Reefer Madness

This 1930s public information film, an extraordinary combination of paranoia and naivety, was later embraced as an underground classic.

Reckless teenagers from seemingly respectable families find their lives turned upside down when they are introduced to the horrors of ’the reefer’ by local dealers. This cult classic is a cinematic Trojan horse – a public information film subverted to become a camp exploitation romp with the moral catch line ‘Tell Your Children’.