I imagine that by the time this film was released, it must have caused quite a stir, since a large part of the popular culture of those years was transmitted and disseminated through television. Planting a dystopia in the minds of the eighties that relates hallucinations from TV to create a new concept of meat could have broken several. And it's that as it is read, the idea is spectacular, but unfortunately the quality of cinema delivered by Cronenberg is very limited by its time. If we extrapolate his ideas to the contemporary world, I'm sure it would be something as big as or bigger than The Matrix, which, by the way, is clearly influenced by Cronenberg in the masterful work of the Wachowski sisters. But if we limit ourselves to this film as such, it's mediocre. The acting, editing and photography are bad. The practical effects are very good for 1983, even quite anecdotal, but far from convincing.
Videodrome, despite being a classic, could have been much better than it was.
Videodrome, despite being a classic, could have been much better than it was.