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Welcome to the glorious world of crude cinematography, jarring editing, bizarre dialogue, acting that ranges from stilted to overwrought, and a weird mixture of over-the-top sentimentality, lurid lip smacking, and stern warnings about immorality--this is the world of 1930s social-hygiene films, out to rid the U.S. of dope fiends and sex maniacs. Reefer Madness is the most famous--justly so for its ridiculous depictions of hyperactive, sex-crazed pot smokers. Watch as Billy, straight-arrow high school student, is instantly addicted from smoking a marihuana cigarette! With a good dose of voyeurism and violence, Reefer Madness provides lots of unintentional entertainment. Sex Madness tells a similar tale of innocence gone astray, only this time it's syphilis that ultimately destroys a happy family. "Must there always be a social side to this business?" sighs a former beauty queen as an agent tries to pimp her out. This movie's most notable feature is its erratic narrative--whatever became of the lesbian secretaries that were introduced in the first few scenes? And note that the filmmakers' high moral purpose doesn't prevent them from showing a long scene in the dressing room of a burlesque club. But Cocaine Fiends may be the best of the trio; again, a small-town girl and her brother have their lives ruined by wicked drugs, and there's plenty of campy dialogue and acting--but there's a strange power to the movie's later scenes, where the low budget has led to an almost expressionistic use of light and shadow. All in all, a strange and fascinating look at America's love-hate relationship with sex and drugs. --Bret Fetzer
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | William A. O'Connor, Dwain Esper, Louis J. Gasnier |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | December, 1935 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Whirlwind Media |
| MPAA RATING: | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Cult, Drama, Movie |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 688321201223 |