An oft overlooked gem that’s worth a watch. I don’t know what it is, as I normally don’t consider bald people or baldness itself terrifying in the least - but the bald maniacs in this film are truly unsettling. The movie is pretty freaky, lots of weird imagery. Plus, there’s a bit of social commentary in there: what if your late, great 60s weren’t so great after all, and something you did during the Summer of Love came back to haunt you many years later? It’s a great premise for a horror film as it plays on our natural, human fears (“drugs are bad!”). This week’s new movies on VOD are a mixed bag of fun Halloween fare and more traditional. He soon uncovers the cause - 10 years earlier, a group of college students had taken a bad batch of acid called Blue Sunshine that eventually leads to their mental breakdown. New Movies On Demand: Gods Country, Jeepers Creepers: Reborn, + More. While evading the authorities, he tries to get to the bottom of these psychotic episodes. It was so fucking disturbing and I could not convince myself it was just a movie everything was too seamless and happening so fast. The purpose of Acid Cam is to show people that things that they experience as reality around them are subjective. This software is dedicated to everyone that experiences mental illness. The first time I tried acid my friends and I made the mistake of watching 2003 Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Acid Cam is an application that distorts video to create art. A man, Jerry (played by a pre-Skinemax fame Zalman King), is wrongly accused of one of the murders and goes on the run. Movies I have watched on acid are: Ratatouille, Silver Linings Playbook, and Life of Pi. That is, until, certain people start suffering psychotic episodes where their hair falls out and they turn into murderous maniacs. Disco is in full effect, polyester is the preferred material - everything is groovy. I only recently saw it, and I really enjoyed it. Some are easier to digest than others, however, and the 2008 movie Ponyo (which, like Totoro and Kiki’s Delivery Service was intended for a younger audience) keeps things playful and light. I’ve been trying to include movies that I rarely or never hear mentioned when ‘top horror’ lists are named, and Blue Sunshine is one of those films. Anime legend Hayao Miyazaki has directed eleven feature films, any of which would make for moving, immersive experiences on acid.
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