The psychological thriller The Number 23 stars Jim Carrey as a man whose life unravels after he comes into contact with an obscure book titled The Number 23. As he reads the book, he becomes increasingly convinced that it is based on his own life. His obsession with the number 23 starts to consume him, and he begins to realize the book forecasts far graver consequences for his life than he could have ever imagined.

Jim Carrey got into the dark mindset of his latest movie character by listening to the thumping sounds of Nine Inch Nails and German industrial rockers Einsturzende Neubauten. The actor asked The Number 23 director Joel Schumacher to help him come up with an iPod tracklist that would help him get into the tormented mind of his obsessed and insane character Walter Sparrow for dark scenes in the film.

Long before its black velvet and pale skin fashions crept into American malls, Goth music represented an underground movement led by fans who favored songs that tapped into the antisocial energy of punk but celebrated dark introspection, tempestuous atmospherics and visual panache. Rhino brings together influential bands that rarely or never participate in Gothic music compilations to create a fascinating cross-section of all matters pertaining to Goth with "A Life Less Lived: The Gothic Box"his four-disc boxed set-three CDs and one DVD-will be available September 19.