Hey there fellow freakazoids...how's it hangin? Wait, don't answer that. Sasha Slaughter here with you for yet another dose of cult horror. What do I have in store for you today? Today I'll be telling you about a movie called Videodrome. Ever hear of it? Pfft..me either! Videodrome is a 1983 Canadian science fiction horror film. It was written and directed by David Cronenburg.
Videodrome stars James Woods (as Max) and Deborah Harry (as Nicki). And for those of you who were a hardcore fan of Videodrome, there are talks of a remake in the works. Ehren Kruger is set to write the script and produce it with his film partner Daniel Bobker. It was scheduled to be released in 2011, but so far the film is said to be "still in development". Now that I've filled your brains with useless knowledge, now let me tell you a little about the movie!
Set in Toronto in the early 1980's, Videodrome follows Max, the CEO of a small cable company, who stumbles across a broadcast signal that features extreme torture and violence. A mind control conspiracy spirals out of control as Max uncovers the signal's source and loses touch with reality. Before the madness begins, Max is summoned to an office run by his friend Harlan, who operates his company's pirate satellite dish that can intercept broadcasts from all over the world.
Harlan shows him something called Videodrome. It's a plotless television show thought to be from Malyasia which depicts brutal torture and the eventual murder of it's victims. Max orders Harlan to begin pirating the show to get more people to watch their station.
Max goes to Harlan's office to see how things are going and Harlan tells him that the signal is not from Malaysia, but from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He tells Max that the broadcaster used Malyasia as a ploy. Max tells Nicki, a sadomasochistic psychiatrist he's been dating, about the location of Videodrome and she goes to Pittsburgh to audition for the show.
After Nicki fails to come back to Toronto, Max calls Masha, a feminist pornographer and asks her to help him find out about Videodrome. She ultimately tells him that not only is Videodrome real, but that it's also a political movement with violent goals. Max is determined to figure out what exactly Videodrome is and who created it and why. This leads him down a path that involves disturbing hallucinations and mind control by the head of Videodrome, Barry Convex. Max must decide to work with Videodrome, or against it.
Ohh sweet jesus! I am so glad that the movie is over. TOTAL SNOOZE FEST. I guess the director was trying to be all witty and confuse people, well guess what Cronenburg, it worked. I DON'T GET IT! I kinda think he worked a little to hard to confuse people, so much so that the movie didn't really make all that much sense...to me at least.
I'm almost positive that this is the first David Cronenburg film that I've ever seen, so maybe that explains it. I don't really know his style, and I don't get it either. I sort of get the concept, but I gotta say, I didn't like it. The film did however manage to crate the same feeling of confusion that the main character felt, but I still wasn't impressed.
The special effects weren't all that great, but they were gross. And the giant slit in the dudes abdomen that was supposed to be VCR, well it pretty much looked like a giant vagina. GROSS. And the moaning and writhing inanimate objects didn't much for me either. Overall I'd give Videodrome a 1 out of 5.
Yeah yeah, some people think it's a masterpiece by a genius director, whatever. I didn't. I was bored as hell. I pretty much wasted an hour and a half of my life that I could have spent eating muffins...or something. I definitely will not watch this movie again...NEVER. And while you're here listening to me babble, how about you mosey on over to Zane's part of the blog, I'm sure he's got something extra special, just for you. Thanks for stopping by DEH.
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