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      R Now Playing 1h 30m Horror List
      83% Tomatometer 59 Reviews 80% Audience Score 25,000+ Ratings As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn (James Woods) 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 (Deborah Harry) 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. Read More Read Less Now in Theaters Now Playing Buy Tickets

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      Visually audacious, disorienting, and just plain weird, Videodrome's musings on technology, entertainment, and politics still feel fresh today.

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      Gary Arnold Washington Post Simultaneously stupefying and boring, Videodrome is too extreme a blunder to survive exposure to a justifiably disillusioned horror-movie public. Aug 4, 2015 Full Review Variety Staff 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. Jun 6, 2007 Full Review Dave Kehr Chicago Reader 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. Jun 6, 2007 Full Review Sam Moore Vague Visages The cold, the mechanical, the projected — all of these traits become lively embodied and erotic. Jun 5, 2024 Full Review Scott Nye Battleship Pretension While Videodrome is in some ways a very heady, theme-driven film, it’s also just a thrilling experience. Oct 20, 2023 Full Review Howard Waldstein CBR Always on the hunt for something newer and edgier, Max comes across a Malaysian broadcast of live executions, which Max immediately wants to begin airing on his network. Jul 18, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Brent A Cronenberg Masterpiece Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/23/22 Full Review Nico B One of Cronenberg's best movies. Surreal, weird, creative and timeless. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/08/24 Full Review Daniel W One of the worst films I've seen the effects are hideous and I love 80s practical effects but this film was terrible I'm not sure why it has such a high rating I forced myself to watch it till the end and it still didn't get better. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/14/24 Full Review Jules N Tout simplement magnifique !! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/07/24 Full Review Maya P More of this please... Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/10/24 Full Review Destry Shane S I usually don't mind watching older movies with a futuristic perspective, but this movie just seemed so dated. I found myself constantly critiquing the stupidity of the plotlines and attempts to entertain. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/11/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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      Synopsis As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn (James Woods) 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 (Deborah Harry) 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.
      Director
      David Cronenberg
      Producer
      Claude Héroux
      Screenwriter
      David Cronenberg
      Distributor
      Criterion Collection, Universal Pictures
      Production Co
      Universal Pictures
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Horror
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jan 28, 1983, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Apr 19, 2016
      Runtime
      1h 30m
      Sound Mix
      Mono, Stereo
      Aspect Ratio
      Flat (1.85:1)
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