Remote Control (1988)
- Directed by
- Jeff Lieberman
- Genre
- comedy horror, science fiction film, science fiction comedy
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 46 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A video rental clerk in Los Angeles finds that a 1950s sci-fi tape in his store is programmed by aliens to make viewers commit murders. He tries to stop the killings before more people watch it.
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What happens
Remote Control is a 1988 American science fiction film written and directed by Jeff Lieberman, and starring Kevin Dillon as a Los Angeles video rental clerk who discovers that his store is circulating a VHS tape of a 1950s sci-fi film programmed by aliens to brainwash viewers, causing them to commit murders. Lieberman's screenplay combines elements of thriller, horror, action films and science fiction with satirical humor. Lieberman did not direct another theatrical feature film for sixteen years, until Satan's Little Helper in 2004. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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