http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/videodrome/ movie review and news blog Thu, 24 Mar 2011 07:02:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/videodrome/comment-page-1/#comment-1127 Cat’s Eye (1985) - Movie Reviews Blog Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:57:13 +0000 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/videodrome/#comment-1127 [...] The first story features James Woods (Videodrome) as Dick Morrison, a hopeless chain-smoker seeking aid from “Quitters Inc.” Quitters Inc. is willing to help him kick his smoking habit, but only by using the most extreme measures. Much against his will, they have Dick monitored day and night. Should he be caught smoking, they threaten to kidnap his wife and torture her with electro-shock. Should he be caught a second time, they will dish out the same torture to his daughter. A third offense would result in his wife being brutally raped by one of their more deranged employees. And a 4th offense…well, you don’t wanna know. Dick is horrified at the penalties and must choose between his sweet sweet lung candy or the love of his family. [...] [...] The first story features James Woods (Videodrome) as Dick Morrison, a hopeless chain-smoker seeking aid from “Quitters Inc.” Quitters Inc. is willing to help him kick his smoking habit, but only by using the most extreme measures. Much against his will, they have Dick monitored day and night. Should he be caught smoking, they threaten to kidnap his wife and torture her with electro-shock. Should he be caught a second time, they will dish out the same torture to his daughter. A third offense would result in his wife being brutally raped by one of their more deranged employees. And a 4th offense…well, you don’t wanna know. Dick is horrified at the penalties and must choose between his sweet sweet lung candy or the love of his family. [...]

]]> http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/videodrome/comment-page-1/#comment-797 The Fly (1986) - Movie Reviews Blog Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:53:39 +0000 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/videodrome/#comment-797 [...] David Cronenberg is the master of the truly weird. With movies like “Videodrome”, “Naked Lunch”, “the Dead Zone” and “Scanners” under his belt, it’s hard to argue that point. Cronenberg’s remake of the classic Vincent Price horror film, the Fly, is one of his strongest accomplishments, departing enough from the original to keep from being a retread but maintaining enough aspects so as not to alienate fans of the original. And on top of that, it’s *really* gross. [...] [...] David Cronenberg is the master of the truly weird. With movies like “Videodrome”, “Naked Lunch”, “the Dead Zone” and “Scanners” under his belt, it’s hard to argue that point. Cronenberg’s remake of the classic Vincent Price horror film, the Fly, is one of his strongest accomplishments, departing enough from the original to keep from being a retread but maintaining enough aspects so as not to alienate fans of the original. And on top of that, it’s *really* gross. [...]

]]> http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/videodrome/comment-page-1/#comment-558 A Scanner Darkly - Movie Reviews Blog Mon, 25 Sep 2006 19:40:55 +0000 http://www.filmsy.com/reviews/videodrome/#comment-558 [...] Those last few sentences probably parallel the coherency of this movie pretty accurately, as it does its best to extend the “drug-tripping” experience onto the viewer. The roto-scoping animation helps exponentially in that regard and gives the whole film a dizzying surreal effect. And I do mean dizzying. Everything is either constantly changing (the scramble suits are insane) or constantly moving, even stationary objects, which throws the viewer slightly off-balance for the whole movie. The film also throws in plenty of “WTF”-moments of the deeply creepy and insane variety, just to keep the audience scratching at their noggins. A Scanner Darkly fits perfectly in that “kinda scary drug-tripping movie” genre along with the likes of Videodrome, Naked Lunch and Jacob’s Ladder, though perhaps a bit more tame. [...] [...] Those last few sentences probably parallel the coherency of this movie pretty accurately, as it does its best to extend the “drug-tripping” experience onto the viewer. The roto-scoping animation helps exponentially in that regard and gives the whole film a dizzying surreal effect. And I do mean dizzying. Everything is either constantly changing (the scramble suits are insane) or constantly moving, even stationary objects, which throws the viewer slightly off-balance for the whole movie. The film also throws in plenty of “WTF”-moments of the deeply creepy and insane variety, just to keep the audience scratching at their noggins. A Scanner Darkly fits perfectly in that “kinda scary drug-tripping movie” genre along with the likes of Videodrome, Naked Lunch and Jacob’s Ladder, though perhaps a bit more tame. [...]

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