Sex Madness

Sex Madness

She sought Big Thrills... and caught Big Trouble!

Directed by Dwain Esper

Produced by Cinema Service Corp.

193859 min3.0 / 10

A moralistic 1930s cautionary drama about a young woman's catastrophic fall from grace after contracting syphilis, balancing medical realism with social judgment.

A young beauty queen travels to New York to further her modelling career, but contracts syphilis after being tricked into a sexual encounter. She is torn between the prospect of a slow, intensive but proven therapy and a supposed miracle cure.

Questions people ask

  • Is Sex Madness easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is Sex Madness sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.

  • Does Sex Madness end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Sex Madness violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is Sex Madness scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

10/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity62

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise0

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love1

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Sex Madness

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Sex Madness

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Sex Madness, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Sex Madness, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Sex Madness, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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