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Videodrome

Turkish title: Videodrome

“First it controls your mind. Then it destroys your body.”

1983 · 1 h 27 min
Directed by David Cronenberg
DramaHorrorSci-Fi

Cast

James Woods Deborah Harry Sonja Smits

Credits

Written by: David Cronenberg

Plot

Max Renn, the head of a small cable TV station in Toronto, looks for edgy material and discovers a pirate broadcast called Videodrome, which shows torture and murder. As he gets more deeply involved, he begins to hallucinate, and his body is transformed by the signal. David Cronenberg's 1983 horror film, with James Woods, is a prophetic, disturbing exploration of media and the body.

Sinekatalog’s take

David Cronenberg's media-body-horror is a feverish vision of television devouring reality. Disturbing and ahead of its time, it blends sex, violence and technology into a challenging, unforgettable fable.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (115,588 votes)
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