1. Videodrome
If youve seen Videodrome theres a chance you havent forgotten it. If you dont remember it for its classic body horror moments, you certainly remember it for being one of the few films where James Woods is actually likeable. Its also an incredibly risqué movie that doesnt fail to shock even now. While its themes about the obsession of masochism and the effects it has on audiences is relevant in todays age with subgenres like torture porn becoming more and more prevalent, the delivery of those themes is a bit dated. James Woods plays the programmer of a small almost pirate television station. He stumbles across a broadcast of a show called Videodrome that is plot-less and features extreme violence and torture. Basically the Hostel films. His obsession with it leads to hallucinations and some very unsavory bodily changes and leads to him discovering a huge conspiracy. To explain more would give away some of the originals finest moments. Television has changed. Small and pirate television stations simply dont exist. We live in a digital age and the internet has taken over. Videos (and beta) have gone the way of the dinosaur and kids born today will never understand that once upon a time we couldnt stream movies or buy them on a disc. The world has gotten bigger which unfortunately means the world of Videodrome has gotten a little smaller. By no means is Videodrome a terrible movie, its just an amazing product of its time. If this wasnt reason alone to leave the original alone, the brains behind this remake is none other than Ehren Kruger who plans to write and produce. Because if anybody should be tackling material originating from the mind of David Cronenberg its most certainly the guy who brought us Scream 3 and two of the Transformer movies. Common sense has left the building.