What's it about? Television studio President Max Renn (played by James Woods) discovers a broadcast signal releasing footage depicting torture and murder and sets about seeking out its source. The further he delves into the sordid and depraved underworld associated with the snuff productions the more his sanity begins to crumble around him, leading to strange, twisted hallucinations.What makes it groundbreaking? Another horror maestro, albeit one who veers distinctly into art house territory and hasn't been afraid to tackle a variety of genres, is without a doubt David Cronenberg. Having directed plenty of horror films before, Videodrome stands as his seminal contribution to the body horror subgenre. Cronenberg remains the real master of this twisted kind of horror, but other notable films include Re-Animator and Society.
