Videodrome's Brain Tumor Inducing Television Broadcast Explored - Cronenberg's Best Body Horror Work
986Looking for some really crazy, messed-up gore? The 1983 Canadian film ‘Videodrome’ is the answer! Written and directed by David Cronenberg, who is quite possibly one of the most iconic connoisseurs of gore, ‘Videodrome’ is a science fiction body horror film, notable for its disturbing imagery prevalent throughout the course of the movie.
Cronenberg is referred to as the godfather of body horror, having directed films such as ‘Shivers’ and ‘Rabid’. He has depicted some of the most disturbing visuals in his projects. This is the stuff that makes you scrunch your face and peep at the screen with one eye. His works are definitely not for the faint-hearted, or for people prone to nausea. Cronenberg has often delved into topics revolving around mutations, taboo sex, and the downside of technological advancements, and ‘Videodrome’ is no exception.
As gruesome as his ideas might have been, it is quite unfortunate for humans as a collective that reality is gradually closing in and almost mirroring the world Cronenberg had created. In some ways, his take on technology has been quite prophetic and this is something that can be spotted in his ‘Videodrome’ as well. This has always been his intention, as inter-weaving disturbing material with societal concepts is something he is quite fond of executing in his narratives. It tickles his audience’s primal instincts and stimulates them intellectually.
Cronenberg is very visual when it comes to depicting the gruesome stuff in his work, and unsurprisingly he portrays the sadism and masochism in ‘Videodrome’ quite vividly. Nothing here is just ‘implied’. Something horrible is being referred to? You’re simply going to see very vivid imagery of it on your screen. From torture scenes to organs oozing out of a dead person’s body, the movie has it all. And it is all orchestrated by the need for technology to dominate every sphere of human life.
The plot revolves around Max Renn, the President of a small UFH channel on television, whose already disturbed mind gets even more messed up after being exposed to the signal from a broadcast channel with notorious depictions of violence. As Max loses his touch with reality due to his hallucinations, he ironically comes closer to the truth and unravels a conspiracy of mind-control.
The movie stars James Woods, Debbie Harry, Sonja Smits, Peter Dvorsky, Jack Creley, Leslie Carlson, and Lynne Gorman.
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