10 Vintage Film Special Effects That Make A Mockery Of CGI

10. TV Scene - Videodrome (1983)

During the €˜80s, director and body horror film aficionado David Cronenberg,was the king of employing the use of visceral special effects in his films. While undoubtedly his most popular film was 1986€™s The Fly it was Videodrome a few years earlier that really put the trippy effects to work. The film follows the CEO of a small television station (James Woods) who discovers a broadcast signal (Videodrome) featuring extreme violence and torture. At the time Videodrome was lambasted for its depictions of violence, sex, and gore, today it is a celebrated €œdisturbing techno-surrealist€ cult classic. It€™s hard to choose one scene that best displays its effects at work. We could talk about James Woods vagina-like opening in his stomach (we told you the film is trippy). Though the true awesome moment comes when James Woods€™ character is trying to get to the bottom of Videodrome via a video cassette that was sent to him. Ultimately the television screen begins to speak to Woods specifically, the TV comes to life and he begins to make-out with the screen when his former-lover appears. Once again, the scene is extremely trippy and looks way better than the majority of sci-fi horror films of today. Long live the new flesh indeed!