The Cool and The Crazy: Teenage Hellraisers of Cult Cinema

In the 1950s, popular Hollywood movies like Rebel Without A Cause, The Wild One and Blackboard Jungle sparked off an exciting new genre: the teenager film. Following in their path, indie filmmakers began using stories about JDs (Juvenile Delinquents) going up against their square teachers and parents, to grab the attention of younger audiences. These Youth Gone Wild movies became a huge part of the B-movie world. It made perfect sense for films about fast living, wreckless teens to have their own raucous, edgy cinematic adventures. The subject matter in these films usually dealt with drugs, gangs, rock n' rollers, hot rodders, domestic conflicts and competition between established social groups. GCDb has put together a guide to many of the classic gems we feel best represent the Wild Teenagers in Classic B-Movies and Cult Cinema.

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