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Videodrome (1983)
Directed by David Cronenberg
“First it controls your mind. Then it destroys your body.”
Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery · 1h 28m
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.
Cast
James Woods
Debbie Harry
Sonja Smits
Peter Dvorsky
Leslie Carlson
Lynne Gorman
Julie Khaner
Reiner Schwarz
Lally Cadeau
Crew
- Director
- David Cronenberg
- Writer
- David Cronenberg
- Director of Photography
- Mark Irwin
- Original Music Composer
- Howard Shore
- Editor
- Ronald Sanders
- Producer
- Claude Héroux
Details
- Release date
- 1983-02-04
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Japanese
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- Filmplan International
- Budget
- $5,952,000
- Box office
- $2,120,439