Videodrome

Videodrome

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Horror Science Fiction Mystery

First it controls your mind. Then it destroys your body.

Director: David Cronenberg

Writer: David Cronenberg

Producer: Claude Héroux

As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.

88 min Rating: 7.267/10 Released
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Top Cast

James Woods
James Woods
 Max Renn
Debbie Harry
Debbie Harry
 Nicki Brand
Sonja Smits
Sonja Smits
 Bianca O'Blivion
Peter Dvorsky
Peter Dvorsky
 Harlan
Leslie Carlson
Leslie Carlson
 Barry Convex
Jack Creley
Jack Creley
 Brian O'Blivion

Movie Info

Director: David Cronenberg

Writer: David Cronenberg

Producer: Claude Héroux

Production Companies: Guardian Trust Company, Filmplan International, Canadian Film Development Corporation

Countries: Canada

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CinemaSerf: "Max" (James Woods) runs a television channel that specialises in adult content. Always on the look out for new and more innovative and shocking content, he stumbles upon a brief series of satellite images that tantalise him. It's on a television talk show that he meets "Nicki" (Debbie Harry) who has a penchant for sex with a twist - and that not only turns them both on, but furthers his desire to obtain his newly found (and pretty violent) content for his Channel 83 output. The other guest on that show is the renowned "Prof. Oblivion" (Jack Creley) who prognosticates that one day the reality of television and video will replace the "real" reality. These threads slowly all tie together when "Nicki" decides that she is going to star in this new "Videodrome" enterprise and "Renn" must now reconcile his concern for her safety with his mounting need to acquire the show. This film is surreal and bizarre and yet it's still quite effective at illustrating the most visceral aspects of human nature - sex, venality, lust - even pain; and the visual effects (particularly towards the last fifteen minutes) must have been particularly effective. It's a bit on the sordid side - not that that's necessarily a bad thing, but at times the seaminess of it all is distracting from the more interesting and provocative aspects of the narrative. Time hasn't been very kind to it either, the effects have lost much of their potency now and the acting is mediocre at best. It is well worth a watch, but I'm not sure that will be the case for very much longer.