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Sex Madness (1938
1938 in film

The year 1938 in film involved some significant events....
) is an exploitation film
Exploitation film

Exploitation film is a type of film that is promoted by "exploiting" often lurid subject matter. The term "exploitation" is common in film marketing, used for all types of films to mean promotion or advertising....
 directed by Dwain Esper
Dwain Esper

Dwain Esper was an United States film director and film producer of exploitation films . He is considered to be one of the worst directors of all time, and his films have become Cult film for being so notoriously bad....
, along the lines of Reefer Madness, supposedly to warn teenagers and young adults of the dangers of venereal diseases, specifically syphilis
Syphilis

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. The route of transmission of syphilis is almost always through sexual contact, although there are examples of congenital syphilis via transmission from mother to child in utero....
.

Wild parties, lesbianism, and premarital sex
Premarital sex

Premarital sex is sexual intercourse engaged in by a person or persons who are not yet Marriage. It is generally used in reference to young people who are presumed yet of marriageable age, or who will one day be married, but who are engaging in sexual practices prior to their being sanctioned within a marriage....
 are some of the forms of "madness" portrayed. The "educational" aspect of the film allowed it to portray a taboo
Taboo

A taboo is a strong social prohibition against words, objects, actions, or discussions that are considered undesirable or offensive by a group, culture, society, or community....
 subject which was otherwise forbidden by the Production Code
Production Code

File:Code hays, cover.gifThe Production Code was the set of industry censorship guidelines, and the office enforcing them, which governed the production of Cinema of the United States from 1930 to 1968....
 of 1930, and its stricter version imposed by Hollywood studios in July 1934.

The film has fallen into the public domain
Public domain

File:PD-icon.svgThe public domain is a range of abstract materials?commonly referred to as intellectual property?which are not owned or controlled by anyone....
 and can be freely downloaded from the Internet Archive
Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building and maintaining a free and openly accessible online digital library, including an archive site of the World Wide Web....
.

It has been reissued under many titles, including Human Wreckage, They Must Be Told, and Trial Marriage.








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Sex Madness (1938
1938 in film

The year 1938 in film involved some significant events....
) is an exploitation film
Exploitation film

Exploitation film is a type of film that is promoted by "exploiting" often lurid subject matter. The term "exploitation" is common in film marketing, used for all types of films to mean promotion or advertising....
 directed by Dwain Esper
Dwain Esper

Dwain Esper was an United States film director and film producer of exploitation films . He is considered to be one of the worst directors of all time, and his films have become Cult film for being so notoriously bad....
, along the lines of Reefer Madness, supposedly to warn teenagers and young adults of the dangers of venereal diseases, specifically syphilis
Syphilis

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. The route of transmission of syphilis is almost always through sexual contact, although there are examples of congenital syphilis via transmission from mother to child in utero....
.

Wild parties, lesbianism, and premarital sex
Premarital sex

Premarital sex is sexual intercourse engaged in by a person or persons who are not yet Marriage. It is generally used in reference to young people who are presumed yet of marriageable age, or who will one day be married, but who are engaging in sexual practices prior to their being sanctioned within a marriage....
 are some of the forms of "madness" portrayed. The "educational" aspect of the film allowed it to portray a taboo
Taboo

A taboo is a strong social prohibition against words, objects, actions, or discussions that are considered undesirable or offensive by a group, culture, society, or community....
 subject which was otherwise forbidden by the Production Code
Production Code

File:Code hays, cover.gifThe Production Code was the set of industry censorship guidelines, and the office enforcing them, which governed the production of Cinema of the United States from 1930 to 1968....
 of 1930, and its stricter version imposed by Hollywood studios in July 1934.

The film has fallen into the public domain
Public domain

File:PD-icon.svgThe public domain is a range of abstract materials?commonly referred to as intellectual property?which are not owned or controlled by anyone....
 and can be freely downloaded from the Internet Archive
Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building and maintaining a free and openly accessible online digital library, including an archive site of the World Wide Web....
.

It has been reissued under many titles, including Human Wreckage, They Must Be Told, and Trial Marriage.

See also

  • Exploitation film
    Exploitation film

    Exploitation film is a type of film that is promoted by "exploiting" often lurid subject matter. The term "exploitation" is common in film marketing, used for all types of films to mean promotion or advertising....
  • Cult film
    Cult film

    A 'cult film' is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but relatively small group of fan . Often, cult movies have failed to achieve fame outside of the small fanbases; however, there have been exceptions that have managed to gain fame amongst mainstream audiences, including Carnival of Souls , Easy Rider , 2001: A Space Odyssey...
  • B-movie
    B-movie

    A B movie is a low-budget commercial film conceived neither as an art film nor as pornography. In its original usage, during the so-called Cinema of the United States#Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....


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