Sheri Jackson plays the title character; Alice Trenton is an average, "decent" American girl raised by an upstanding All-American dad. That all changes when she makes the acquaintance of no-good type Frieda Hamilton (Julia Blackburn), who introduces her to the thrills of pot and the thrills of the "sex-for-pleasure inner circle". She's no longer the squeaky clean innocent.
Related in voice-over by both Alice and an unseen narrator (voiced by director Donn Greer), this has no actual dialogue to speak of - and no real story. More than half of the running time is devoted to couples making out, and while some viewers may have few complaints when it comes to this sort of thing, others may grow impatient waiting for the fateful acid trip. The gals are very sexy, no doubt about that, and are made to show off their goods fairly often, although the dudes largely remain clothed. One may be enticed by the steamy lesbian couplings throughout.
Supplemented by an almost non-stop lounge music soundtrack, and featuring adequate cinematography, the film finally gets somewhat interesting 44 minutes along when Alices' trip begins. We switch from black & white to colour, and the subsequent erotic images are fairly compelling.
In the end, this is obviously intended to be a cautionary tale about the dangers of using LSD. At least "Alice in Acidland" isn't too heavy handed or melodramatic on that score. It's pretty matter of fact, then it simply stops.
People interested in the MANY obscure exploitation features unearthed by Something Weird Video may enjoy this, but it doesn't really rate as a must-see.
Five out of 10.
Related in voice-over by both Alice and an unseen narrator (voiced by director Donn Greer), this has no actual dialogue to speak of - and no real story. More than half of the running time is devoted to couples making out, and while some viewers may have few complaints when it comes to this sort of thing, others may grow impatient waiting for the fateful acid trip. The gals are very sexy, no doubt about that, and are made to show off their goods fairly often, although the dudes largely remain clothed. One may be enticed by the steamy lesbian couplings throughout.
Supplemented by an almost non-stop lounge music soundtrack, and featuring adequate cinematography, the film finally gets somewhat interesting 44 minutes along when Alices' trip begins. We switch from black & white to colour, and the subsequent erotic images are fairly compelling.
In the end, this is obviously intended to be a cautionary tale about the dangers of using LSD. At least "Alice in Acidland" isn't too heavy handed or melodramatic on that score. It's pretty matter of fact, then it simply stops.
People interested in the MANY obscure exploitation features unearthed by Something Weird Video may enjoy this, but it doesn't really rate as a must-see.
Five out of 10.