10 Horror Movies That Got Better YEARS Later
4. Videodrome
Videodrome rightly remains one of the most celebrated films of David Cronenberg's hallowed filmography, and it's a film that's continued to mutate in unexpectedly grotesque ways as time has marched on. As a commentary on the impact of technology on the human psyche, Videodrome was jolting in 1983 and remains very much so today.
If Cronenberg's original vision was pointed primarily at sensationalist media through TV, today it's easy to see the brain-rewiring nature of social media as the modern equivalent. And as phones become ever-more inextricably linked with our moment-to-moment existence, Videodrome's surreal vision of man and machine becoming fused together seems less and less ridiculous.
Cronenberg obviously didn't see social media coming, but he clearly tapped into a broader vein with regard to the progression of technology, which will only become ever more invasive and entwined with the physical form as the years pass. With that in mind, fully expect Videodrome's body horror vision to remain relevant decades from now.