Review of Videodrome (1983) by Dayan W — 22 Feb 2009

This movie is great. It's got mind control, seedy underground TV studios, trippy disturbing hallucinations, weird slimy mutant limbs, and its finale is a complete splatterfest.

This review of Videodrome (1983) was written by Dayan W on 22 Feb 2009.

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