Only master film maker David Cronenberg (Crash, The Fly, Scanners) could bring the most controversial novel of our time to the screen.

When an exterminator develops an addiction to the substance he uses to kill bugs, he accidentally murders his wife and becomes involved in a covert government plot being orchestrated by giant bugs in an Islamic port town in Africa.

Join an all star cast that includes Peter Weller (Robocop), Roy Scheider (Blue Thunder), Judy Davis (The Break-Up) and Ian Holm (The Aviator) on a terrifying trip into a world where fantasy and reality, terror and pleasure are all served together in a feast for the senses.