
Max Renn is the President of Channel 83 Civic-TV, a small television station on the UHF dial. He defends his programming of largely X-rated shows - which depict graphic sex and extreme violence - as a pure matter of economic survival as a small station. Behind closed doors in specific company, he would admit that he enjoys such programming, but as President will stay away from associated activities that may be dangerous for him in its purchase. His current girlfriend, radio p... (Full plot summary below)
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Max Renn is the President of Channel 83 Civic-TV, a small television station on the UHF dial. He defends his programming of largely X-rated shows - which depict graphic sex and extreme violence - as a pure matter of economic survival as a small station. Behind closed doors in specific company, he would admit that he enjoys such programming, but as President will stay away from associated activities that may be dangerous for him in its purchase. His current girlfriend, radio personality Nicki Brand, who he met on a television talk show, is sexually aroused by light mutilation on her person, that despite or because her radio show is like an open air crisis hotline. On that same talk show, the other guest via video feed was Professor Brian O'Blivion - solely his stage name - who believes that television and video broadcasts will one day overtake the world as reality, which may make Max's programming in combination more dangerous. In Max's search for the next big thing in like programming already on Channel 83, Harlan, his pirater who scans satellite signals, illegally obtains a satellite feed of something called Videodrome, which depicts continual sexualized torture and murder with no storyline of which to speak. The background behind Videodrome is unknown, but believing it is that big thing for which he is looking, Max is determined to find the producers so that he can purchase it for his station. He is concerned for Nicki if she goes ahead against his warnings in wanting to appear on Videodrome, however it does not lessen his desire to purchase it. If Max in turn does not heed the warning of Masha, one of his long time show suppliers, based on what little she discovers about it, Max may discover that Videodrome is just the next but destructive step in O'Blivion's prognostication.
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| Film Freak CentralWalter ChawHome to the delicious Miltonic idea that what Adam dreams he wakes to find real. |
| About.comStaci Layne WilsonVideodrome is arguably one of Cronenberg's best horror films, and it holds up brilliantly. |
| Seanax.comSean Axmaker... Videodrome is as contemporary and relevant as ever. |
| Flipside Movie EmporiumRob VauxIt certainly sets the skin a-crawl, I'll give it that. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeA horror film of unusual substance and vision -- the first film from David Cronenberg that announced his true importance as a filmmaker. |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh Larsen...envisions a coming world of authoritarian entertainment. |
| Bryant Frazer's Deep FocusBryant FrazerA showcase for some of the most unforgettable special makeup effects work ever to see a movie screen. |
| New York TimesJanet MaslinThough Videodrome finally grows grotesque and a little confused, it begins very well and sustains its cleverness for a long while. |
| VarietyVariety StaffFilm is dotted with video jargon and ideology which proves more fascinating than distancing. And Cronenberg amplifies the freaky situation with a series of stunning visual effects. |
| FEARnetScott WeinbergThere's little denying that Cronenberg was way ahead of his time with much of Videodrome. |