Videodrome (1983)
Videodrome (1983)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
James Woods
Max Renn
Debbie Harry
Nicki Brand
Sonja Smits
Bianca O'Blivion
Peter Dvorsky
Harlan
Leslie Carlson
Barry Convex
Jack Creley
Brian O'Blivion
Lynne Gorman
Masha
Jack Creley
Brian O'Blivion
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
Sam Malkin
Sidewalk Derelict
Bob Church
Newscaster
Jayne Eastwood
Woman Caller
Franciszka Hedland
Bellydancer
David Cronenberg
Max Renn (Helmet Scenes) (uncredited) / Writer / Director
Shonagh Jabour
Makeup Artist
Thomas Booth
Hairstylist
Pierre David
Executive Producer / Presenter
Howard Shore
Original Music Composer
Carol Spier
Art Direction
Ronald Sanders
Editor
Angelo Stea
Set Decoration
Constant Natale
Hairstylist
Claude Héroux
Producer
Victor Solnicki
Executive Producer / Presenter
Mark Irwin
Director of Photography
Delphine White
Costume Design
Rocco Gismondi
Assistant Director
Libby Bowden
Assistant Director
John Board
First Assistant Director
Ed Hanna
Set Dresser
Harry Pavelson
Painter
Gareth Wilson
Set Dresser
Steve Johnson
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Nick Kosonic
Scenic Artist
Robert Pearson
Carpenter
Maureen Mestan
Assistant Hairstylist
Michele Cook
Assistant Sound Editor
Kirk Cheney
Carpenter
Simon Harwood
Painter
Alan Sharpe
Carpenter
Larry Nesis
Associate Producer
Kevin Sturgeon
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Inge Klaudi
Assistant Makeup Artist
Janet E. Cuddy
Assistant Production Manager
Bill Sturgeon
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Mark Shostrom
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Jon Bankson
Carpenter
Elaine Cohen
Painter
Greg Pelchat
Assistant Property Master
Terry Burke
Foley Artist
Robert Rouveroy
Special Effects
Michael Lennick
Visual Effects
Donna Mobbs
Camera Trainee
John Bentley
Carpenter
Bob Sher
Carpenter
Charles Bowers
Dialogue Editor
Scotty Allan
Best Boy Grip
Mary Partridge-Raynor
Wardrobe Assistant
Alex Russell
Head Carpenter
Christopher Dean
Grip
Gary Phipps
Electrician
David Chudnovsky
Driver
Jerome McCann
Driver
Kevin Brennan
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Bill Harman
Construction Manager
David Coatsworth
Location Manager
Gwen Iveson
Production Manager
Barbara Dunphy
Assistant Art Director
Gary Daprato
Assistant Sound Editor
Donato Baldassarra
Transportation Coordinator
Enrico Campana
Set Dresser
Beverley Neale
Assistant Sound Editor
James Stuart Allan
Carpenter
Rick Porter
Still Photographer
Shawn McEnroe
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Maris H. Jansons
Key Grip
Jock Brandis
Gaffer
Carol McBride
Assistant Editor
Allen Kosonic
Driver
Peter Lavender
Extras Casting
Kathy Vieira
Wardrobe Assistant
Jeff Steinberg
Driver
Janet Cormack
Painter
Tom Coulter
Assistant Art Director
Gary Jack
Set Dresser
Brian Danniels
Grip
Kat Moyer
Wardrobe Assistant
Michael Rea
Assistant Editor
Arthur Rowsell
Wardrobe Master
Gillian Richardson
Script Supervisor
John Vander Pas
Driver
Thomas Pearce
Carpenter
Bryan Day
Location Sound Recordist
Frank C. Carere
Special Effects
James Crowe
Assistant Camera
A. Randy Jones
Captain Driver
Robin Miller
Assistant Camera
Eileen Kennedy
Assistant Costume Designer
Alan Zweig
Driver
Tom Hester
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Bill Gibson
Painter
Peter Lauterman
Property Master
Reet Puhm
Painter
Maureen Gurney
Wardrobe Assistant
Elaine Foreman
Assistant Editor
Michael LaCroix
Boom Operator
Christopher Severn
Color Timer
Bill Wiggins
Post Production Coordinator
Marty Zofcin
Thanks
Paul Freedman
Thanks
Peter Hedeman
Thanks
Richard Spiegelman
Production Assistant
Jill Spitz
Unit Publicist
Denise Di Novi
Creative Consultant
Lydia Wazana
Craft Service
Monique Légaré
Producer's Assistant
Rosemary D. Merriam
Thanks
Kirsteen Etherington
Choreographer
Michael Jay
Thanks
Roger Héroux
Production Coordinator
Tom Coppola
Thanks
Michael Werner
Thanks
Bonnie Gold
Receptionist
Monik Nantel
Executive Producer's Assistant
Angela Gruenthal
Production Secretary
Maury Rosenfeld
Thanks
Cheryl Hardwick
Thanks
Rachelle Charron
Assistant Accountant
Lacia Kornylo
Production Accountant
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 4, 1983
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 28m
Budget$5,952,000
Box Office$2,120,439
Filming LocationsToronto, Canada
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Videodrome is a 1983 Canadian science fiction body horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring James Woods, Sonja Smits, and Debbie Harry. Set in Toronto during the early 1980s, it follows the CEO of a small UHF television station who stumbles upon a broadcast signal of snuff films. Layers of deception and mind-control conspiracy unfold as he attempts to uncover the signal's source, complicated by increasingly intense hallucinations that cause him to lose his grasp on reality.
Distributed by Universal Pictures, Videodrome was the first film by Cronenberg to gain backing from any major Hollywood studio. With the highest budget of any of his films to date, the film was a box-office bomb, recouping only $2.1 million from a $5.9 million budget. The film received praise for the special makeup effects, Cronenberg's direction, Woods and Harry's performances, its "techno-surrealist" aesthetic, and its cryptic, psychosexual themes. Cronenberg won the Best Direction award and was nominated for seven other awards at the 5th Genie Awards.
Now considered a cult classic, the film has been cited as one of Cronenberg's best, and a key example of the body horror and science fiction horror genres.