Newspaper headlines denounce a rash epidemic of barbiturate overdoses. Even more shocking is that the abusers are juveniles out for cheap kicks.

Responding to the rising public outrage, a prominent female judge sends young detective Sergeant Dave Kerrigan to uncover the source of the dangerous contraband. His dogged search leads to a crooked weight-loss "gym" where overweight women, desperate to shed pounds in a hurry, are supplied with addictive diet pills by the corrupt proprietors. The case gets more complicated when the gym owners conspire to have the judge´s underage daughter photographed naked at a pool-side pill party. Facing blackmail, the girl´s mother must choose between resigning from the bench to protect her daughter from public humiliation or turning up the heat on the drug pushers.

Starring Charlie Chaplin´s ex-wife Lita Grey and featuring lingering locker room dialogues, wild parties and carnal excess, The Devil´s Sleep is a reactionary exploitation film filled with perverse thrills and pious outrage.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 27 Augusti,  2008