Not to be confused with Videodrone, Videodrone (album), or Videodrom.
Videodrome
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
David Cronenberg
Written by
David Cronenberg
Produced by
Claude Héroux
Starring
James Woods
Sonja Smits
Deborah Harry
Peter Dvorsky
Les Carlson
Jack Creley
Lynne Gorman
Cinematography
Mark Irwin
Edited by
Ronald Sanders
Music by
Howard Shore
Production companies
Filmplan International
Canadian Film Development Corporation
Famous Players
Guardian Trust Company
Distributed by
Universal Pictures
Release date
February 4, 1983 (1983-02-04)
Running time
89 minutes[1]
Country
Canada
Language
English
Budget
CAD$5,952,000
Box office
$2.1 million[2]
Videodrome is a 1983 Canadian science fiction body horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring James Woods, Sonja Smits, and Debbie Harry. Set in Toronto during the early 1980s, it follows the CEO of a small UHF television station who stumbles upon a broadcast signal of snuff films. Layers of deception and mind-control conspiracy unfold as he attempts to uncover the signal's source, complicated by increasingly intense hallucinations that cause him to lose his grasp on reality.
Distributed by Universal Pictures, Videodrome was the first film by Cronenberg to gain backing from any major Hollywood studio. With the highest budget of any of his films to date, the film was a box-office bomb, recouping only $2.1 million from a $5.9 million budget. The film received praise for the special makeup effects, Cronenberg's direction, Woods and Harry's performances, its "techno-surrealist" aesthetic, and its cryptic, psychosexual themes.[3] Cronenberg won the Best Direction award and was nominated for seven other awards at the 5th Genie Awards.[4]
Now considered a cult classic, the film has been cited as one of Cronenberg's best, and a key example of the body horror and science fiction horror genres.[5][6]
The film's trailer
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