This is a deeply disquieting film that never loses it's power to make me feel unsettled. It's my favourite Cronenberg picture by a considerable margin, tough admittedly I haven't tried them all yet.You might find, in 2018, the tech to belong in a museum. maybe you don't like TV very much and so the problems of a person finding themselves in the videodrome seem remote to you. but think about it this way, then. What would today's videodrome be like? Nope, this isn't an invitation for some idiot to re-make Cronenberg's film. i'm just saying: surely this film is even more powerful today than it was in 1983? I don't like TV either. Haven't had cable for nearly twenty years! Don't miss it or want it. But ... I, and in fact most of my friends, spend an awful lot of time on the internet. I even got an Android phone, which can be used to view all kinds of video content. We don't need networks anymore. All we need is a distribution system (much cheaper and more flexible than the television network) and the people to make content.I love the notion of a signal activating something in the brain that creates a new "growth" that can lead to mind-altering halucinations, which stay with you and affect your reality even when you're not watching the box. That's brilliant. Also very scary to contemplate. The movie does an excellent job of pushing the "horror" buttons, particularly with regard to Max's situation and descent to becoming a pawn in other peoples' games. I love the way the film sets up this terrible situation and makes the audience itself feel the mounting paranoia. By the end I didn't feel anyone was trustworthy. I feel like Cronenberg revisted a lot of his films in the adaptation of The Naked Lunch, another film I really appreciated, almost as much as this one, really.

A cable TV programmer, Max, accidentally watches a torture video. He felt it so realistic, and get obsessed with it. But, his life starts changing as he was exposed to the tape. Anyone who watches the tape are prone to have a brain cancer and illusions start working. But, what is real and what is an illusion?The movie is directly a message about the influence and power of television and other social media. This film is very relevant in today's society.As usual David Cronenberg, excels this movie with his stunning practical visual effects. Rick Baker did an amazing job with special make up.The movie with surrealism always fascinates me.A must watch. Highly recommended.#KiduMovie

I do understand in some ways what the film was trying to say. I also know that it's been praised and many consider it an exceptional film. However, I tried watching it tonight and ended up turning it off about halfway through the movie. Why? Because the extremely violent images were very disturbing...especially because I am sure folks enjoyed watching this. You see folks being tortured, a woman getting off with some VERY realistic masochistic behaviors (involving needles, burning herself and more) and after a while it just was too much. And, at that point I just said to myself...'how much of this can I take and SHOULD I even keep watching?'. Seeing folks brutalized just isn't my cup of tea...especially when it's combined with pornographic images and sex. Perhaps I am too squeamish, but life is too short for me to fill my mind with such stuff and I do not plan on trying to watch this one again...once was enough...so you are forewarned.

This is probably David Cronenberg's best movie. Extremely underrated and well ahead of it's time, it could have easily been a book written by William Burroughs or James Ballard. The thematic of this post-modern masterpiece is once again the classic Cronenberg obsession with the ways technology completely transforms the human body and soul (and vice versa). Do not mind the cheesy trailer (80s) and don't miss the opportunity to enter the Cronenberg universe in it's most complete form. Long live the new flesh! "The battle for the mind of North America will be fought in the video arena: the Videodrome. The television screen is the retina of the mind's eye. Therefore, the television screen is part of the physical structure of the brain. Therefore, whatever appears on the television screen emerges as raw experience for those who watch it. Therefore, television is reality, and reality is less than television" Grade: A+