Videodrome

Videodrome

Director: David Cronenberg
Country: Canada

1983 | 89 min. | English
Subtitles: German
FSK 16

Cast_ James Woods, Deborah Harry, Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky, Les Carlson Screenplay_ David Cronenberg Camera_ Mark Irwin Producer_ Claude Héroux Rights_ Park Circus

David Cronenberg’s masterpiece, starring James Woods and Debbie Harry. To this day, it has lost none of its dark fascination.

Television producer Max Renn accidentally stumbles upon a pirate channel whose only program consists of an extremely violent torture show called “Videodrome”. Always on the lookout for new thrills, Max is instantly fascinated. He tries everything in his power to track down the source of this broadcast. In the process, he is drawn ever deeper into a hallucinatory vortex where even his own body seems to undergo changes.

No one shows physical transformations and modifications as seductively and disturbingly as David Cronenberg. And this is his undisputed masterpiece: “Long live the new flesh!”

Director

The Canadian David Cronenberg, born in 1943, is one of the most important directors of our time. With his early films, he pioneered the genre of body horror. His defining works include ›Scanners‹ (1981), ›The Fly‹ (1986), ›Naked Lunch‹ (1991) and ›A History of Violence‹ (2005).

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