Liquid Sky

Liquid Sky (1982) is a cult science-fiction oddity you can watch online on iFILM. A dinner-plate-sized UFO lands on a New York rooftop and burrows into the city's early-eighties world of punks, fashion models and new-wave hangers-on.

The visitor is hunting a chemical the human brain produces at the moment of orgasm. The catch: harvesting it is lethal, and the lovers of model Margaret start dropping dead in bed one after another. Anne Carlisle pulls double duty, playing both Margaret and her rival, a male model named Jimmy, while neon makeup, garish lighting and an icy synthesizer score turn the whole thing into a living new-wave album cover.

Russian émigré director Slava Tsukerman made one of the strangest independent films of the decade, a deadpan jab at fashion, drugs and downtown vanity. It ran the midnight-movie circuit for years and earned a devoted following. This one is cold, confrontational and unlike anything else. Stream Liquid Sky (1982) online on iFILM.