Category Archives: Drive In

October 01

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920 Babelsberg Studio film)

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We start tonight off by a trip back in time to what people would consider the very first movie of the horror genre.  The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was released in 1920 as a German silent film.  Written by Hans Janowitz and Carl Mayer and Directed by Robert Wiene this film is thought to be […]

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February 06

Saturday Night Drive In: Destination Moon (1950 George Pal Film)

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Also known as Operation Moon, Destination Moon is a 1950 independent film produced by George Pal.  The film is directed by Irving Pichel and stars John Archer (Not the one from Enterprise), Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson, and Woody Woodpecker.  Though independent and not really what I could call a great film it is […]

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January 23

Saturday Night Drive In: The Ape (1940 Monogram Pictures)

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Yes, this movie is about an ape.  Don’t click away!  This movie is anything but monkey business! Legendary Boris Karloff stars in this film about a mad-scientist who needs human spinal fluid to cure polio.  While at the same time an Ape escapes and goes on a rampage through town.  However; things take a WILD […]

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January 17

Saturday Night Drive In: Just Imagine (1930)

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Tonight we go back to the future…of 1980!  It’s interesting how you can see one of these old films and it almost literally takes you back in time.  Or in the case of tonight’s feature the future.  Just Imagine is the film that probably made Back to the Future a cool film.  You see the […]

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January 09

Saturday Night Drive In: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920 )

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This weekend we go back in time to 1920 where the pioneers of cinema had to struggle with issues we could only have nightmares about in today’s time.  Issues like expensive film, mixing sound, the right make up, and of course very little money.  These pioneers of of the silver screen were able to create […]

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January 02

Saturday Night Drive In: Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (1974 Hammer)

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2016 should be launched with three words. Awesome British Horror!!!  Hammer Film Productions woke up, looked at this script for Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter, determined it was bad ass, slapped on a R rating (oooooooooooo), and basis for Vampire Hunter D was created!  For this we thank you, Hammer! The film was meant to be […]

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December 26

Saturday Night Drive In: A Chinese Ghost Story (1987 Cinema City Film)

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How do we celebrate Christmas weekend?  Awesome horror movies of course!  One great legendary horror movie come to us from Hong Kong.  It’s a spooky romantic comedy titled, A Chinese Ghost Story.   This film has the absolutely perfect dark gothic setting that keep you entranced and pulled into this dream like movie.  From stunning acrobatics, […]

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December 19

Saturday Night Drive In: Battle Beyond the Stars (1980 New World Pictures)

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So you didn’t go see Star Wars last night.  Perhaps tickets are so astronomically high these days that the popcorn and the crying children and the rude belching teenagers just wasn’t worth J.J. Abrams and Disney’s version of Star Wars VII. But that’s okay!  We have nowhere near the next best thing!   Enter:  Battle […]

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December 12

Saturday Night Drive In: The Conspiracy (2012 XLRator)

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The Conspiracy is one of those mockumentary type films made popular by The Blaire Witch Project.  This great “documentary” draws you into a world that cannot be acknowledged nor denied.  You’ll be questioning your own sanity after seeing this flick.  In the mood for an eyeopening experience that will get you questioning every single thing […]

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December 05

Saturday Night Drive In: This Island Earth (1955 Universal)

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This Island Earth is most notable infamous now a days as that film that MST3K made fun of.  Though the MST3K guys made us laugh at the film, when This Island Earth was released back in the 50’s it was hailed by critics everywhere praising it’s high-budget special effects, great script, and the amazing Technicolor […]

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November 21

Saturday Night Drive In: John Carter (Walt Disney 2012)

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To kick off our drive in movie night we didn’t have to look far to find a movie that sums up what the science fiction and fantasy genre should be about.  It was hard not show Conan:  The Barbarian, however a prolific series by legendary Edgar Rice Burroughs we felt was the most all encompassing […]

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October 31

Night of the Living Dead (1968 Classic Horror Film)

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We love Halloween!  We love all the scary movies, books, and games that creep up around this time of year.  Out of all the Halloween movies we had during our Halloween Movie Extravaganza we couldn’t agree more on this film as THE film to play on Halloween.  Night of the Living Dead is responsible for […]

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October 30

The Evil Dead (1981 New Line Cinema Film)

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For a 1980’s movie, this movie is goddamn scary!  The Evil Dead is still some of the scariest shit you will ever see.  Our King and cult classic icon Bruce Campbell rides into town in his Buick to kick Deadite ass.  Unfortunately he arrived in a Sam Raimi movie, which means fucked!  Ash is in […]

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October 28

Gingersnaps (2000 Motion International Film)

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Are your teenage girls fascinated with gruesome death?  Do they like to take pictures of themselves committing suicide or being the victim of a hellacious murder?  Are they growing hair in weird spots and developing a bad attitude?  If so then then look no further!  We have the cure for those teenage angst blues!  Ginger […]

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October 27

White Zombie (1932 United Artists Film)

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The very first zombie film.  Sorry guys, it’s not Night of the Living Dead, though a legendary cinematic masterpiece of horror, was not the first to voyage into the land of the living dead.  White Zombie (not the band) was an independent film directed and produced by Victor and Edward Halperin.  Also the film stars […]

