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Videodrome
A movie
Director:
David Cronenberg
Genre:
Sci-Fi,
Horror,
Fantasy
Release Date:
January 28, 1983
MPAA Rating:
R
2 reviews about Videodrome
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**** out of **** 1982 was a good year for horror films to push the visual limits. Two notable examples are John Carpenter's "The Thing", and David Cronenberg's "Videodrome", which is the film I will discuss today. Both films have one thing in common; they are visually repulsive as well as technically brilliant. There's not much separating them apart aside from the types of horror which each film covers. "The Thing" is about claustrophobia, … more
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review by Captain_Couth.
May 18, 2009
Videodrome is a bizarre film that David Cronenberg made before he become a "director-for-hire" for his next couple of films. He takes a cerebral look at the ever popular fad of pirate satellite feeds and small-time t.v. channels. It was during this time that video tapes and satellite t.v. were becoming popular. Cronenberg decided to uses these and make a very strange and clinically sexually film. As with all of his films the sex seems mechanical, neither stimulating or sensual. James … more
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