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IMDb rating 7.2
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Critic Adam Smith
rated 8

...a perfect example of— body horror the sub-genre that Cronenberg invented with early movies like Shivers (1975), Rabid (1977) and The Brood (1979) and has since then pretty much made exclusively his own.

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Kasper Løvborg
rated 10

Wonderful Cronenberg weirdness. Profound and astonishingly prophetic. Its juicy themes - recalling McLuhan, Baudrillard and Dick - are still very relevant and the exquisitely unified narrative is ultra-tight. Aligning Max and the audience is a bri...

3 years ago
Ronny Svensson
rated 10

En film som etsat sig fast i sinnet sedan premiären på bio! Strålande filmpar i huvudrollerna, Debbie Harry och James Woods.

2 years ago
Michael Thomsen
rated 9

Tættere på en surrealistisk art-movie end en horrorfilm. Men absolut en af 1980ernes bedste film.

2 years ago

Cast & Crew

David Cronenberg
As Max Renn (Helmet Scenes) (uncredited)
James Woods
As Max Renn
Jayne Eastwood
As Woman Caller
Debbie Harry
As Nicki Brand
Leslie Carlson
As Barry Convex

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In a dystopian future, a sleazy TV executive named Max Renn discovers a mysterious show called "Videodrome," which broadcasts violent and sadistic content. Believing it to be the future of television, Max decides to air it on his channel, but soon realizes that the show is not what it seems. As he delves deeper into the truth behind Videodrome, Max discovers a sinister plot to control people's minds and alter reality. Hallucinations, murder, and conspiracy ensue as Max becomes embroiled in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the creators of Videodrome. Will Max be able to stop the spread of this malevolent force, or will he become its next victim?

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Videodrome include The Thing, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Coma, Blue Velvet, Fletch, Young Sherlock Holmes.