Long Live the New Flesh! VIDEODROME Midnights This Weekend at The Moolah!

“The television screen is the retina of the mind’s eye.”

VIDEODROME Screens Midnights this weekend (March 11th and 12th) at The Moolah Theater and Lounge (3821 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63108) as part of  Destroy the Brain’s monthly Late Night Grindhouse film series.

Have you ever woken up in front of the TV and found yourself watching some really bizzare show? Take that premise a few steps further and you end up in David Cronenberg’s 1983 shocker VIDEODROME. A strong statement about the influence of mass media on human conscience, VIDEODROME is one of the weirdest films ever made, even by Cronenberg standards. And although its outdated gore effects may seem a bit cheesy today, the underlying message Cronenberg wanted to convey through its over-the-top depiction of violence and gore hasn’t aged one bit.

The film tells the story of Max Renn; the CEO of a small television station who, while searching for a better content for his channel through pirate satellite dish comes across Videodrome; a broadcast signal depicting brutal torture & murder, which intrigues him and he bets on it as the next big thing. But while trying to uncover the signal’s source, Renn’s life slowly starts spinning out of control in a very bizarre manner. There is a great deal of social commentary in VIDEODROME criticizing the gruesome effects mass media can have on society. The body horror depiction carries the Cronenberg trademark and the performance by James Woods stands tall amongst the cast with fine contributions from Sonja Smits and a young and thin Deborah Harry.

Now you can relive the new flesh when VIDEODROME plays on the big screen this weekend as art of Destroy the Brain’s monthly Late Night Grindhouse. This is the kick-off show at their new location: The Moolah Theater and Lounge – 3821 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63108. The bar there is open until 3am! (you’ll need a drink after VIDEODROME)  -The preshow starts at 11:30. See ya there! Admission is $7