When Max Renn goes looking for edgy new shows for his sleazy cable

TV station, he stumbles across the pirate broadcast of a hyperviolent

torture show called \""Videodrome.\"" As he unearths the origins of the

program, he embarks on a hallucinatory journey into a shadow world of

right-wing conspiracies, sadomasochistic sex games, and bodily

transformation. Renns ordinary life dissolves around him, he finds

himself at the center of a conflict between opposing factions in the

struggle to control the truth behind the radical human future of \""the

New Flesh.\"" Starring James Woods and Deborah Harry in one of her first

film roles, Videodrome is one of writer/director David Cronenbergs most

original and provocative works, fusing social commentary with shocking

elements of sex and violence. With groundbreaking special effects makeup

by Academy Award-winner Rick Baker, Videodrome has come to be regarded

as one of the most influential and mind-bending science fiction fi2