# Hallucination Generation

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{{Infobox film
| name           = Hallucination Generation
| image          = Hallucination Generation.jpg

| caption        = Theatrical poster
| director       = Edward Mann
| producer       = [Nigel Fox](/source/Nigel_Fox)
| writer         = Edward Mann
| narrator       =
| starring       = [George Montgomery](/source/George_Montgomery_(actor))<br />[Danny Steinmann](/source/Danny_Steinmann)
| music          = [Bernardo Segall](/source/Bernardo_Segall)
| cinematography = [Francisco Sempere](/source/Francisco_Sempere)
| editing        = [Fima Noveck](/source/Fima_Noveck)
| distributor    = [Trans American Films](/source/Trans_American_Films)
| released       = {{Film date|1966|12|1}}(United States)
| runtime        = 90 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = [English](/source/English_language)
| budget         =
}}

'''''Hallucination Generation''''' is a 1967 [drama film](/source/drama_film) by [Edward Mann](/source/Edward_Mann_(filmmaker)).  Purportedly intended as a warning against the dangers of pill-popping 1960s [hedonism](/source/hedonism) 
along the lines of 1936's ''[Reefer Madness](/source/Reefer_Madness)'', the film's primary purpose appears to have been titillation, thus landing it in the genre of [exploitation cinema](/source/exploitation_cinema). It is often cited as an example of [counterculture](/source/counterculture_of_the_1960s) cinema.

The main setting is [Francoist Spain](/source/Francoist_Spain), where a group of American [expatriate](/source/expatriate) [beatniks](/source/beatniks) are initially living carefree lives on [Ibiza](/source/Ibiza). Their supposed [advisor](/source/advisor) and actual leader uses drugs to lure the group's members into lives of crime. A new recruit takes part in an [LSD](/source/LSD)-induced crime spree  which ends in the murder of an antiques dealer. The recruit subsequently seeks refuge in a [monastery](/source/monastery).

==Plot==
The film is a drama set in [Francoist Spain](/source/Francoist_Spain), where a small group of American young adults is living. The leader of the group is a [drug dealer](/source/drug_dealer). The others are there living carefree lives as [beatnik](/source/beatnik)s. The leader has more nefarious aims in mind, and uses drugs to lure the others into lives of crime.

George Montgomery is the psychedelic advisor to a circle of young expatriates living on the Isle of [Ibiza](/source/Ibiza). Visitor Danny Stone, who avoids taking part in the fun until his mother cuts off his allowance, seeks help in a [monastery](/source/monastery) after an LSD-induced crime spree results in the murder of a [Barcelona](/source/Barcelona) antiques dealer. The real world is black-and-white, the LSD trips are in color.

==Casting==
The film features [Renate Kasché](/source/Renate_Kasch%C3%A9), [Tom Baker](/source/Tom_Baker_(American_actor)), Marianne Kanter, and [Steve Rowland](/source/Steve_Rowland_(record_producer)).

==Production==
Filmed in Spain. Most of the film is in black and white, but there is a psychedelic sequence depicting the purported effects of the group using [LSD](/source/LSD) which was filmed in color.

==In popular culture==
The film inspired a 1989 song, "Hallucination Generation" by the [new beat](/source/new_beat) band [The Gruesome Twosome](/source/The_Gruesome_Twosome_(band)).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/jun/17/features.musicmonthly6|title=50 all-time teenage classics|website=[TheGuardian.com](/source/TheGuardian.com)|date=16 June 2007}}</ref>

==See also==
* [Hippie exploitation films](/source/Hippie_exploitation_films)

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film, Michael Weldon, Ballantine 1983, pp.&nbsp;302

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0060488}}

Category:1967 films
Category:1967 drama films
Category:1960s exploitation films
Category:Films set in Ibiza
Category:Films about murder
Category:Films about hallucinogens
Category:LSD
Category:1960s educational films
Category:Psychedelic films
Category:1967 English-language films
Category:1966 American films
Category:American educational films
Category:English-language documentary films
Category:Beatniks
Category:American documentary films
Category:Works about Francoist Spain

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