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Remote Control(Movie, 1988)

1h 28min | Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Comedy
Remote ControlRating: 2.8/5 (with 1616 votes)
Remote Control is a 1988 American science fiction romantic comedy 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. ()
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About Remote Control

A video store clerk stumbles onto an alien plot to take over earth by brainwashing people with a bad '50s science fiction movie. He and his friends race to stop the aliens before the tapes can be distributed world-wide.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 6 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 04/07/1988
Director: Jeff Lieberman
Screenwriter: Jeff Lieberman
Director of Photography: Tim Suhrstedt
Composer: Peter Bernstein
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Videokiller"

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Other movies with this title: Remote Control (US, 1930), Remote Control (IS, 1992), Remote Control (DE/MN/US, 2013), Remote Control (US, 2023)

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