Desc: Michael's Fright: The Strange True Story of the Peanut Butter Solution: Directed by Coda Gardner. With Coda Gardner, Rock Demers, Alison Darcy, Mathew Mackay. 'The Peanut Butter Solution' has stayed dormant in the collective minds of a generation, not because it was beloved, but because the film left a nightmarish scar on the minds of most of the children who experienced it. This documentary explores the origins, creation, and infamous legacy of the 1985 Canadian family film.