Videodrome
Movie • 1983 • Horror
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Abuse
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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MerelyMyself
A character is depicted slapping his secretary and/or girlfriend.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Addiction
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huviks
To television
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Animal
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Assault
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LZboyfurn
Violent pornography is watched and it is implied that some scenes are non consensual
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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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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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Does a woman get slapped?
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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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Does a head get squashed?
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A head kind of squashes itself after the person is killed.
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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 there body horror?
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Practical special effects/prosthetics are used, very inline with Cronenberg’s other horror movies
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Is there excessive gore?
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BobbieDreamhearse
everyday violence along with surreal Cronenberg gore.
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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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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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There are at least two scenes of strangulation.
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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 there amputation?
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Yaros3D
Hand is "bitten off" and replaced with hand grenade
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Children
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Death
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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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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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a parent die?
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huviks
Bianca's dad dies
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Fear
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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
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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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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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LGBTQ+
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Medical
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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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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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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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Mental Health
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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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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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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the final scene
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MerelyMyself
A ritualistic suicide in order to achieve a new level of reality.
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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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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Noxious
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Paranoia
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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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Pregnancy
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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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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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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 there sexual content?
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Diana2
Yes a lot lol
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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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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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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