Category Archives: Drive In

September 16

Terminal (2018)

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IMDB: Terminal (2018)  Rated R Terminal is a movie for fans of noir films. I’d say more modern noir. It’s dark and gritty as well as full of twists. Sure, there were the obvious ones easily noticed by movie buffs. I can usually spot many twists, but this movie floored me more than a couple […]

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June 20

The Beast with Five Fingers (1946 Full Film)

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When a distinguished but now-crippled pianist dies, he leaves everything to his niece, much to the dismay of his personal secretary (Peter Lorre) and other occupants of the old boy’s gothic manse. And now it seems the place is haunted by the pianist’s disembodied hand–but is it the cause of murder, or the avenger thereof? […]

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June 19

House of Dracula (1945 Universal Pictures Full Film)

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Tired of immortality, Dracula seeks out the castle home of Dr. Franz Edlemann, a doctor who has been working on a possible cure for vampirism.  Dracula relocates to the home permanently to receive a series of transfusions of blood mixed with the clavaria formosa.  The mysterious plant that can change the structure and qualities of […]

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June 11

Jungle Captive (1944 Universal Pictures Full Film)

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The final chapter in the ape woman saga, Jungle Captive is the third film of the series.  It is preceded by Captive Wild Woman and Jungle Woman where we witness the ongoing struggle of beautiful women who have the superhuman strength of a gorilla and the temperament as well.  When will these mad scientists get […]

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June 07

Jungle Woman (1944 Universal Pictures Full Film)

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In the sequel to Captive Wild Woman, we see the return of Paula Dupree, the ape woman.  The film sets out as a series of flashbacks rehashing the events of the previous film.  We learn then that Paula indeed survived as Cheela.  Once revived she is can turn to her human form this time without […]

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June 06

Captive Wild Woman (1943 Universal Pictures Full Film)

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Exotic animal trainer, Fred Mason, is returning from a safari where he captured a large selection of animals for John Whipple, his employer.  Whipple is the owner of a circus and often hires safari experts to routinely capture dangerous and rare animals from all over the world.  One such animal is Cheela, a gorilla who […]

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June 05

Bowery at Midnight (Monogram Pictures 1942 Full Film)

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A professor of psychology maintains a soup kitchen in the Bowery.  Secretly, however, he’s also a gang boss who uses the soup kitchen to recruit members for his organization.  One such recruit is a doctor who has become addled and addicted to drugs and alcohol.  The doctor, however, happens to be quite adept at corpse […]

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June 04

The Black Cat (1941 Full Movie)

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An oldie and a goodie.  The Black Cat, which is loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe‘s short story of the same name stars Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi, and Alan Ladd.  Lugosi also starred in the earlier 1934 film with the same title.

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May 02

The Ghost Breakers – (1940 Full Movie)

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Lawrence Lawrence (yes that’s his real name), played by Bob Hope, is a crime reporter.  While broadcasting his latest story Mary Carter, played by Paulette Goddard is listening from her hotel room when suddenly the lights go out from a mighty thunderstorm.  The entire city lies in a complete blackout.  While in the darkness a knock […]

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May 01

Frankenstein (1931 Universal Studios Film)

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A true riveting classic in the truest sense in horror movies.  Universal Studios floating on the success of Dracula continued the fright fest with their rendition of Frankenstein in 1931.  Directed by James Whale and adapted from the Mary Shelley play about a mad-scientist who exhumes corpses to build a new man.  However, there was […]

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April 30

Secret Sunday (2010 Full Film)

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Three guys in an art gallery are attacked by a strange creature and murdered to hook you in.  Cut to Poon, an attractive young woman ends up seeing mysterious figures throughout her story.  She meets a monk, Sujitto, and her friend Nat where they embark on a journey to a temple where they experience frightening […]

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April 27

Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (Full Movie)

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“When the notorious Diaper Mafia take hostage the Tromaville School for the Very Special, only the Toxic Avenger and his morbidly obese sidekick Lardass can save Tromaville. However, an explosion results in some unforeseeable consequences where it creates a dimensional tear between Tromaville and its dimensional mirror image Amortville. While the Toxic Avenger (Toxie) is […]

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April 26

The Amityville Curse (1990 Full Movie)

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We’ve all heard about the Amityville horror curse.  The house that had a red room devoted to Satan and caused a loving husband to turn and slaughter his entire family with an ax?  Well, what would happen if, say, a couple buys the house because it was a good deal?  We’ve heard this before and […]

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April 25

Alligator (1980 Full Movie)

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We’ve been there at one point in our lives or another.  Your little child wants a pet and being an awesome parent you decide to buy her a baby alligator while on a Florida vacation.  So when you return to Chicago and let her name the alligator Ramón.  However, being a little bitch your significant […]

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April 24

The Beast in the Cellar (1970 Full Film)

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At a military base soldiers are found murdered, all vicious and brutal attacks.  The authorities believe the attacks to come from a wildcat but Joyce and Ellie think it’s something far more sinister.  They think it’s their brother Steven who had been locked up in their basement for over three decades.   The Beast in the Cellar […]

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April 20

Black Sunday (1960 Full Film)

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Moldavia, 1630.  A beautiful witch, Asa Vajda and her lover, Javuto, are both sentenced to death for the crime of witchcraft.  Moments before she is burned at the stake, Asa curses her brother, the one who condemned her to death, and his descendants will pay the price for her death.  They then place a mask […]

