Videodrome

I"m really suprized I haven't written about this yet.

And I wanna go watch it now, so I guess I still haven't yet.

Here's some excerpts from the wiki, to tide ya over.

Videodrome is a 1983 Canadian science fiction thriller film written and directed by David Cronenberg, starring James Woods, Sonja Smits, and singer Deborah Harry.

Plot
Max Renn (James Woods) is the president of CIVIC-TV (Channel 83, Cable 12), a sleazy Toronto UHF television station specializing in sensationalistic programming. Displeased with his station's current lineup (which mostly consists of softcore pornography), Max is on a seemingly endless quest for something that isn't so "soft" and will "break through" to a new audience.

One morning, Max is summoned to the clandestine office of Harlan (Peter Dvorsky), who operates CIVIC-TV's pirate satellite dish which can pirate broadcasts from as far away as Asia. Harlan shows him "Videodrome," a plotless television show apparently being broadcast out of Malaysia, which depicts the brutal torture and eventual murder of anonymous victims in a bizarre, reddish-orange chamber. Believing this to be the future of television— (staged) snuff TV— Max orders Harlan to begin pirating the show.


Yup. Really weird, but much better than "Lost Hiway" and all those other Cronenbergs you actually hear about.

Speaking of weird, I'm sure I've posted something from Stalker on here before, but here's probably my favorite scene from one of the best movies out there.