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October 22

The Bodysnatcher (1945 RKO Radio Pictures Film)

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Not to be confused with The Body Snatchers, this is a completely different movie based on Robert Louis Stevenson‘s short story of the same title, The Body Snatcher.  The movie based on this Stevenson’s story was made in 1945 and would be the very last film in which film legends Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi […]

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October 20

Dracula (1931 Universal Film)

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Happy Birthday to LEGENDARY Bela Lugosi.  Our favorite Hungarian practically jump started the horror movie!  To many he will forever be the face of Dracula.  Today Begla Lugosi would be 133, not bad for the Prince of the Undead!  So to honor the man who put a face on the horror movie genre we present […]

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October 19

Dawn of the Dead (1978 United Film Distribution Film)

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You ever wake up one morning, brew yourself some coffee, then go outside to get the morning paper and you see a goddamn zombie in your front yard eating your poodle?  That shit really pisses me off!  George A. Romero must share my hate for these things cause he make a really kick ass movie […]

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October 16

Hellraiser (1987 New World Film)

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By popular demand!  We bring you Sadomasochists from Beyond the Grave!  Errr I mean Hellraiser!  This grotesque and brilliantly invent film was made in 1987 by horror legend Clive Barker.  Based on his own book The Hellbound Heart, this movie would definitely scare the living crap out of people everywhere with two simple words.  “Jesus…wept.” […]

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October 15

The Omen (1976 Fox Film)

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We all know that Satan is the ultimate badass when it comes to villains.  Some movies do a horrible job of portraying the Prince of Darkness, however there are those exceptional few that really make you realize just why he was thrown out of heaven to forever torture us people here down on earth.  One […]

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October 12

The Wolfman (1941 Universal Film)

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The Wolf Man is a 1941 American drama horror film written by Curt Siodmak and produced and directed by George Waggner. The film stars Lon Chaney, Jr. as a werewolf named “The Wolf Man” and features Claude Rains, Evelyn Ankers, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles, Béla Lugosi, and Maria Ouspenskaya in supporting roles. The title character […]

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October 10

The Mummy (1932 Universal Studios Film)

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The Mummy is a 1932 Universal Studios picture starring the uber-legendary Boris Karloff and directed by Karl Freund.  The film was inspired by the discovery of Tutankhamun‘s tomb in 1922.  The tomb had parchment with a Curse of the Pharaohs inside of it, which producers and Universal could not resist using as a basis for […]

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October 08

Child’s Play (1988 United Artist Film)

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Child’s Play is one of those psychological supernatural slasher horror film with a odd take on golemry.  Written and Directed by Tom Holland (also Don Mancini and John Lafia) in 1988, Child’s Play would become one of the most remembered horror films of all time that would forever make you suspicious of dolls.  Especially battery […]

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October 07

Village of the Damned (1960 MGM film)

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In 1960, director Wolf Rilla, decided to scare the living shit out of parents everywhere with his film Village of the Damned.  Parents had to watch in horror as their perfect little angles turned out to be homicidal super beings with an agenda.  It’s spooky overtones, silent demeanor, all lead up to a absolutely terrifying […]

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October 05

House of Usher (1960 American International Pictures Film)

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The Fall of the House of Usher, or simply House of Usher, is an American International Picture that was directed by film horror legend Roger Corman.  Amazingly this movie was shot in only fifteen days. No horror collection can be complete without Roger Corman or movies based on the “Poe Cycle” of films.  House of […]

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October 04

Night of the Comet (1984 Film)

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Probably on the list of guilty pleasure of every horror movie enthusiast in the world.  Night of the Comet is a 1984 disaster film written and directed by Thom Eberhardt.  It’s considered one of the bloodiest movies in the genre of doomsday horror.  However, some how, it retains a PG-13 rating despite the violence and […]

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October 03

Re-Animator (1985 Film)

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Based on H.P. Lovecraft’s “Herbert West-Reanimator”, Re-Animator is a 1985 film that plays on zombie science fiction, horror, and goofy comedy.  Re-Animator is the first in a trilogy of films and has since become the very definition of a cult film.  The cult hysteria of the film is largely driven by fans of Jeffery Combs, […]

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October 01

Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965 Amicus Productions Film)

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Filmed using the cinematic process known as Techniscope,Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors is a 1965 British horror film from Amicus Productions. Directed by veteran horror director Freddie Francis and written by Milton Subotsky.T he film stars legendary duo Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. This was the first attempt by Amicus Productions to produce a series […]

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September 30

Die, Monster, Die! (1965 American International Pictures Film)

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Die, Monster, Die! (or Monster of Terror) was directed by Daniel Haller in 1965.  Loosely based on H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Colour Out of Space”.  It was shot at Shepperton Studios Surrey, England under the title “The House at the End of the World.” A scientist, Stephen Reinhart (played by Nick Adams), travels to his fiancee’s […]

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September 29

The Blob (1958 Paramount Film)

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The Blob, or The Molten Meteor as it is otherwise known, is a 1958 De Luxe color.  Paramount Pictures released this film as a double feather with “I Married a Monster from Outer Space.”   Directed by Irvin Yeaworth, the film stars legendary actor Steve McQueen in his first leading role as a “teenager” (McQueen was […]

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