Videodrome (1983)

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Synopsis

Dir: David Cronenberg. Horror. A cable TV producer (James Woods) becomes obsessed with an underground pirate broadcast that features extreme content.

Content elements

• Infrequent use of the sexual expletive in a non-sexual context; infrequent use of scatological slang, cursing, profanity. and vulgar expressions
• Infrequent use of sexual references - little detail
• Infrequent portrayals of gun, weapons, and hand-to-hand violence some in a torture context - some blood and some gory detail; infrequent portrayals of weapons violence in a BDSM context - breast and buttock nudity, some detail; infrequent portrayals of suicide, suicidal behavior, and self-harm - some blood and detail
• Infrequent portrayals of transformations and nightmarish imagery - blood and gory detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity - breast and buttock, some detail
• Infrequent breast and buttock nudity in a non-sexual context
• Infrequent portrayals of tobacco and alcohol use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Technology and the body
• Exploitation
• Uncovering the truth

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for sexual content and violence

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