Videodrome

When Woods’ sleazy TV producer Max Renn discovers the pirate broadcast of a seemingly real torture show, he finds himself drawn into a dangerous and increasingly hallucinatory conspiracy to indoctrinate the North American viewing public. Cronenberg’s film is both extreme and compelling. A dark, Marshall McLuhan-inspired satire on media overreach, it embraces the filmmaker’s interest in the physical fusion of the human body and machinery, along with a touch of sadomasochism. And it feels more prescient than ever.