Sex Madness
DVD cover.
Directed by	Dwain Esper
Produced by	Dwain Esper
Written by	Joseph Seiden Vincent Valentini
Starring	Vivian McGill Rose Tapley Al Rigeli Stanley Barton Linda Lee Hill
Release date(s)	1938
Running time	57 mins.
Country	United States
Language	English

Sex Madness (1938) is an exploitation film directed by Dwain Esper, along the lines of Reefer Madness, supposedly to warn teenagers and young adults of the dangers of venereal diseases, specifically syphilis.

Wild parties, lesbianism, and premarital sex are some of the forms of madness portrayed. The educational aspect of the film allowed it to portray a taboo subject which was otherwise forbidden by the Production Code of 1930, and its stricter version imposed by Hollywood studios in July 1934.

The film has fallen into the public domain and can be freely downloaded from the Internet Archive.

It has been reissued under many titles, including Human Wreckage, They Must Be Told, and Trial Marriage, since many distributors frowned upon the appearance of the word "sex" in the film's title.

[edit] See also

• Exploitation film
• Cult film
• B-movie
• List of films in the public domain

[edit] External links

• Sex Madness at the Internet Movie Database
• Sex Madness at Allmovie
• Sex Madness available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]