Of possible interest: some Mystery Science Theatre style mayhem at the expense of everyone's favorite potsploitation movie,
Reefer Madness:
Fans of the legendary hit show Mystery Science Theater 3000 and
internet sensation RiffTrax are in for the best Thursday in the history of the world on August 19 when NCM Fathom, the goons of Something Awful, and RiffTrax team up again to present RiffTrax Live: Reefer Madness at 8:00 p.m. Eastern / 7:00 p.m. Central / 6:00 p.m. Mountain / 8:00 p.m. Pacific (tape delayed). The creative team behind MST3K - Michael J. Nelson, Kevin "Tom Servo" Murphy and Bill "Crow T. Robot" Corbett - will reunited on the big screen for an evening of live riffing on the 1936 cult classic feature that warned against the horrors of excessive marijuana consumption.
Originally titled "Tell Your Children" and financed by a church group, Reefer Madness was intended as a morality tale about the dangers of cannabis use. The story follows a group of high school students who are coerced by pushers into trying marijuana; the catalyst for an ill-fated party that soon descends into madness. Soon after Reefer Madness’ initial filming in 1936, notorious exploitation filmmaker Dwain Esper turned up the intensity with the addition of salacious insert shots. The final piece offers scenes of accidental murder, suicide and vehicular manslaughter.
I've never heard of "internet sensation" RiffTrax before so I can't vouch for this experience even slightly; and of course,
Reefer Madness is awful enough that it seems sort of overly obvious to parody it. BUT, I did love me some MST3K back in the day, so who knows - might be worth checking out.
