LSD: The 60's landscape was forever altered! Part 2: Hollywood Trips Out
The early LSD movies THE TINGLER, SKIDOO and WILD IN THE STREETS showed how LSD was changing Hollywood! See them here!
THE TINGLER from 1959 starring the great horror actor Vincent Price, was the first film to not only make LSD a part of the plot, but even show a trip! (A color sequence in an otherwise black and white film). William Castle directed and produced the film and he was the king of promotion, the last of the great showmen who knew how to sell a movie. Here is a 12 minute short about him.
The scriptwriter Robb White had experimented with LSD at UCLA after hearing about it from Aldous Huxley and decided to work it into the script. It is the first depiction of LSD use in a major motion picture. At the time, the drug was legal. The title of the book that Vincent Price's character reads before taking LSD—Fright Effects Induced by Injection of Lysergic Acid LSD25—is printed on the back of the book, not the front. This was done for a better shot of the expositional title of the book, explaining the effects of LSD to the audience.
You can watch the film here:
Watch THE TINGLER by clicking this underlined link here
Before filming started on SKIDOO! Director Otto Preminger encouraged every star in the cast to try LSD, which was still legal during filming.
This is not shocking by itself, until you see the list of actor’s names in the cast!
Coming in part 3- EDUCATIONAL SCARE FILMS. If you missed part 1 you can see it here:
LSD: The 60's landscape was forever altered! Part 1-How It Started
The government promised us 2 for 1 trips! Years after taking it we would have a full blown flashback as intense as the original. Should we sue?
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