Videodrome
Movie • 1983 • Horror
ReportAs the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.
This movie contains 52 potentially triggering events.
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Abandonment
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MerelyMyself
A character is depicted slapping his secretary and/or girlfriend.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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its unclear if people other than max can see the tv show she is on but it might appear that way for someone who is triggered by this topic
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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MerelyMyself
A character is routinely lied to and deliberately misguided about their experiences with a video ad hallucinations.
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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no but theres at least one scene with a wip
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Addiction
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Is there addiction?
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huviks
To television
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone drugged?
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LZboyfurn
Not in a traditional way, but the main character is given something to endure hallucinations
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MerelyMyself
The sex depicted among the main characters is consensual; however, there are videos within the narrative depicting struggling, nude people being restrained and beaten.
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Violent pornography is watched and it is implied that some scenes are non consensual
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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MerelyMyself
A character has cuts on their neck from a lover. You do not see their neck being cut, but you do see the cuts.
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Are any hands damaged?
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LZboyfurn
A man’s hand is graphically transformed into a gun, it’s peak body horror
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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TFMD
There are at least two scenes of strangulation.
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Practical special effects/prosthetics are used, very inline with Cronenberg’s other horror movies
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Is there amputation?
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Yaros3D
Hand is "bitten off" and replaced with hand grenade
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Does a head get squashed?
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MerelyMyself
A head kind of squashes itself after the person is killed.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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a cord is wrapped around the throat of a man on tv roughly 37 minutes in
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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MerelyMyself
A gun is horrifically merged with a character's hand.
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Is someone tortured?
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Quiet_Wyatt
Characters (and we) get glimpses on the Videodrome channel of nonconsensual bondage, gag-tying, whipping, and electrocution, at minimum.
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Is someone stabbed?
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LZboyfurn
A man has objects inserted into his stomach in a way that would be potentially triggering for those triggered by stabbing
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Is there excessive gore?
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BobbieDreamhearse
everyday violence along with surreal Cronenberg gore.
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Death
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Kind of, theres the sentiment that, for the greater good, one must die however this is a hallucination.
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Disability
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Family
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Does a parent die?
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huviks
Bianca's dad dies
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Is someone possessed?
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MerelyMyself
In a sense; a character is mind controlled by special waves and a shady organization.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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cinnasaur
Not at all, but around 10 minutes before the end, a character is shot and makes gagging sounds that may be difficult to listen to until the scene changes.
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Is there audio gore?
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Laurapalmer
Almost indulgently so in a particular scene near the end lol
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Law Enforcement
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Are needles/syringes used?
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MerelyMyself
One character graphically pierces another's ears. A character is injected with something.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Quiet_Wyatt
There is at one point a kind of hostel/shelter for literal TV addicts which feels very mental hospital.
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Does someone have cancer?
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MerelyMyself
A minor character discusses his brain cancer; other characters are implied to have a similar brain cancer.
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MerelyMyself
A character extinguishes a cigarette on their chest in a sexually masochistic way. The same character has cuts on their neck from a lover.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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the main character who is hallucinating and mentally unstable is very violent
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Cryptid_Crow
Hallucinating.
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the final scene
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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MagitekVai
We alternate between the real world and hallucinations, often in the same scene
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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MerelyMyself
The main character experiences hallucinations and is very anxious about whether they're real or not.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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There is no body dysmorphia, there IS body horror, thats not body dysmorphia.
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MerelyMyself
A ritualistic suicide in order to achieve a new level of reality.
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Does a baby cry?
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In the first couple minutes you can hear a baby cry in the background when Max is waiting for someone to answer the door after he knocks. You do not see the baby.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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no however if you struggle with paranoia i recommend sitting this one out
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TFMD
No overt antisemitism, but may be worth mentioning that a character has a humorous picture on his wall of Hitler wearing a ballet tutu decorated with a swastika. You see this in the background a few times.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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MagitekVai
The film has orientalist depictions of geishas in porn and belly dancers at a restaurant. However, the former is at least depicted as exploitative and sleazy
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Race
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Relationships
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LZboyfurn
No, but an older woman tells a younger man that he is too old to be her type, disconcerting because his character is in his early 30s
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Sex
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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burntheworm
someone is so sexually objectified they become an object
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Is there sexual content?
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Diana2
Yes a lot lol
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Is there BDSM?
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thesilly
There are scenes depicting play piercing, whipping, and burning
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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QuietWyatt
Call it what you will, but the main character's mind unravels completely
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
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homeless background characters featured
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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huviks
It's ambiguous--the main character may have been used and discarded by a series of shadowy organizations, or he may be in video-valhalla
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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Alucarda
In typical Cronenberg fashion, the gory practical effects are showcased in full detail. On example is a scene of the main character has a slit in his stomach, resembling a woman's vagina. He digs his hand into it and pulls out a pistol. The gun then fuses with his hand, showing sharp metal tubes inserting themselves into his hand and wrist.
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Is there gun violence?
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MerelyMyself
A number of people are shot to death with a creepy gun.
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