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Director:
Jeff Lieberman
Writer:
Jeff Lieberman (writer)
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Release Date:
20 March 1978 (Denmark) more
Genre:
Mystery | Thriller | Horror more
Plot:
At a party, someone goes insane and murders three women. Falsely accused of the brutal killings, Jerry is on the run... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
A very interesting and original thriller. more (33 total)

Cast

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Zalman King ... Jerry Zipkin
Deborah Winters ... Alicia Sweeney
Mark Goddard ... Edward Flemming
Robert Walden ... David Blume
Charles Siebert ... Detective Clay
Ann Cooper ... Wendy Flemming
Ray Young ... Wayne Mulligan
Alice Ghostley ... O'Malley's Neighbor
Stefan Gierasch ... Lt. Jennings
Richard Crystal ... Frannie Scott
Bill Adler ... Ralphie
Barbara Quinn ... Stephanie
Adriana Shaw ... Barbara O'Malley
Bill Sorrells ... Ritchie Grazzo
Jeffrey Druce ... Junkie
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Runtime:
89 min | Australia:96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:R | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (video rating) | USA:R
Company:
Ellanby Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
According to director Jeff Lieberman certain punk rock bands in the early 80's would show clips of the disco-attack scene from Blue Sunshine during their performances. more
Quotes:
Edward Flemming: [grabbing Jerry] You dirty killer bastard, you!
Jerry Zipkin: I didn't kill anybody!
Edward Flemming: Like hell you didn't!
Jerry Zipkin: I didn't kill anybody!
Edward Flemming: Wayne! Get me Wayne!
Jerry Zipkin: You and Wayne, I'll get your Wayne! He's gone crazy from that acid you sold him, and so did your wife!
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Movie Connections:
Features The Flying Deuces (1939) more
Soundtrack:
The Music of Love more

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A very interesting and original thriller., 21 October 2007
8/10
Author: Scott LeBrun from Winnipeg, Canada

As a follow-up to his wonderful tongue-in-cheek nature-strikes-back horror movie "Squirm", the always original cult director Jeff Lieberman concocted this provocative thriller. It seems that the people who took an acid named Blue Sunshine 10 years ago at Stanford University are all of a sudden suffering delayed reactions. They're experiencing dramatic hair loss, and lapsing into psychotic episodes. Out to seek the truth is Jerry Zipkin (Zalman King), who's erroneously assumed to have committed some murders actually committed by a friend at a party.

Lieberman always has a knack for humor in his films, and this is no exception. Here he maintained in me a level of curiosity and interest, although I knew the whole set-up of the movie going in. The movie is marked by some good set pieces; particularly horrendous is the sight of a murder victim shoved into a fireplace. The plot is genuinely intriguing, and Lieberman plays with the conventions of this type of film by having his protagonist *not* be terribly likable, and by having the supposed "villain", a politician running for congress ('Lost in Space's' Mark Goddard) not being really evil at all but just a guy whose bad decisions in the past are now coming back to haunt him. The mood is always kept intense and reasonably creepy, and the director also maintains a snappy pace, with no dull sequences to have to sit through. The picture also has a purely 1970's vibe; hairstyles and wardrobes and of course a climactic disco sequence strongly evoke the era.

Future soft core director King is an acceptable if not especially dynamic lead; the supporting cast includes Deborah Winters, Robert Walden, Charles Siebert, Ray Young, Ann Cooper, and Bill Adler. The crazed friend at the party is played by Richard Crystal - Billy Crystals' brother, Stefan Gierasch and Alice Ghostley make very welcome guest appearances, and future prominent film heavy Brion James makes one of his earliest screen appearances as the drunk at the party who thinks he's a bird(!).

Other elements adding to the films' creepy feel are Charles Gross's eerie music and the striking sight of the victims in their bald or balding skulls.

I recommend checking this out. It's a great early film from a director who always succeeds in crafting well made independent films with a difference.

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