Liquid Sky (1982)

Directed by

Slava Tsukerman

Genre

comedy film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy, LGBTQ-related film, arthouse science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

R

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 140 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An alien entity lands on a Manhattan rooftop and feeds on the brain chemicals released during orgasm. A model and her friends become entangled with the creature and its deadly effects.

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What happens

Liquid Sky is a 1982 American independent science fiction film directed by Slava Tsukerman and starring Anne Carlisle and Paula E. Sheppard. It debuted at the Montreal Film festival in August 1982 and was well received at several film festivals thereafter. It was produced with a budget of $500,000. It became the most successful independent film of 1983, grossing $1.7 million worldwide. The film is seen as heavily influencing a club scene that emerged in the early 2000s in Brooklyn, Berlin, Paris, and London called electroclash. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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