Friday, February 22, 2008

Movie Report: Tell Your Children (Reefer Madness) (1936)

If you haven't seen this "cautionary tale" about the dangers of marijuana, you're missing out. It's hysterical!

A kooky riff on the horrible things that happen to teens who fall into jazz, sex, liquor and drugs, Reefer Madness is outrageously, crazily, over-the-top, with dire warnings of destruction, visions of doom, overly righteous narration and all.

Basically, a group of clean-cut "teens" (who all look to be in their 30s) get a whiff of marijuana. And in minutes, they're all homicidal, perverted, rapist, dope-head fiends! It's a laugh riot!

The Gone with the Wind of 1930s exploitation flicks.

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