Reefer Madness, the granddaddy of all midnight cult movies, is a classic on all counts.
Let me start off by saying I don't smoke marijuana (or marihuina, as it is spelled in this movie) and I don't believe kids should be smoking pot, but this movie is so over the top in it's depiction of what happens when a person smokes the demon weed that it is hilarious.
According to this film, which was made as an educational tool for parents in the 1930's, after just one hit off of a joint the smoker will turn into a wild eyed, deranged addict who will jump into bed with anyone, or become homicidal or suicidal. With all seriousness, the makers of this movie claim reefer is more addictive than heroin, will cause hallucinations and is a narcotic. If this film is to be believed, smoking a doobie will lead to permanent insanity!!!
One classic scene shows two "hopheads" at a piano, while one screams, "Faster, Faster" as the other plays maniacally on the piano, reefer dangling from her lips. It has to be seen to be believed. I don't know about any one else, but I have personally never seen anyone under the influence of marijuana act this way...they may nod off or get extremely hungry, but not start banging on a piano while screaming and laughing hysterically.
If this was meant to scare kids from trying pot, I think it missed it's mark. The kids on the devil's weed in this film are having a hell of a good time, and isn't that what most teenagers want...a good time?
If you have never seen this movie, you have to see it.
Let me start off by saying I don't smoke marijuana (or marihuina, as it is spelled in this movie) and I don't believe kids should be smoking pot, but this movie is so over the top in it's depiction of what happens when a person smokes the demon weed that it is hilarious.
According to this film, which was made as an educational tool for parents in the 1930's, after just one hit off of a joint the smoker will turn into a wild eyed, deranged addict who will jump into bed with anyone, or become homicidal or suicidal. With all seriousness, the makers of this movie claim reefer is more addictive than heroin, will cause hallucinations and is a narcotic. If this film is to be believed, smoking a doobie will lead to permanent insanity!!!
One classic scene shows two "hopheads" at a piano, while one screams, "Faster, Faster" as the other plays maniacally on the piano, reefer dangling from her lips. It has to be seen to be believed. I don't know about any one else, but I have personally never seen anyone under the influence of marijuana act this way...they may nod off or get extremely hungry, but not start banging on a piano while screaming and laughing hysterically.
If this was meant to scare kids from trying pot, I think it missed it's mark. The kids on the devil's weed in this film are having a hell of a good time, and isn't that what most teenagers want...a good time?
If you have never seen this movie, you have to see it.