Preview: Naked Lunch | Horror Maze

A hypnotic journey between reality, hallucination and literature. A preview of the 4K restored version on Halloween as part of the Maze of Terror space special cycle!

Based on fresh ingredients from the surreal, gruesome imaginations of David Cronenberg and William S. Burroughs, we serve “Naked Lunch”: an iconic dish for viewers with strong stomachs. If you are looking for paranoid flavors and delirious spices — this video will satisfy your appetite. The brilliant adaptation of Burroughs' 1959 novel is a visionary journey through a world inhabited by giant insects, drink-sipping aliens, and creatures with legs rather than human fingers.

New York, 1953: Former disinfecting drug addict Bill Lee (known as “RoboCopa” Peter Weller) discovers that his wife Joan (Judy Davis) steals an insecticide from him, with which he regularly intoxicates. When Bill himself inhales a toxic substance, he begins to hallucinate - it seems to him that he is a secret agent who must complete an important mission. In the end, the hero ends up in the Międzystrefa. In a place reminiscent of North Africa, his psychosis, obsessions and surreal visions deepen — and the typewriter he uses turns into a giant, talking beetle.

For many years, Burroughs' work was considered impossible to film. Cronenberg (“The Fly”, “Videodrome”, “Crash”) combined the literary prototype with elements of the writer's biography and his own inimitable style to create one of the craziest and most influential films of the 90s. 35 years since the premiere, “Naked Lunch” does not cease to fascinate, hypnotize and entertain - like the best black science fiction comedy.