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

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.

quirkysatiricalcampytensesuspensefullow-budgetplayfuldated

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)

Trailer

More like this

• They Live (1988)
• Sex Files: Pleasureville (1998)
• Out of Time (1988)
• Dracula's Widow (1988)
• Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988)
• Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
• The Blob (1988)
• Rented Lips (1988)