Blue Sunshine (film)

Blue Sunshine
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJeff Lieberman
Written byJeff Lieberman
Produced byGeorge Manasse
Starring
CinematographyDon Knight
Edited by
Music byCharles Gross
Distributed byCinema Shares International
Release dates
  • November 23, 1977 (1977-11-23) (London Film Festival)
  • December 2, 1977 (1977-12-02) (Raleigh, North Carolina)[1]
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$550,000[2]

Blue Sunshine is a 1977 American horror film written and directed by Jeff Lieberman, and starring Zalman King, Deborah Winters, and Mark Goddard. The plot focuses on a series of random murders in Los Angeles, in which the only common link between the perpetrators is a mysterious batch of LSD that they had all taken years prior.

Over the years, the film attracted a cult following,[3][4][5] and was released on special edition DVD by Synapse Entertainment in 2003. It has been shown at many film festivals since.[6]

  1. ^ "Starts FRIDAY! A Trip into Horror! "BLUE SUNSHINE"". The News & Observer. November 27, 1977. p. 9-V – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Smith, Richard Harland (May 10, 2013). "Blue Sunshine". Turner Classic Movies. TCM Underground. Archived from the original on December 17, 2014.
  3. ^ Nelson, Michael Curtis (October 26, 2011). "People Lose Their Hair -- and Their Minds -- in 'Blue Sunshine'". PopMatters. Retrieved 2017-11-01.
  4. ^ Alexander, Chris (October 30, 2015). "Interview: Director Jeff Lieberman Talks BLUE SUNSHINE 4K Restoration". Comingsoon.net. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  5. ^ Krisenthia, Fawn. "Blue Sunshine". Cult Reviews. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
  6. ^ Abrams, Simon. "The 'Sunshine' Cult: Jeff Lieberman's Far-Reaching Rays at Anthology". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on September 13, 2018.