There are many things to be said about David Cronenberg and his directing; good, wholesome, family fun-these are not those words.
Plot: James Woods (Legend-John Carpenter's Vampires) is a producer for a small scale TV station that caters for the lowest common demographic. He's constantly on the look out for something grittier than the soft-core porn he's currently programming. One day his in-house tech/hacker fella comes across a pirate transmission showing what seems to be 'real' torture. Woods is fascinated and decides to track it down.
While on the hunt, his new lady squeeze-Debbie Harry (who fancies a touch of S&M) buggers off to Pittsburgh to find the transmission herself. She goes missing and while looking for her, Woods develops a headache and realises that the transmission-Videodrome, is a lot more than a snuff show, it's TV in your mind, altering your mind, changing you...
Anyway, he starts hallucinating, random folk shove Betamax tapes in his stomach and he goes on a killing spree. The End.
Budget: $5,592,000
Gross: $ 2,120,439
Fun Fact: A re-make is 'in development' and has been for a few years. They only used Betamax because VHS were too big for the stomach entry. I think it works better that way, more authentic.
Plot: James Woods (Legend-John Carpenter's Vampires) is a producer for a small scale TV station that caters for the lowest common demographic. He's constantly on the look out for something grittier than the soft-core porn he's currently programming. One day his in-house tech/hacker fella comes across a pirate transmission showing what seems to be 'real' torture. Woods is fascinated and decides to track it down.
While on the hunt, his new lady squeeze-Debbie Harry (who fancies a touch of S&M) buggers off to Pittsburgh to find the transmission herself. She goes missing and while looking for her, Woods develops a headache and realises that the transmission-Videodrome, is a lot more than a snuff show, it's TV in your mind, altering your mind, changing you...
Anyway, he starts hallucinating, random folk shove Betamax tapes in his stomach and he goes on a killing spree. The End.
Budget: $5,592,000
Gross: $ 2,120,439
Fun Fact: A re-make is 'in development' and has been for a few years. They only used Betamax because VHS were too big for the stomach entry. I think it works better that way, more authentic.
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