Videodrome (1983)

73

IMDb 2198

7.2

/103137/

Trakt

71

/2583/

TMDb

73

/2039/

Letterboxd

3.9

/201165/

Tomatoes

83

/58/

Audience

80

/41401/

Metacritic

58

/6/

Runtime: 88 min.

Status: Released

Certification: R

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.

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Thriller

Keywords: tmdb.suicide, tmdb.paranoia, tmdb.hallucination, tmdb.radio-presenter, tmdb.toronto-canada, tmdb.virtual-reality, tmdb.dystopia + 64 more, tmdb.insanity, tmdb.sadomasochism, tmdb.brainwashing, tmdb.pittsburgh-pennsylvania, imdb.snuff-film, mdblist.certified-fresh, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.tumor, imdb.one-word-title, imdb.sex-scene, imdb.television-station, imdb.physical-transformation, imdb.desensitization, imdb.disembowelment, imdb.exploding-body, imdb.title-spoken-by-character, tmdb.black-market, tmdb.snuff-film, tmdb.pirate-broadcast, imdb.hallucination, imdb.surrealism, imdb.suicide, imdb.satire, imdb.cyberpunk, imdb.body-horror, imdb.fictional-drug, imdb.murder, imdb.betrayal, imdb.pizza, imdb.nightmare, imdb.television, imdb.blood, imdb.violence, imdb.gore, imdb.pornography, imdb.assassination, imdb.absurdism, imdb.brain-tumor, imdb.insanity, imdb.paranoia, imdb.mind-control, imdb.perversion, imdb.ambiguous-ending, imdb.shot-to-death, imdb.sadomasochism, imdb.social-commentary, imdb.subliminal-message, imdb.torture, imdb.videotape, imdb.masochism, imdb.manipulation, imdb.brainwashing, imdb.surprise-ending, tmdb.surrealism, tmdb.cyberpunk, imdb.pittsburgh-pennsylvania, mdblist.ext.4k-blu-ray, mdblist.ext.dolby-vision, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, imdb.conspiracy, imdb.female-frontal-nudity, imdb.eyeglasses, imdb.self-mutilation, imdb.video-library

Production companies: Guardian Trust Company, Famous Players, Filmplan International, Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), Famous Players Limited

Videodrome (1983)

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.

Genres: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Thriller

Keywords: tmdb.suicide, tmdb.paranoia, tmdb.hallucination, tmdb.radio-presenter, tmdb.toronto-canada, tmdb.virtual-reality, tmdb.dystopia + 64 more, tmdb.insanity, tmdb.sadomasochism, tmdb.brainwashing, tmdb.pittsburgh-pennsylvania, imdb.snuff-film, mdblist.certified-fresh, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.tumor, imdb.one-word-title, imdb.sex-scene, imdb.television-station, imdb.physical-transformation, imdb.desensitization, imdb.disembowelment, imdb.exploding-body, imdb.title-spoken-by-character, tmdb.black-market, tmdb.snuff-film, tmdb.pirate-broadcast, imdb.hallucination, imdb.surrealism, imdb.suicide, imdb.satire, imdb.cyberpunk, imdb.body-horror, imdb.fictional-drug, imdb.murder, imdb.betrayal, imdb.pizza, imdb.nightmare, imdb.television, imdb.blood, imdb.violence, imdb.gore, imdb.pornography, imdb.assassination, imdb.absurdism, imdb.brain-tumor, imdb.insanity, imdb.paranoia, imdb.mind-control, imdb.perversion, imdb.ambiguous-ending, imdb.shot-to-death, imdb.sadomasochism, imdb.social-commentary, imdb.subliminal-message, imdb.torture, imdb.videotape, imdb.masochism, imdb.manipulation, imdb.brainwashing, imdb.surprise-ending, tmdb.surrealism, tmdb.cyberpunk, imdb.pittsburgh-pennsylvania, mdblist.ext.4k-blu-ray, mdblist.ext.dolby-vision, mdblist.ext.2k-blu-ray, imdb.conspiracy, imdb.female-frontal-nudity, imdb.eyeglasses, imdb.self-mutilation, imdb.video-library