Videodrome
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Movie Reviews of Videodrome
Movie Review: More Cronenberg
Summary: 3 Stars
If you want to see a Hollywood movie that manages to avoid an intelligible plot be sure to see this. David Cronenberg's comical horror-show about James Woods, a TV programmer of garbage who's life spins a little off kilter as he becomes implanted with a "videodrome," a kind of cartoonish tumor implanted by God-knows-what which then compels him to murder people. Funny and disgusting, and certainly a cult classic.Movie Review: Read along side Marsh McLuhan . .
Summary: 3 Stars
The movie is thought provoking. It is not boring, despite what Ebert has to say (and I generally agree with the fellah). Uts not a date movie, and its not something you should see if you're feeling down. Truely horror. And it'll make you hate your T.V. (that's good, I think) . . . .Movie Review: Regardless of what you say, it's still incoherent
Summary: 2 Stars
Max Renn (James Woods), the head programmer for a cable TV station that specializes in sleaze, thinks he is on to the next big thing when he discovers "Videodrome", a show containing no plot and non-stop violence. However, Renn soon discovers that "Videodrome" was created by a group of right-wing extremists who wish to kill "the sort of scum who would watch something like that" and gains first-hand knowledge of the consequences of watching "Videodrome", including frightening hallucinations and death.
Given the popularity of movies such as "Saw" and "Hostel", the central idea of "Videodrome", that of someone wanting to kill the sort of people who would watch "gore porn", is still very relevant, in spite of the fact that over 25 years have passed since its release. Watching this film in the context of our modern reality brings a whole new dimension to this film, above that which writer/director David Cronenberg probably originally intended, and because of that, I did find myself appreciating aspects of this film. However, overall, I was disappointed by "Videodrome". As the film progresses (and Woods hallucinates more and more), in becomes increasingly incoherent; the supposedly "disturbing" special effects seem unimpressive compared with what modern audiences would be used to; and although the subject matter was original when this film was made, subsequent movies (such as the Spanish movie "Tesis") have better dealt with it. I am glad that I watched this movie, but its short-comings make it unlikely that I will ever watch it again.
Movie Review: A truely Bizzare film
Summary: 2 Stars
Videodrome is an interesting film in that it makes absolutly no sense.
What it is about is James Woods is the owner of a local cable network that caters mostly to porn and extreme violence. When he finds this fettish show called Videodrome he figures he wants more so he can place it on his network. However he soon starts to hallucinate as a signal in the videodrome has triggered a reaction in his brain that causes him to mutate. Eventually he seeks revenge and desire to start a new race of man.
This movie is weird enough as is but what sets it over the top is that can get exceptionally violent and even a little gory. But it's the sexual undertones that rreally set this apart. You see the videodrome is actually the inner desires of an individual aka sexual desires or what they really want. IN the end though this is winds up being a messed up movie and really is only for a nitch audience. I really can't recomend this unless you want something out there that leaves asking more questions than you should be.
Movie Review: YOU'LL EITHER LOVE IT OR HATE IT?
Summary: 2 Stars
Well, I hate it. This movie made no sense at all. I got this movie based on the reviews on [amazon.com], plus it had to be on at least five or so lists as, "the most disturbing cinema I've seen". Most disturbing? More like most confusing. I guess some of the people that make up these lists are kids. The fx were not that great and I was expecting to see a little more of Deborah Harry(preferably naked). She was hardly in the picture. There were scene's of endless discussion and the only good stuff in the movie was shown on a fuzzy t.v., that you could hardly see. Don't waste your time and money on this, instead go get an Ilsa flick. I've seen Troma movies that were better and more entertaning than this. The reason for two stars is that I do like James Woods and think he did a great job with a boring script. If this is the best Cronenberg flim(as some other reviewers wrote)than god help us.