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Movies that feel like Videodrome (1983)

If you loved Videodrome, the closest films we have are Event Horizon (1997), The Fly (1986) and Scanners (1981). All three share Videodrome's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 5 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Criterion Channel, HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.

πŸ… 83% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. David Cronenbergdreadunsettlingcerebraltwistybleakdreamlike

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Event Horizon
1997 Β· dir. Paul W. S. Anderson
πŸ… 36%β˜… 6.6horror Β· science fiction Β· mystery

The same two preoccupations: insanity, and hallucination

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors.

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The Fly
1986 Β· dir. David Cronenberg
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.6horror Β· science fiction

David Cronenberg directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Missing the twists of Videodrome

When brilliant, eccentric scientist Seth Brundle makes a huge technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.

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Scanners
1981 Β· dir. David Cronenberg
πŸ… 69%β˜… 6.7science fiction Β· horror

The same hand behind both of them: David Cronenberg

A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called 'scanning' to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non-Scanners.

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Backrooms
2026 Β· dir. Kane Parsons
β˜… 6.8horror Β· mystery Β· science fiction

Surrealism is the engine of both

The difference: 43 years apart, and the 2020s show

A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.

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The Thing
1982 Β· dir. John Carpenter
πŸ… 85%β˜… 8.2horror Β· mystery Β· science fiction

Both built around paranoia

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

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A Cure for Wellness
2017 Β· dir. Gore Verbinski
πŸ… 42%β˜… 6.4horror Β· mystery Β· science fiction

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps but soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem.

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Prometheus
2012 Β· dir. Ridley Scott
πŸ… 73%β˜… 7science fiction Β· mystery Β· horror

Cerebral where it counts, twisty underneath

A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

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Alien
1979 Β· dir. Ridley Scott
πŸ… 93%β˜… 8.5horror Β· science fiction

Dystopia sits at the heart of each

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

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The Sentinel
1977 Β· dir. Michael Winner
πŸ… 45%β˜… 6.3horror Β· mystery Β· fantasy

Both trade on dream logic more than on being horror

The difference: Leans fantasy where Videodrome does not

As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual exploits. Now an elite fashion model, she moves to a Brooklyn Heights apartment building where she encounters a number of bizarre, eccentric tenants and attempts to uncover the building's sinister secret.

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Altered States
1980 Β· dir. Ken Russell
πŸ… 87%β˜… 6.9horror Β· science fiction Β· thriller

Both keep circling back to surreal

A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of human consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from Native American shamans, he explores these altered states of cognizance and finds that memory, time, and reality itself are states of mind.

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Carnival of Souls
1962 Β· dir. Herk Harvey
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7horror Β· mystery Β· fantasy

Mystery built on dread, twice over

Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish man. As the visions begin to occur more frequently, Mary finds herself drawn to the deserted carnival on the outskirts of town. The strangely alluring carnival may hold the secret to her tragic past.

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Life
2017 Β· dir. Daniel Espinosa
πŸ… 67%β˜… 6.6horror Β· science fiction Β· mystery

Unsettling science fiction in both cases

The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.

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