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Videodrome (1983)

2 Ratings: 4.5

Art House & International and Horror movie directed by David Cronenberg

Love it or loathe it, David Cronenberg's 1983 horror filmVideodromeis a movie to be reckoned with. Inviting extremes of response from disdain (critic Roger Ebert called it "one of the least entertaining films ever made") to academic euphoria, it's the … see full wiki

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Cast: James Woods, Deborah Harry, Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky, Leslie Carlson

Director: David Cronenberg

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Quick Tip by RabidChihuahua. February 16

posted in Movie Hype

A Quick Tip by RabidChihuahua

I'd like to send a good "thank you" to a certain penpal of mine for bringing this movie to my attention. Videodrome is a really solid horror film with mind-twisting elements to it. The idea of a video tape taking over peoples' minds and putting them in a different world is pretty neat by itself, and thankfully, the execution of it was done well, too. Even though the movie is 30 years-old, the special effects still hold up well, as the gore and … more

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review by MzJen_2_review. October 28, 2007

posted in Movie Hype

Soon, we will all have "special names"

The idea of people being brainwashed into drones just by watching television is a very serious and scary idea. Mostly because I'm in front of it a lot. After watching this I thought that this was a very Cronenberg film. The ever-returning theme of humans integrating with machinery is very much presented here by James Woods' character blending in with his hallucinations and becoming the new technology everybody must be afraid of. The gun mutating with his arm is the obvious … more

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