Imac corrupted, how to restore

iMac has become corrupt and display is unreadable, rebooted and it has remained the same. Any advice?

I've managed to get into the recovery but the screen is still all over the place, it loads but then starts to get worse the more you move the mouse.
I did manage to check the disk and the results came back as good.
I'm just worried reinstalling the OS won't resolve the display issues?
thanks for your help.

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