Long live the new flesh.
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.
Director
David Cronenberg
Writer
David Cronenberg
Stars
James Woods -Debbie Harry -Sonja Smits -Peter Dvorsky -Julie Khaner
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.
Director
David Cronenberg
Writer
David Cronenberg
Stars
James Woods -Debbie Harry -Sonja Smits -Peter Dvorsky -Julie Khaner
Category
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Short filmTranscript
00:00Why didn't you watch it, Max?
00:05Business reasons.
00:06Sure.
00:07What about the other reasons?
00:15Max Renn is a victim.
00:17I woke up with a headache.
00:18He has been exposed to Videodrome.
00:20I've been hallucinating for a while, ever since ...
00:22What?
00:23Since I first saw Videodrome.
00:25His brain is already receiving video images.
00:33I think that massive doses of Videodrome signal will ultimately produce and control hallucination
00:43to the point that it will change human reality.
00:51His visions will coalesce and become uncontrollable flesh.
00:58Videodrome is seducing Max Renn.
01:01Please, come to me now.
01:07Come to Nikki.
01:09And Max Renn can do nothing to stop it.
01:12What makes you think I need help?
01:14None of our test subjects has returned to ... normality.
01:20Videodrome can change your mind.
01:23Videodrome will change your body.
01:26Long live the new flesh.
01:29It will shatter your reality.
01:34Videodrome starring Deborah Harry and James Woods.
01:38A shocking new vision from the creator of Scanners.
01:42Coming soon to a theater near you from Universal Pictures.
01:50Subs by www.zeoranger.co.uk