Director Gus Trikonis went on to film quite a few episodes of “Baywatch” in his later years but he honed his chops on exploitation fare such as The Swinging Barmaids, The Evil, Moonshine County Express and this curious blend of women-in-prison, college-girls-gone-wild and mad scientist shenanigans. Incorrigible, young female convicts, Mitzi (June Fairchild, Pretty Maids All in a Row), Carrie (Jilian Kesner) and Chicago (Janice Heiden) are transferred to a special experimental program at a local college after proving to hard to handle in stir. But the scientist in charge, Dr. Blalock (Warren Stevens) has a different agenda than the one he’s supposed to be carrying out. The new drug he administers causes extreme violence rather than curbs it and all-out pandemonium, including gratuitous nudity and violence, erupts! (Note: Look out for the penguins!)
Marc Edward Heuck discusses Valium High on the New Beverly blog.
