![]() True, we don’t know for sure if it really is alien elder (B-movie ) gods, or if Jack is hallucinating and or just desperate for there to be something running the show. Lansdale clearly loves B-movies.ī-movies aren’t the only thing the author appears to like, as we get a little bit of a Lovecraftian vibe too. The whole novel feels like a love letter to the zany early Sam Rami and Roger Corman movies. The author really hits that vibe dead on and never looks back. The Drive-In has this glorious B-movie feel to it. Every time you think you know what is going on, a new fresh level of crazy happens! Nobody can predict where this plot is going to go. this is one odd duck of a book! It goes well past strange and happily snuggles in to buzzard fiction land. I loved this book, but I’m not gonna lie…. ** Possible trigger warning Brief animal and child deaths. This edition was published by Kinnel Publications Limited, UK, 1988. ![]() Filled with Lansdale’s razor whit and black humor, The Drive-In is a darkly humorous masterpiece! As a mysterious force traps all the patrons inside the Drive-In, the worst in humanity comes out. When a group of friends decided to spend a day at the world’s largest Drive-In theater horror fest, they expected to see tons of bloody murders, rampaging madmen, and mayhem-but only on the screen. You’re kicking back in your car with the popcorn and enjoying a good old-fashioned scary monster movie when, suddenly, the drive-in itself becomes the movie, with all its attendance thrills. Imagine a jam-packed drive-in on a Saturday night. ![]()
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