Review of Videodrome (1983) by Robben M — 19 Oct 2009

Videodrome straddles the line between sociological commentary about the media, where its going, etc and early era David Cronenberg that's so fucked up even if for no other reason than the sake of pure entertainment.

The hallucinations are twisted and worthwhile, the story's smart enough to justify any missteps that Cronenberg may have made and a naked Debbie Harry never hurts. At least it wasn't in 1983. The acting's a tad weak at times, James Woods' vagina-stomach had me scratching my head and I fell asleep twice before I managed to finally get through the whole thing.

Videodrome is worth the time but not the effort...