DuracellEnergizer said:

Videodrome.

God, what a bore this was. I managed to stay awake watching Das Boot, but this had me dozing off after an hour in. Truly this is one of the most overrated films in existence. 5-bordering-on-4/10

Videodrome is one of my favorite cult movies, and maybe my favorite by the master Cronenberg.

It's a study on how we've desensitized ourselves to sex and violence in everyday culture/entertainment. Media like television can essentially be used to brainwash and control people. Nearly 30 years after the movie was released we see how predictive it was.

Then again, if you ask me the propensity for violence was always there. We just have different delivery methods (watching people executed centuries ago vs. watching violence on tv presently). Same shitty human nature.

Long live the new flesh!