80s Fear

One of the interesting things about starting this website is that it’s pushed me into watching some movies that I’ve heard about in the past but never tracked down. I started watching a few of these – Blue Sunshine, Just Before Dawn, Remote Control… hang on! Those are all by the same director!

For whatever reason, the name of Jeff Lieberman had passed me by. I was vaguely familiar with his feature début Blue Sunshine (about a group of ex-hippies who start having homicidal adverse effects from the acid they dropped in college) and Squirm (a small town besieged by thousands of flesh-eating worms) but otherwise his name had escaped me.

Now that I’m a little more familiar with his work, I can see that he’s one of those director who simply fell through the cracks for whatever reason. Though often obviously hampered by their low budgets, his movies were consistently original and full of ideas. So, here’s a quick article as a preview to my promised review of his 1987 movie Remote Control.

Selected filmography

Satan’s Little Helper (2004)

Remote Control (1987)

Just Before Dawn (1981)

Doctor Franken (1980) (TV movie, aka Dr. Franken (USA))

Squirm (1976)

Blue Sunshine (1976)

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