Videodrome is a 1983 Canadian horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring James Woods, Sonja Smits, and Debbie Harry. Set in Toronto during the early 1980s, it follows the CEO of a small UHF television station who stumbles upon a broadcast signal featuring violence and torture. The layers of deception and mind-control conspiracy unfold as he uncovers the signal's source, and loses touch with reality in a series of increasingly bizarre hallucinations. | Horror, Sci-Fi and Fa

On this day in 1987, the last episode of the original Fraggle Rock aired. The show debuted in 1983 as a co-production between the CBC and the British ITV. It aired 96 episodes and was filmed in Toronto. The show was ahead of its time for its tackling of serious issues such as spirituality, the environment and social conflict. One of the show's writers was Canadian avant-garde poet bpNichol. Among the cast was Irish-Canadian Gerry Parkes, who played the human inventor Doc on the show. He was alwa