5/10
the hippies take over
1 December 2021
There are only a handful of movies that I would call weirder than Roger Corman's "Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It." (alternately called "Gas-s-s-s"). People in the '60s recommended not trusting anyone over 30, but here we get the premise that a gas leak kills everyone over the age of 25, so the young people take over the world. That was probably what a lot of young people in the '60s envisioned, although their hopes wouldn't have involved chemical warfare.

Much of the movie just seems like something written while someone was on acid. And precisely because of that, it's one of the most enjoyable movies ever. Just as long as you understand that you'll get left saying "What the hell did I just watch?"

Co-starring Bud Cort, Talia Shire, Ben Vereen, Cindy Williams and Country Joe McDonald. To put that another way, it co-stars Harold, Connie/Adrien, Chicken George, Shirley, and Mr. Gimme an F.
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