
Approximate Word Count: 306
Approximate Pages: 2 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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