“The television screen is the retina of the mind’s eye.”

Cronenberg predicted our current societal situation: a populace physically and mentally attached to digital devices and media, content that’s become increasingly difficult to determine the validity of, and political/religious figures angling to control what we consume.

Videodrome follows the typical Cronenberg formula. There is unsettling body horror that holds up very well, a conspiracy that reveals itself in layers, and a plot that moves quickly but still feels slow somehow — this odd pacing is the piece I always seem to struggle with.

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