meathookcinema
I'll always have a soft spot for this movie. An obscure horror film made in America in the 70s and set in a drive in. Whats not to like?Could it be the mentally challenged employee there called Germy who could be the killer? Or the local sex pest we see the cops interview? ('I didn't do anything wrong! I was just at the drive in to beat my meat!')Yes, its slow in places, yes there are obvious filler scenes to pad out the running time. But its full of character and is pretty scary.I first saw this on VHS and then DVD in the 80s and both released through VIPCO. It was the worst print used for a transfer EVER. The film is now on Blu ray through Severin Films and looks amazing after a long lost print was found, where else, but in an abandoned drive in. Life imitates life. Or something.
KtheC2001
Drive In Massacre is the tale of a police investigation into a series of slayings taking place at a local Drive-In theater. Although this film may be billed as a horror film, I'd say this is more of a crime film, as about 3/4ths of the movie is focused on the police investigation. There are a couple of gory scenes, especially the first two killings, but the movie is rather tame overall.The two cops (played by John Goff and Bruce Kimball) stumble through the investigation to the point where you wonder whether or not these guys could catch a cold, much less a mass murderer. The main suspects are a pair of employees at the theater, the manager (Newton Naushaus), who hates, well everything, and a janitor named Germy (Douglas Gudbye), a dim former sword swallower who is pleasant enough, but seems a little off. With the possible exception of Gudbye, the acting in this film is either phoned-in, or in the case of Naushaus, way too over the top.The sound is horrible, as there are many points where you can't make out the dialog, and the soundtrack is subpar at best, as some of the songs sound as if it were composed with a Casio keyboard. There's a couple of scenes in this movie that have hardly any connection to the plot and seemed to be tacked on just to fill out the movie. The ending is different, at least, but I wouldn't say it was very good either.Overall, if you're a fan of 'So Bad It's Good' movies, then Drive-In Massacre could provide a few laughs. If you're a fan of horror movies, well I'd recommend you stay away from this one.
acidburn-10
With a title like "Drive In Massacre" I was expecting well a massacre, but when I finally got round to watching this movie, I was soley disappointed. Firstly I found this movie so hard to follow thanks to terrible sound quality, but that's probably down to the extremely low budget, not anyone's fault, but the actors in this movie are terrible, and the several mistakes like lines being flubbed and the boom mike appearing in every shot which all together made this movie very hard to watch in my opinion. And the fact that this movie is so grainy it felt like I was watching a gory version of Columbo.Okay the murders are okayish given the time this movie came out, and even at 75 minutes, I was still bored, the inept police investigation was extremely dull and pointless and the red herrings are just there pad out the running time.All in all a very boring movie in my opinion, slow paced at even 75 minutes can you believe.
bkoganbing
There's somebody who is slashing to death a whole lot of the patrons of a particularly drive-in theater in the Los Angeles area where no doubt films like this are being shown. Before a couple of spoon sharp detectives solve this series of crimes a lot more couples get themselves hacked and slashed.In this no name cast with acting on the level of my junior high school dramatics,the two detectives discover that the land that the drive-in is on was once a carnival and the drive-in employees are all former carnys. You've got knife throwers, sword swallowers and some general all around hard cases working at this drive-in with the various implements ready and available.Drive In Massacre is the kind of film shown at drive ins so people who were there for something else could rest assured they were missing absolutely nothing of any redeeming artistic value
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