What is Videodrome / Existenz about?

Double Feature: VIDEODROME, 1983, Universal, 87 min. Dir. David Cronenberg. While searching for programs to boost ratings on his small cable station, jaded Max Renn (James Woods) becomes hooked on an underground TV show, “Videodrome,” that may be a genuine snuff video. But tracking down its source proves dangerous as lifelike hallucinations kick in - skewing Max’s very concept of reality - and his new girlfriend, talk-show host Nikki Brand (Blondie's Deborah Harry), goes missing. EXISTENZ, 1999, MGM/Park Circus, 97 min. Dir. David Cronenberg. When leading game designer Allegra Geller (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is attacked by an assassin while conducting a focus group for her new virtual-reality game eXistenZ, she escapes into the game with marketing trainee Ted Pikul (Jude Law). Cronenberg is at his squirm-inducing, orifice-fetishizing best here, with great supporting turns from Ian Holm, Willem Dafoe and Sarah Polley.

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What is Videodrome / Existenz about?: Double Feature: VIDEODROME, 1983, Universal, 87 min. Dir. David Cronenberg. While searching for programs to boost ratings on his small cable station, jaded Max Renn (James Woods) becomes hooked on an underground TV show, “Videodrome,” that may be a genuine snuff video. But tracking down its source proves dangerous as lifelike hallucinations kick in - skewing Max’s very concept of reality - and his new girlfriend, talk-show host Nikki Brand (Blondie's Deborah Harry), goes missing.

EXISTENZ, 1999, MGM/Park Circus, 97 min. Dir. David Cronenberg. When leading game designer Allegra Geller (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is attacked by an assassin while conducting a focus group for her new virtual-reality game eXistenZ, she escapes into the game with marketing trainee Ted Pikul (Jude Law). Cronenberg is at his squirm-inducing, orifice-fetishizing best here, with great supporting turns from Ian Holm, Willem Dafoe and Sarah Polley.