V.D. (1961)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Jim (Mory Schollhouse) is one of the coolest guys in his high school. He's cute, has a cool car, dates the beautiful Judy (Charlotte Stewart) and he's a star on the track team. One day he and some buddies go out, have a few too many beers and end up banging some hookers. Jim feels guilty but he moves on but before long he notices a spot on his you know what.
Warning pictures like this one had been around since the silent era but it's a little surprising to see a feature this late in the game. By 1961 the majority of exploitation features were over yet here's one that sneaked onto movie screens with pretty much everything you'd expect from the genre.
For starters, if you're looking for a quality movie then you're simply in the wrong genre. I'm really not sure if any of these "warning" pictures ever led to an actual good film but many of them did have a great amount of entertainment and I'd say this one falls into that group. The performances are what you'd expect from a low- budget movie like this and naturally a lot of the dialogue is extremely silly.
Those silly and campy moments are the reason people watch films like this and there are some really funny things scattered throughout. I'd have to say the highlight for me was the scene after the hookers when the four boys are sitting around a campfire and discussing why they feel guilty. Pure laugh-riot. The film also goes the exploitation route towards the end as we see an actual V.D. short where we see the results of untreated syphilis. Yes, it'll make your skin crawl.
V.D. isn't a masterpiece or even a well-made film but I must admit that it kept me entertained. I actually liked all of the characters in the film and I thought their story was interesting enough o hold my attention throughout.