James Woods is the president of a small television station in Toronto.
He's always looking for something fresh and exciting to feature on his
station. The 24-hour marathons of MAC AND ME just ain't bringing in the
ratings anymore, so he starts exploring around using a modded satellite dish
that can pick up crap from all over the world. His latest discovery is a
show called "Videodrome" which isn't really a show, but just random people being
tortured in an orange room. Woods become obsessed with Videodrome.
Things go downhill from there...especially when he grows a Betamax player in his
stomach.
VIDEODROME is a weird movie. I remember enjoying it back in the 1980's,
but watching it now for this review, it's dated as fook and tame. A single
episode of "Rick and Morty" is way more bizarre. It's still an interesting
ride from a historical perspective.
Opening act that starts out legitimately creepy, dated special effects that
still look cool, good acting, medium pace, jumbled up story that doesn't go
anywhere, disappointing ending. VIDEODROME is worth watching, but it's
nothing to get excited about. I would love to see a fucked up
remake. That'd be awesome!
