10 Horror Film Remakes You Didn't Know Were In The Works
5. Videodrome
David Cronenberg's Videodrome is a film very much of its time. Telling the tale of a bored TV executive desperately seeking lurid new entertainment to satisfy his sleazy viewers. So when he happens across the (literal) torture porn show 'Videodrome', Max (a fantastic James Woods) knows he's struck gold. No, not UKTV, the metaphorical kind. Gruesome body horror ensues. To make it work, the story would need updating for our modern age, no doubt taking in such new additions to the TV-sphere as YouTube, Netflix and other forms of online streaming. To do that without coming across as silly or facile (a problem most films integrating modern technology face) will take a skillful touch; the next Cronenberg. Transformers: Dark Of The Moon scribe Ehren Kruger is set to write the thing. Oh.
A film critic and professional writer of over ten years, Joel Harley has a deep and abiding love of all things horror, Batman and Nicolas Cage. He can be found writing online and in print, all over the Internet and in especially good bookstores.
