Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- Canada
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.
- suicide
- virtual reality
- radio presenter
- black market
- insanity
- paranoia
- dystopia
- toronto
- canada
- hallucination
- surreal
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Leslie Carlson — Barry Convex
- Jack Creley — Brian O'Blivion
- Lynne Gorman — Masha
- Julie Khaner — Bridey
- Reiner Schwarz — Moses
- David Bolt — Raphael
- Lally Cadeau — Rena King
- Henry Gomez — Brolley
- Harvey Chao — Japanese Salesman
- David Tsubouchi — Japanese Salesman
- Kay Hawtrey — Matron
- Directed
- David Cronenberg
- Written
- David Cronenberg
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 2,530 ratings
- Studio
- Filmplan International
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
