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Director
David Cronenberg
Cast
James Woods,
Sonja Smits,
Debbie Harry,
Peter Dvorsky,
Jack Creley
Genre
Horror,
Mystery,
Science Fiction
After stumbling upon a scrambled broadcast of a simulated snuff show called "Videodrome", the president of a trashy TV channel becomes enmeshed in the dark underbelly of video production as he learns that the violence shown on TV isn't nearly as fake as it seems...
There is life before Videodrome, and life after Videodrome. One of the most prescient meditations on the relationship between humanity and the technology they use in the modern age, told through a medium that revels in excess by a director who isn't afraid to push its limits. "Body-horror" at its very best.
TV Guide Magazine
A fascinating rumination on humanity, technology, entertainment, sex, and politics that is virtually incomprehensible on first viewing and needs to be seen several times before one can even begin to unlock its mysteries. (Review of Original Release)
TV Guide Magazine by Staff (Not Credited)
A fascinating rumination on humanity, technology, entertainment, sex, and politics that is virtually incomprehensible on first viewing and needs to be seen several times before one can even begin to unlock its mysteries. (Review of Original Release)
Variety
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. (Review of Original Release)
The A.V. Club by Scott Tobias
Its dense mysteries remain more tantalizing than distancing: No other director integrates the creepy with the cerebral quite like Cronenberg. (Review of DVD 9/13/04)
Variety by Staff (Not Credited)
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. (Review of Original Release)
The New York Times by Janet Maslin
Though Videodrome finally grows grotesque and a little confused, it begins very well and sustains its cleverness for a long while.
The New York Times by Elvis Mitchell
Though Videodrome finally grows grotesque and a little confused, it begins very well and sustains its cleverness for a long while. (Review of Original Release)
Chicago Reader by Dave Kehr
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." (Review of Original Release)
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
The characters are bitter and hateful, the images are nauseating, and the ending is bleak enough that when the screen fades to black it's a relief.. Videodrome, whatever its qualities, has got to be one of the least entertaining films of all time.
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