Reefer Madness

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film

Reefer Madness is a 1936 American exploitation film that sensationalizes the supposed dangers of marijuana use, later becoming a cult classic for its campy, over-the-top anti-drug propaganda.

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Label Occurrences
Reefer Madness canonical 3
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical 3
Reefer Madness: The Musical (stage production) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Dope Addict NERFINISHED ⓘ
Doped Youth NERFINISHED ⓘ
Love Madness NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tell Your Children NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Burning Question NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Tell Your Children NERFINISHED ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
cinematographyBy Jack Greenhalgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cultStatus cult classic ⓘ
director Louis J. Gasnier NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor Roadshow distribution NERFINISHED ⓘ
editedBy Carl Himm NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre crime film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
exploitation film ⓘ
propaganda film ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
hasOnlineAvailability public domain prints widely circulated ⓘ
hasSubject drug use ⓘ
juvenile delinquency ⓘ
marijuana ⓘ
hasTheme corruption of youth ⓘ
drug prohibition ⓘ
moral panic ⓘ
influenced stage musical Reefer Madness NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterReception embraced by counterculture audiences ⓘ
viewed as unintentionally humorous ⓘ
musicBy Milton R. Krasner NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor campy tone ⓘ
over-the-top anti-drug propaganda ⓘ
sensationalized depiction of marijuana use ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays marijuana as a dangerous drug ⓘ
psychosis linked to marijuana use ⓘ
violent behavior linked to marijuana use ⓘ
producer George A. Hirliman NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate 1936 ⓘ
releaseYear 1936 ⓘ
runningTimeMinutes 68 ⓘ
setting United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
starredActor Dave O'Brien NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dorothy Short NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kenneth Craig NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lillian Miles NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 1930s ⓘ
writer Arthur Hoerl NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lawrence Meade NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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Louis J. Gasnier → notableWork → Reefer Madness ⓘ
Louis J. Gasnier → directed → Reefer Madness ⓘ
Kristen Bell → notableWork → Reefer Madness ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
Ana Gasteyer → appearedIn → Reefer Madness ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
Amy Spanger → notableWork → Reefer Madness ⓘ
Amy Spanger → performedIn → Reefer Madness ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reefer Madness: The Musical (stage production)
John Kassir → appearedIn → Reefer Madness ⓘ
this entity surface form: Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical