Editing Videodrome (section)

==Novelization==
A novelization of ''Videodrome'' was released by [[Kensington Books|Zebra Books]] alongside the movie in 1983. Though credited to "Jack Martin", the novel was, in fact, the work of horror novelist [[Dennis Etchison]].<ref>[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?989936 ISFDB - Dennis Etchision Bibliography: Videodrome]</ref> Cronenberg reportedly invited Etchison up to Toronto, where they discussed and clarified the story, allowing the novel to remain as close as possible to the actions in the film. There are some differences, however, such as the inclusion of the "bathtub sequence", a scene never filmed in which a television rises from Max Renn's bathtub like in [[Sandro Botticelli]]'s ''[[The Birth of Venus]]''.<ref>{{Cite book
 | last = Lucas
 | first = Tim
 | author-link = Tim Lucas
 | title = Studies in the Horror Film - Videodrome
 | publisher = [[Centipede Press]]
 | location = Lakewood, CO
 | year = 2008
 | page = 119
 | isbn = 978-1-933618-28-9 }}
</ref> This was the result of the lead time required to write the book, which left Etchison working with an earlier draft of the script than was used in the film.