Sex Madness
Dir: Dwain Esper
Star: Vivian McGill, Rose Tapley, Al Rigeli, Stanley Barton
[9] - From the same people that brought you
Reefer Madness, a solemn tale of what happens to those who dare to
have sex outside the sanctity of marriage. They get syphilis, pass
it onto their husbands and children, are forced to the edge of
suicide and lose any acting ability they may have possessed. Or
maybe it just seems that way, as whoever the director is, he was
clearly a one-take man: a half-open window slams shut, making the
actress talking at the time visibly jump, but the camera keeps right
on rolling. These little technical quibbles aside, this is medical
melodrama pushed to the limits - do I mark it as such or do I write
it off for the dated exploitation it is? Both, and neither.
5/10
