Reefer Madness

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Reefer Madness

PG,

1936,

1h 7m,

Drama

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39%

28 Reviews

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37%

10,000+ Ratings

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39%

Tomatometer

28 Reviews

37%

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10,000+ Ratings

High-school principal Dr. Alfred Carroll (Josef Forte) relates to an audience of parents that marijuana can have devastating effects on teens. In his story, a drug supplier entices several restless teens, including sister and brother Mary (Dorothy Short) and Jimmy Lane (Warren McCollum) and Mary's boyfriend, Bill (Kenneth Craig), into frequenting a reefer house. Gradually, Bill and Jimmy are drawn into smoking dope, which affects their family lives and leads to a terrible crime.

Keith Phipps

AV Club

Mar 30, 2019

Espers' 1936 film deserves its reputation as one of the most entertainingly bad movies ever made.

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Mar 28, 2007

The original antimarijuana film (1936), offering the true inside story of the devil weed that drives men to savage lusts and women to unspeakable depravities, along with a little bit of dumb fun.

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John Du Cane

Time Out

Jun 24, 2006

One of the most absurdly earnest exercises in paranoia you'll ever have the good fortune to see.

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Sarah Boslaugh

TheArtsStl

Mar 17, 2020

4/10

Before it became an ironic cult hit in the 1970s, Reefer Madness was a well-intentioned and unintentionally hilarious cautionary tale entitled Tell Your Children...

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Ellie Lucas

From the Front Row

Feb 22, 2020

1/4

Strictly an amateur-hour production, filled with laughably over-the-top acting and a silly sense of self-righteousness that make it the perfect exploitation camp classic.

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Sky Staff

Sky Cinema

Mar 30, 2019

1/5

This gloriously awful film is highly recommended to lovers of stunningly bad movies.

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Rey S

Apr 23, 2017

Reefer Madness is a bit overrated but its an interesting enough film

Hagrid G

Jan 2, 2017

Worst propaganda movie. Nice way to legitimize a racist agenda with terrible acting.

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Louis Gasnier

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Dave O'Brien

Ralph Wiley

Dorothy Short

Mary Lane

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Synopsis

High-school principal Dr. Alfred Carroll (Josef Forte) relates to an audience of parents that marijuana can have devastating effects on teens. In his story, a drug supplier entices several restless teens, including sister and brother Mary (Dorothy Short) and Jimmy Lane (Warren McCollum) and Mary's boyfriend, Bill (Kenneth Craig), into frequenting a reefer house. Gradually, Bill and Jimmy are drawn into smoking dope, which affects their family lives and leads to a terrible crime.

Director: Louis Gasnier
Producer: George A. Hirliman
Screenwriter: Paul Franklin, Arthur Hoerl, Lawrence Meade
Distributor: Madacy Entertainment Group Inc. [us], Reel Media International [us], LS Video, Hollywood Classics, Sinister Cinema, Kino Video, Something Weird Video, Network Enterprises [us], GoodTimes Home Video [us], Media Home Entertainment
Production Co: George A. Hirliman Productions
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 12, 1936, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 1, 2009
Runtime: 1h 7m

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