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  1. www.blogto.com › film › 2016The most memorable Toronto movies and TV shows from the 1980s

    Sep 11, 2022 · Videodrome (1983) There is no record of Toronto in the early 1980s eerier than David Cronenberg's prophetic Videodrome. Not standing in as an unnamed U.S. city here, Toronto plays itself in this ...

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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › VideodromeVideodrome - Wikipedia

    2 hours ago · Videodrome is a 1983 Canadian science fiction body horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring James Woods, Sonja Smits, and Debbie Harry. Set in Toronto during the early 1980s, it follows the CEO of a small UHF television station who stumbles upon a broadcast signal of snuff films .

  3. streetsoftoronto.com › here-are-10-of-the-scariestHere are 10 of the scariest homegrown Toronto movies of all ...

    Oct 12, 2023 · The Possessor (2020) Possessor is a spine-chilling 2020 science fiction psychological horror film directed by Brandon Cronenberg, David Cronenberg’s son. It delves into the terrifying story of an assassin, played by Andrea Riseborough, who can inhabit other people’s bodies to carry out her gruesome hits. As her work increasingly blurs with ...

  4. horrorobsessive.com › 2019/07/08 › long-live-the-newLong Live The New Flesh: David Cronenberg’s Videodrome

    Jul 8, 2019 · It’s really humorous to see a film that seems to make a direct correlation between violence and art in the bombastic way that David Cronenberg does in Videodrome. During the 1980s, it was a time of mass paranoia and fear. The evening news was often flooded with the latest Cold War whispers and a supposed Satanic Panic.

  5. cfe.tiff.net › content › biosCanadian Film Encyclopedia - David Cronenberg

    David Cronenberg is Canada’s most celebrated, internationally renowned and controversial auteur. Based in Toronto, his career as a writer and director spans 40 years – from his independent experimental features and schlock films of the late 1960s and 1970s ( Stereo, 1969; Crimes of the Future, 1970; Shivers, 1975; Rabid, 1976; The Brood ...

  6. eventsintorontonow.blogspot.com › 2016 › 08The top Toronto movies and TV shows from the 1980s

    The top Toronto movies and TV shows from the 1980s Toronto in the 1980s was a transitional time: The city was expanding but retained a small town vibe, while Yonge street still oozed a junior 42nd Street atmosphere of danger.

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  8. www.inverse.com › culture › videodrome-40-year40 Years Ago, David Cronenberg Made His Most Prescient Sci-fi ...

    Feb 3, 2023 · In 1983, David Cronenberg released his magnum opus, Videodrome, a transgressive masterpiece that gazes through television screens at humanity’s infatuation with its own depravity… and manages ...