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    Blue Sunshine (1976)

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    A low, low, budget American horror movie about a series of brutal killings.

    The film begins at a party, where the young guests listen to their friend Frannie (Richard Crystal) sing tunes and tell jokes.

    Then someone playfully yanks Frannie’s hair, revealing that he’s wearing a wig to cover up the fact that he’s bald except for a few patches of stringy hair.

    Frannie flees the party, only to return later in a crazed state and kill two women who are lingering at the location after the party has nearly ended. Discovered by Jerry (Zalman King), another late-to-leave party guest, Frannie runs from the party house to a nearby highway and gets run over by a truck.

    Through unfortunate circumstance, Jerry ends up under suspicion not only for Frannie’s death but also for the murders of the two women.

    Determined to understand why his friend went crazy, Jerry enlists the help of his pal David (Robert Walden), a physician with knowledge of illegal drugs, and discovers that the psychotic episodes involve users of a form of LSD called “Blue Sunshine,” which was sold in the 1960s by Edward Flemming (Mark Goddard), who is now a respectable citizen running for Congress.

    All the former “Blue Sunshine” users are now losing their hair and turning into sweaty, violent, zombie-like psychopaths who hate loud sounds and disco music.

    The film played to the worst tabloid fears about LSD causing chromosome breakage and creating a generation of damaged kids and ends with a statement that suggests it is based on true events – but in actuality, it is entirely fictitious (the work of writer/director Jeff Lieberman).

    Jerry Zipkin
    Zalman King
    Alicia Sweeney
    Deborah Winters
    Edward Flemming
    Mark Goddard
    David Blume
    Robert Walden
    Detective Clay
    Charles Siebert
    Wendy Flemming
    Ann Cooper
    Wayne Mulligan
    Ray Young
    Barbara O’Malley
    Adriana Shaw
    O’Malley’s neighbour
    Alice Ghostley
    Lt. Jennings
    Stefan Gierasch
    Frannie Scott
    Richard Crystal
    Ralphie
    Bill Adler
    Stephanie
    Barbara Quinn
    Ritchie Grazzo
    Bill Sorrells
    Junkie
    Jeffrey Druce

    Director
    Jeff Lieberman

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