Cronenberg classic. Whenever I see this on TV, I will sit and watch it until the end. Long live the new flesh!

Cronenberg is the master of creeping me the hell out.

Intense, engaging, and of course disgusting and repulsive as hell. Those 80s special effects are seriously great, and they really help the film. Great example of body horror with some interesting social commentary, too.

Cronenberg creates a Burroughs / Pynchon-esque fantasy world of hallunication and fear. His metaphor for television having a negative impact on our perception of reality is a nightmarish hell called 'Videodrome' which controls and alters thought patterns, going as far as creating 'new flesh.' The plot is labyrinthine, and the sleazy life of the protagonist disintegrates as he tries to fight the clutches of this unforseen terror and the onset of existential decay. It's the stuff of high tension.

Not my favorite Cronenberg by a long shot, and like all his films it has a lot of rough edges, it just so happens that Videodrome has more of those than usual. Despite its flaws the film is very engaging, has excellent special effects and never lets up on delivering the sickening body-horror Cronenberg is known for. Like all his other films, it's quite thought-provoking, although I do wish it was a little less obvious than it ends up being. Certainly worth a few viewings.

This is good stuff, liked it... but in 83 was surely a hell of a movie...

Cronenberg's original exploration into media corrupting flesh. Slightly better than eXistenZ where he got to play with more technology. Long live the new flesh.

Televisions start orgasming, James Woods shows off his supple ass, people explode for no reason and the entire plot revolves around grainy snuff footage. Fun for the whole family.

Cronenberg's most wacked-out and challenging pre-_Naked Lunch_ film has a powerhouse performance from Woods. Confident supporting performances capture every little shade and nuance of their characters. Tight, imaginative writing and direction from Cronenberg and some awesome Rick Baker makeup FX underscore one of the Canadian horror maestro's best.

Liked the plot and this chilling futuristic vision of mindwashing. Cronenberg directed the movie superbly. Woods was great but Debbie Harry should have quit acting before she began.

'Videodrome', the Cronenberg film, operates precisely as 'Videodrome', the film in the film, and that's what genius about it. It distortions the barriers between reality and hallucinations, it provokes, it is sick and powerful. Honestly, 'Videodrome' is one of the most bizzare american productions I have ever seen, and it delievers a simple message through the complex, disturbed mechanism that it is, somehow involving a twisted romance, a neo-noir and a political conspiracy all at once.

"The television is the retina of the mind's eye." A very '80s movie.

Enter another twisted 80s Cronenberg reality complete with his bizarre effects and ideas on the human anatomy.

i'm not even sure why i like this movie, i couldn't look away though

What is Videodrome? Here's a VHS tape of a man being whipped and strangled. Who is Videodrome? Let's have a discussion on the ethical concerns of too much media exposure JUST KIDDING here's a woman who get's turned out by snuff films and bad special effects. When is Videodrome? It's like Jacob's Ladder, but you don't care about any of the characters. A vain, bland mystery with no real mystery, plausibility or plot resolution.

Cronenberg at his most surreal and dark best. Weird scenes full of some even weirder characters and content. Must be seen at least once.

Sexy, scary, thoughtful. There is a jagged poetry at work, because the visuals and the subject matter will put you into convulsions or make you doubt your sanity.