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April 19

The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951 Columbia Pictures Full Movie)

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After a prologue where we see the original Doctor Jekyll dies from falling from his house that had been set ablaze by an angry mob.  It is then revealed that Dr. Jekyll had left behind an orphan.  John Utterson agrees to adopt the boy since he has no children of his own. Fast-forward about 30 years, Edward […]

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April 18

Chamber of Horrors (1940 Monogram Pictures Full Film)

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An extremely wealthy lord dies but his vast wealth is hidden behind a tomb with seven locks that requires seven different keys to unlock.  He heirs to his estate must undergo a series of strange circumstances.  One being torture, theft, and finding out that only one of the keys opens the tomb while the other six […]

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April 17

The Most Dangerous Game (1932 RKO Radio Pictures Full Film)

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Sailing on a yacht somewhere off the coast of South America the ship has sailed off course as the lights of the channel do not match his charts.  He is discouraged from changing his course by the rich and entitled passengers on his ship who are in a hurry to arrive at their destination.  Rob […]

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April 16

Dark World (2010 Full Movie)

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A group of students set out on a field trip and they accidentally discover an ancient shield.  One of the students is then taken over by some sort of entity that resides in the shield.  A special team arrives to do battle with the evil spirit that gets its power from the shield. Dark World is a Russian […]

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April 13

The 10th Kingdom Part 5 (2000 Miniseries)

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There are nine magical kingdoms hidden in a mysterious realm of fairy tale creatures, monsters, and heroes.  However; an evil queen endeavors to control the kingdoms under her rule tyrannical rule.  Prince Wendell, the grandson of Snow White, has trapped the queen in the Fourth Kingdom.  Though weeks, before he was supposed to become king the Troll King, frees the evil queen and her quest for control of […]

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April 12

The 10th Kingdom Part 4 (2000 Miniseries)

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There are nine magical kingdoms hidden in a mysterious realm of fairy tale creatures, monsters, and heroes.  However; an evil queen endeavors to control the kingdoms under her rule tyrannical rule.  Prince Wendell, the grandson of Snow White, has trapped the queen in the Fourth Kingdom.  Though weeks, before he was supposed to become king the Troll King, frees the evil queen and her quest for control of […]

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April 11

The 10th Kingdom Part 3 (2000 Miniseries)

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There are nine magical kingdoms hidden in a mysterious realm of fairy tale creatures, monsters, and heroes.  However; an evil queen endeavors to control the kingdoms under her rule tyrannical rule.  Prince Wendell, the grandson of Snow White, has trapped the queen in the Fourth Kingdom.  Though weeks, before he was supposed to become king the Troll King, frees the evil queen and her quest for control of […]

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April 10

The 10th Kingdom Part 2 (2000 Miniseries)

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There are nine magical kingdoms hidden in a mysterious realm of fairy tale creatures, monsters, and heroes.  However; an evil queen endeavors to control the kingdoms under her rule tyrannical rule.  Prince Wendell, the grandson of Snow White, has trapped the queen in the Fourth Kingdom.  Though weeks, before he was supposed to become king the Troll King, frees the evil queen and her quest for control of […]

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April 09

The 10th Kingdom Part One (2000 Miniseries)

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There are nine magical kingdoms hidden in a mysterious realm of fairy tale creatures, monsters, and heroes.  However; an evil queen endeavors to control the kingdoms under her rule tyrannical rule.  Prince Wendell, the grandson of Snow White, has trapped the queen in the Fourth Kingdom.  Though weeks, before he was supposed to become king the Troll King, frees the evil queen and her quest for control of […]

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March 27

The Polar Bear King (1991 Full Movie)

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Don’t let the generic title fool you.  The Polar Bear King is a surreal and entertaining movie about a king who had three daughters.  Two of them were mean bitches while the youngest was fair, beautiful, and kind.  The youngest daughter has a dream about a wreath made of gold and tells her father about it.  […]

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March 19

The Beast Master 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991 Full Film)

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Dar, the Beastmaster returns as evil once again rises to threaten the people of his realm.  Arklon reveals himself to Dar has his half-brother and intends to conquer the world with the help of Lyranna, a powerful sorceress.  A portal to present day Los Angeles opens up and Dar is sent hurtling through the dimension […]

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February 26

The Beastmaster (1982 Full Film)

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A witch steals a child from her mother’s womb and raises the child into…Dar!  The Beast Master!  He has the ability to telepathically commune and command animals.  Dar is raised in a village where he must master the sword and defend justice with brutality and wisdom.  However, when the village is destroyed by unknown warriors it […]

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February 22

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970 Full Film)

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Okay talk about a super strange movie but you can’t help but be mesmerized by it.   It’s about a young Valerie whom is very pretty in an ethereal sort of way and her earrings get stolen. Things just get stranger and stranger from there.  Definitely a surreal film with vampires and other horror tropes.  You can’t help […]

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February 21

Alien vs Ninja (2010 Full Film)

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Yamata leads a crack band of elite ninja warriors.  His friends Jinnai and Nezumi are instructed to investigate a crash from a strange object that crashed from the sky.  When Jinnai and Nezumi arrive, there they discover the torn up remains of other ninjas.  Upon further investigation, they come across a village that was completely […]

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