Videodrome

The New Flesh:
David Cronenberg’s Body Horror, Part V

With VIDEODROME, David Cronenberg pushed his signature blend of body horror and cerebral sci-fi to new heights. Released in 1983, the film stars James Woods as Max Renn, a sleazy cable-TV exec who stumbles onto a pirated broadcast called “Videodrome” — and promptly begins to lose his grip on reality.

A nightmarish meditation on technology, surveillance, sex, and media addiction, VIDEODROME was dismissed by many critics upon release, but has since been re-evaluated as one of Cronenberg’s most prophetic and iconic films.

In this episode, we explore the film’s wild production history, the groundbreaking special effects work by Rick Baker, and the evolving legacy of a movie that predicted the age of screen obsession, viral content, and reality distortion.

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Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by Slasher Film Festival Strategy.

This episode was written, produced and edited by Gary Horne, Justin Bishop, and Todd A. Davis.