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Criterion Collection: Videodrome [DVD] [1983] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

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  • Format: NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Criterion
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0002DB50E
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1.0 out of 5 starsThe blu-ray is cut
By Blood Freak on 18 Dec. 2011
Format: Blu-ray
Universal are releasing the censored R-rated version onto blu-ray in the UK. It's missing 80 seconds of gore.

The picture is the same transfer as used on Universal's Italian blu-ray and suffers from excessive edge enhancement. The only extra is a trailer.

Get the Criterion blu-ray, it's uncut and loaded with extras.

UPDATE: Although the Criterion disc is region A locked, there is a region B release out in Germany with the same extras and transfer. So avoid the UK release.
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3.0 out of 5 starsBlu-ray Review
By alek on 16 Jan. 2012
Format: Blu-ray
Videodrome is Cronenberg at his best and if you are reading this review you probably know that.
That's why I'll concentrate on the disc itself.

As another reviewer mentioned, it is the cut version of the film. While it is unfortunate, I wouldn't say anything vital was cut.
Most of the time, it's a couple of seconds of gore missing (sometimes even less). Don't get me wrong, I hate tinkering with the director's original vision but all in all,
I wouldn't say the film's impact has been diminished.

As for the A/V quality, it's a mixed bag. While it's nowhere near reference quality,
it's not as bad as some other catalogue titles from Universal.
Edge Enhancement is clearly visible but not to the point where it's too distracting.
Similarly, some DNR and sharpening have obviously been used, but the image still looks quite natural.

As many of you know, the film has also been released by Criterion but unless you have a multi-region player
and are willing to import the disc, this is the only way to watch Videodrome in High Definition.
It's also worth noting that the Criterion release seems to have been quite substantially cropped,
so it's also less than perfect.

Unfortunately, there are no extras on the disc to speak of.

Available audio tracks: English, French, Italian, Latin American Spanish, Russian (VO)
Available subtitles: English, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Korean, Latin American Spanish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Traditional Mandarin
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5.0 out of 5 starsLong live the new flesh!
By Mr. Stuart Chandler on 21 Aug. 2002
Format: VHS Tape
Phenomenal entry from Cronenberg, which is as shocking and subversive today as when first released. The story's basic premise is that the world is slowly being controlled by television and video, with a specialist group sending out a dangerous broadcast which causes a tumour in its viewers. The tumour triggers vicious hallucinogenic effects and leads to the group being able to control these unfortunates to do their deadly deeds.
The commentary on the potential effects of video/violence and pornography is fascinating and in typical Cronenberg style, it all ends badly with much gore and violence. Extremely thought provoking and perhaps even more relevant today, in light of the power of the media and TV to influence our perception of different events.
Watch and be propelled into a dangerous underground world of S&M, violence and a quest for the truth that ends in tragedy.
Superb and obviously worth the modest price. Just be careful - 'it bites'!!
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5.0 out of 5 starsVIDEOSHOCK
By Kelvin Dickinson VINE VOICE on 26 April 2010
Format: DVD
AMAZON REVIEW NUMBER 100. (But is this a good thing?)

Ah, VIDEODROME: one of a very small number of films to have given me nightmares.

THE STORY
MAX RENN, a sleazy cable-TV programmer begins to see his life and the future of media spin out of control after stumbling upon the broadcast signal of a seemingly plotless tv show called VIDEODROME which features extreme violence and torture. To his horror, he discovers that the signal causes damage to the viewer's brain through terrifying hallucinations, and that he himself is now a 'carrier' of it's malicious content.

Made in 1983 and Thank God I didn't see this on my own.

DAVID CRONENBERG is a director who knows how to work his way under the skin - then, when you're expecting the worst, he'll go one better and rip it inside out with intense bursts of visceral imagery, often utterly repulsive...yet strangely fascinating. Directorial mind games of the highest order and very, very effective. SHIVERS, THE BROOD and SCANNERS all dealt with similar themes - in essence, a fear of the flesh, of uncontrollable bodily transformation - but this is the first film of his to seriously tap into that deeply subconscious anxiety we all have of internal corruption, of something dark and malevolent eating away at our, for want of a better word, soul.

VIDEODROME: the public face of a crypto-government conspiracy to morally and ideologically "purge" North America by giving fatal brain tumours to "lowlifes" fixated on extreme forms of sex and violence...

JAMES WOODS is skin-crawlingly excellent as Max Renn, an opportunistic CEO always on the lookout for material that will push the envelope - or "break through", as he calls it - in order to reverse the fortunes (and ratings) of his tired cable tv station.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsLong live the new flesh.
By Puzzle box on 26 May 2014
Format: Blu-ray
Videodrome is a classic sci/fi horror film from David Cronenberg which stars James Woods in what has to be his best role as a T.V. producer in the not too distant future. Being the successful business man that he is, Max knows that only the most perverted, violent and brutal shows evoke any real interest among viewers. One day he comes across a mysterious show called "Videodrome", which just shows what may or may not be snuff films all day. The problem is, the more he watches it, the more he likes it, and the more he has to watch more of it. Same thing goes for his kinky girlfriend (Debbie Harry). Max tries to track down the station, only to find a lot of secrecy and mystery around it, not to mention a cult leader-like figure at its head. The odd things start when his girlfriend disappears after trying to audition for Videodrome. Then Max sees her on Videodrome, being tortured, and speaking at him in his living room, as if she could observe what he's doing at the moment. Not only that, but Max begins to hallucinate big time, seeing for example a rubber like humanoid trying to crawl out of his TV screen and into the real world. It soon becomes clear that "Videodrome" is much more than just a T.V. show, something a lot more dangerous. Before he knows it Max is caught up in the whole thing and the line between reality and hallucination is blurring.

Woods turns in another great performance, and the cast is appropriate. Cronenberg paces this very well, and can make the film scary without having to have someone suddenly jump out with a knife. Also notable are the effects by a rising Rick Baker and the score by Howard Shore. Plus, this is one of the first films to explore the possibility of TV influence on the masses, only that taking it to another more demented level.Read more ›
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