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Videodrome (1983) – Film Review. Film Reviews. 0. Director: David Cronenberg. Cast: Debbie Harry, Sonja Smits, James Woods. Certificate: 18. By Sarah Morgan. Earlier this year, film fans were thrilled when rumours began to spread that two directing Davids – Cronenberg and Lynch – would be launching new movies at the Cannes film festival ...
Synopsis. In a bid to boost ratings, a programmer for a trashy cable channel broadcasts a hyper-violent torture show called Videodrome. Whilst trying to uncover its origins, he goes on a hallucinatory journey into a shadow world of conspiracy, sadomasochism and bodily transformation. Our take. David Cronenberg’s intense, quintessential body ...
Dec 3, 2012 · It’s in Woods’ eyes: what Cronenberg called “Dangerous, paranoid intellectualism.”. Unlike Scanners two years before, Videodrome was not a hit when Universal Pictures placed it in cinemas ...
Videodrome. SCI-FI. 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 ...
- 90 min
Videodrome 2D 88m 32s | 2015. There are scenes from a television show in which men and women are subjected to sadistic punishment in a torture chamber where they are restrained, and then whipped and strangled. These scenes are brief and stronger detail is obscured by the grainy quality of the images. There are also scenes of strong bloody ...
Videodrome. David Cronenberg's (Scanners) diabolical invader is a television show that seduces and controls its viewers. James Woods as a cable programmer looking for the ultimate in viewing thrills who becomes caught up in the horrific television reality. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started ...
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Picture 8/10. David Cronenberg’s cult favourite Videodrome makes its debut on Blu-ray from Criterion, who present the film in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 on this dual-layer disc. The transfer is presented in 1080p/24hz. Criterion’s original DVD presented a fairly strong digital transfer, topping Universal’s original DVD ...
