A Clockwork Orange (novel) After his fellow cellmates blame him for beating a troublesome cellmate to death, he is chosen to undergo an experimental behaviour modification treatment called the Ludovico Technique in exchange for having the remainder of his sentence commuted. The technique is a form of aversion therapy, in which Alex is injected with nausea-inducing drugs while watching graphically violent films, eventually conditioning him to become severely ill at the mere thought of violence. As an unintended consequence, the soundtrack to one of the films, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, renders Alex unable to enjoy his beloved classical music as before. The effectiveness of the
Murder in a Blue World bal du vaudou" and in the United States as "To Love, Perhaps to Die", with the latter title a closer translation of the Spanish. In the 1980s, Empire Video released the film on British VHS as "Clockwork Terror" in an attempt to sell it almost as a sequel to "A Clockwork Orange" and subsequent UK video and DVD releases were titled "Murder in a Blue World" in reference to the fictional Blue Drink featured in the film. In 1986, the film was released on British VHS by Empire Video as "Clockwork Terror" and again in 2001 by Pagan Films as