Checked it out because it was directed by Jeff Lieberman, director of a great underrated slasher called Just Before Dawn. It stars Zalman King. Yeah, the Red Shoe Diaries guy. King plays Jerry Zipkin, who is accused of murdering his friends. But it really wasn't him, it was another guy who lost his hair and went psycho due to some bad LSD (Blue Sunshine) that they all took years before. Zipkin pretty much makes every wrong decision you can possibly make and gets himself deeper and deeper into trouble. The plot is ridiculous and it's hard not to laugh at the bald killers when they trip out and kill people. The sight is pretty silly. Still, Lieberman manages to overcome this and provide some nice atmosphere and genuinely creepy moments. But yes, there's also plenty of unintentionally funny stuff: "We want Dr. Pepper," "If you jerk it won't work," and my personal favorite scene when the sad sack junkie watches Zipkin run away with his money.
Also worth mentioning is that the music that is played whenever someone "freaks out" is very similar to the music that was used in Friday the 13th a few years later. All in all, Blue Sunshine is an interesting cheapie that should appeal to most genre fans. There's a sort of Larry Cohenesque quality about it.
Also worth mentioning is that the music that is played whenever someone "freaks out" is very similar to the music that was used in Friday the 13th a few years later. All in all, Blue Sunshine is an interesting cheapie that should appeal to most genre fans. There's a sort of Larry Cohenesque quality about it.