Videodrome

1983 • 87 minutes

About this movie

Sci-fi horror filmmaker David Cronenberg's (Scanners) diabolical invader is a television show that seduces and controls its viewers. Featuring rock star Deborah Harry (in her first major film) as a kinky hostess, James Woods as a cable programmer looking for the ultimate in viewing thrills, and special make-up effects by Oscar®-winner Rick Baker (An American Werewolf in London, Star Wars). Videodrome is a pulsating science fiction nightmare about a world where video can control and alter human life.

Ratings and reviews

Not only is this movie not stale, it's actually more relevant today than it was back in the 1980s. Today, with the Internet, and more TV channels than Cronenberg could have dreamed of back then, people are more capable than ever before of controlling exactly what they see and read and thus, precisely determining the contents of their own private reality. Oddly enough, real life turns out to be scarier than the movies, even those made by masters like Cronenberg.

This is definitely a mind altering film. It's in my top 10 and probably my favorite David Cronenberg film. It blew me away when I saw it when I was a kid I & knew I was watching something progressive. It was definitely ahead of its time and even if you watch it today doesn't feel dated. To me it's partly a cautionary tale about societies vices & escapism but in the end its just a hard core down the rabbit hole twisted ride. It's an all around one of a kind original masterpiece.

O e of my favorite films as a kid brought back so many memories and scenes that warp your perception on the film imediatly picked it up. Tried looking for hardware and chopping mall but they are not on here please add them soon and when you guys gonna do a category for b horror flicks so I do not have to scroll throw tons of films that do not fall under that. Oh and add the stuff lol classic