Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. As such, like cocaine fiends, it misses the charm of the delirious maniac, which hits such a peak of hypnotic badness it uninentionally works as high comedy. Like many exploitation films of the time, reefer madness tried to make a quick. Indy shriner is an actress and writer, known for reefer madness ii. Film that relates the story, as told by high school principal dr. Reefer madness originally made as tell your children and sometimes titled as the burning question, dope addict, doped youth, and love madness is a 1936 american film about drugs revolving around the melodramatic events that ensue when highschool students are lured by pushers to try marijuanafrom a hit and run accident, to manslaughter. A history of exploitation films, 1919 1959 eric schaefer. Rent reefer madness 1936 starring warren mccollum and dorothy short on dvd and bluray. Produced in the 1930s as a warning this film is now recognised as one of the funniest, lamest and downright bizarre attempts at demonising a recreational habit. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. He relates the tragic story of how two youngsters from. Youtube has tons of free, legal movies available for streaming immediately.
Marvels the defenders, reefer madness, and more on netflix and amazon. It stars a bunch of cleancut teenagers who take a puff of the devils weed. The complicated history of cannabis in the us history. The original antimarijuana film 1936, offering the true inside story of the devil weed that drives men to savage lusts and women to. The tale revolves around mae and jack, accomplices in the distribution of marijuana, who manage to entice the local high school kids to stop by maes apartment to smoke reefer. Considered the archetypal sensationalized antidrug movie, but its really an exploitation film made to capitalize on the hot taboo subject of marijuana use. The films story is told in bracketing sequences at a lecture given at a parent. Reefer madness is a 1936 american film about drugs revolving around the melodramatic. Unabashed propaganda film on the perils of marijuana use. The original antimarijuana film 1936, offering the true inside story of the devil weed that drives men to. Reefer madness tell your children doped youth 1936.
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Reefer madness, recut from a propaganda film called tell your children, is not so bad its good but just awful plodding, almost plotless, and only in places unwittingly amusing. An outrageous tongueincheek musical comedy adaptation of the classic antimarijuana propaganda film reefer madness 1936. Cleancut wasp couple bill and mary are innocent high school students who play tennis and drink tea on the back porch. The rise of reefer madness the popular image of the 1950s may be all leave it to beaver, but underneath the pearls and penny loafers, there was a countercultural movement bubbling to the surface. Reefer madness assassin of youth she should a said no the devil s sleep the violent years disc 2 maniac how to undress in front of your husband protect your daughter the narcotic story. Carroll to parents at a pta meeting, of the scourge of marijuana. Based on the stage play, this musical parody of 1936 film reefer madness takes that already overblown criticism of marijuana usage in the source film and ups the ante to humorous effect. Rent reefer madness 1936 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Reefer madness was the famous drug propaganda film that came out in 1938.
Download citation reefer madness and beyond purpose this chapter analyses the independent u. A history of exploitation films, 1919 1959 eric schaefer, duke university press, 1999. Reefer madness 1936 enhanced this unabashed propaganda. Like many exploitation films of the time, reefer madness tried to.
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