Videodrome
Directed by David Cronenberg
A Toronto cable TV station co-owner who specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast titled "Videodrome."
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Videodrome Ratings & Reviews
- Ben RaynerMay 12, 2026If it's not the best of early David Cronenberg -- and some days I think it might be -- it's certainly the most hallucinogenic. Holds up to repeat viewings to this day mainly because you'll have about as much luck making sense of it as you will, say, Naked Lunch. That is the lure. If you find that a lure.
- BurnharmApril 11, 2026Videodrome (1983) is a film I could watch over and over again. It completely pulled me in when I was a teenager, and its strange universe and story still get me every time. It is fascinating, unsettling, and full of meaning, with the kind of dark, captivating atmosphere that makes Cronenberg’s films so unforgettable.
- Jovon VillarasaOctober 18, 2025I don’t know what that was. Kinda portentous and obnoxious. Feels like even the writers didn’t know what Videodrome is. What’s real and what’s a hallucination? It keeps throwing curveballs just to confuse you. Like it’s more interested in being mysterious than making sense. I wanted to like it, but by the credits I was just irritated. I get that it’s about media control and how screens reshape reality, but it’s buried under so much bizarre body horror and pseudo-philosophy that it just collapses on itself. Feels like a concept that never finds its footing. Maybe I’ll revisit it someday.
Videodrome Trivia
Videodrome was released on February 4, 1983.
Videodrome was directed by David Cronenberg.
Videodrome has a runtime of 88m.
Videodrome was produced by Claude Héroux.
A Toronto cable TV station co-owner who specializes in adult entertainment searches for the producers of a dangerous and bizarre broadcast titled "Videodrome."
The key characters in Videodrome are Max Renn (James Woods), Nicki Brand (Debbie Harry), Bianca O'Blivion (Sonja Smits).
Videodrome is rated R.
Videodrome is a Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction film.
Videodrome has an audience rating of 8 out of 10.
Videodrome had a budget of $6M.
Videodrome has made $2.1M at the box office.