Videodrome (1983)
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Reviews Counted:45
Fresh:36
Rotten:9
Average Rating:7.2/10
Consensus: Visually audacious, disorienting, and just plain weird, Videodrome's musings on technology, entertainment, and politics still feel fresh today.
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Genre: Television
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: Max Renn runs an unauthorized cable channel in Toronto that caters to viewers demanding increasingly violent and pornographic material. One night, in search of new programming fodder, he stumbles... [More]
Starring: James Woods, Deborah Harry, Peter Dvorsky, Les Carlson
Director: David Cronenberg
Reviews for Videodrome
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... Videodrome is as contemporary and relevant as ever. Full Review |
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4/4 |
[I]t stands out as one of Cronenberg's very best. Full Review |
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5/5 |
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Film is dotted with video jargon and ideology which proves more fascinating than distancing. And Cronenberg amplifies the freaky situation with a series of stunning visual effects. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
David Cronenberg's most visionary and audacious film up to the time of its making, Videodrome is a fascinating rumination on humanity, technology, entertainment, sex, and politics that is virtually incomprehensible on first viewing. Full Review |
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Never coherent and frequently pretentious, the film remains an audacious attempt to place obsessive personal images before a popular audience -- a kind of Kenneth Anger version of Star Wars. Full Review |
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B |
Veers from being risible to sinister as it explores how viewers are brainwashed by TV. Full Review |
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Videodrome is arguably one of Cronenberg's best horror films, and it holds up brilliantly. Full Review |
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There are distinct signs of strain in the plot convolutions, not least in the spectator's loss of faith over indiscriminate and cheating use of hallucination; what certainly survives is Cronenberg's wholesale disgust with the world in general. Full Review |
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4/4 |
The director captures the worst-case scenario of what might happen at the dawn of the video era, going all the way back to our parents' warning us not to sit too close to the television. Full Review |
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4/5 |
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2/5 |
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7/10 |
Underbaked, but you can't argue with its otherworldly aura. One disappointment: we don't get to see the belly-slit sex organs Baker designed for the never-used orgy finale. Full Review |
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By the time it reaches its...inevitable-feeling conclusion, 'Videodrome' has become more than a mere horror film--it's an indictment of everyone represented by its characters. Full Review |
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B |
Cronenberg was ahead of his time with this gross-out horror flick. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Thematically, it connects easily with most other titles in the Cronenberg oeuvre, with the added treat of having been released far ahead of its time. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
Though Videodrome finally grows grotesque and a little confused, it begins very well and sustains its cleverness for a long while. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Esoteric, but viscerally affecting.
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CommentLatest News for Videodrome
April 27, 2009:
Uni Preps New Videodrome 
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