Psychotropic Cinema: THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES WHO STOPPED LIVING AND BECAME MIXED-UP ZOMBIES!!?

Beautiful young women dancing onstage in flowing gowns

A 1964 “monster musical” by Ray Dennis Steckler, The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? blends horror, camp, and psychedelic visuals. Featuring hypnotic killers, surreal musical numbers, and cinematography by future Hollywood greats Vilmos Zsigmond and László Kovács, it remains a cult classic of unconventional cinema.

Psychotropic Cinema: Blue Sunshine

Paranoid thrills abound in Blue Sunshine (1977), Jeff Lieberman’s cult classic blending horror, conspiracy, and 70s counterculture. A decade after a tainted LSD experiment, victims lose their hair and sanity, unleashing terror across California. A campy, thought-provoking reflection on the cultural fallout of the hippie era.

Psychotropic Cinema: The Touchables

A surreal image of a giant inhabited bubble with a white car parked next to it and trees near it.

Robert Freeman’s The Touchables (1968) is a surreal, visually striking film featuring a group of free-spirited young women in 1960s London. Known for his work with The Beatles, Freeman’s directorial debut mixes psychedelic cinematography, eccentric characters, and countercultural style, capturing the era’s bold spirit.