First it controls your mind. Then it destroys your body.
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.
- Body horror
- Graphic violence
- Suicide or self-harm
- Bleak ending
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Feb 20236/10
"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 ne
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Cast
- James WoodsMax Renn
- Debbie HarryNicki Brand
- Sonja SmitsBianca O'Blivion
- Peter DvorskyHarlan
- Leslie CarlsonBarry Convex
- Jack CreleyBrian O'Blivion
- Lynne GormanMasha
- Julie KhanerBridey
- Reiner SchwarzMoses
- David BoltRaphael
Crew
- David CronenbergDirector
- David CronenbergWriter
- Mark IrwinDirector of Photography
- Howard ShoreOriginal Music Composer
- Ronald SandersEditor
- Claude HérouxProducer
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