I’m very happy to introduce a new series here on the ol’ Midnight Corey blog: Monsters of Misfitboy. If you recall, Misfitboy did a fantastic run of reviews of George Romero’s zombie movies, and their sequels and remakes, on the Midnight Podcast. Now he’s back, and I’m proud to have my friend on the blog.
Days of the Drive-Ins
The drive in days are long gone (well most of them anyway). I used to love going on the weekend to see some of my favorite horror films. Unfortunately not many were shown at the nearest one by me. I always wondered how great it would be to raise some money & show a “movie madness” night. Imagine going to see Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead at the drive-in! Or even older horror films from the 50’s. well, those are the films I will be talking about. We’re going back in time when CGI had no definition. Special effects consisted of wires, puppets, and of course cheap makeup. But to me, those were the best.
I’m so nostalgic a person (I know this sounds dumb) I would take a drive-in DVD I have with a bunch of promos that they would show in the good old days, and I would splice it together with some of my favorite b-movies, take my equipment outside and watch some movies under the stars with my favorite beer. Sounds like a waste of time but it still gave me that feeling of being there. Anyway, I asked some people in the ages of 50-65 what their favorite horror films were at the drive-ins. NOTLD always came up, and everyone and their mother have reviewed it already. But I have found some good ones and some not so good ones that still have a place in my heart.
So with that, here are some of the films that were mentioned to me that I will re-watch and review.
THE GIANT CLAW
TARANTULA
THE DEADLY MANTIS
CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (in 3-D)
THE GIANT BEHEMOTH
GODZILLA
And possibly some others. As always a special thanks goes out to Corey for allowing me to do this. See you at the driveiins!!
misfitboy
Looking forward to reading more of these. Creature is one of my favorite classic movies, and monsters–can’t wait for that one especially. Also, wouldn’t misfitman be a better handle? Heh.
lol!!! the name kinda stuck years ago, creature is my fav. universal monster, i plan on doin’ alot of research on it. i was lucky enough to come across the drive-in 3-d version & i’ve been saving it so it should be alot of fun! btw im a big fan of “stay dead” great read!!
“The Giant Behemoth” was an awesome, awful movie. The best of the nuclear fears personified as dinosaurs movie? I saw this film – at a drive-in! I think I was really young, because it scared me. I saw it again in on a Saturday night television show years later, and I recall thinking that it sucked. If I saw a DVD now, I’d buy it either way.
Glad to see you and Corey collaborating! Makes this a fun place to stop.
hey brian! always good to hear from you. i would buy giant behemoth cause its just a fun movie. i’m realy happy corey is letting me do this, watching old movies brings back alot of cool memories! as always glad some people from the forums & show are still hangin’ around. misfitboy
Have you seen Humanoids from the Deep? Starts off as a 50’sish drive in sort of homage, and then BAM! I’d say what the BAM is, but it’s so far out there I wouldn’t want to spoil it. The remake lacked the BAM factor for some reason
thats a great movie!! i used to watch it on cable as a kid alot!!
Muhhhhaaaaaa! My Drive-In is alive and well.
http://members.shaw.ca/twilightdrivein/index.html
(Feel free to include me in your next survey since I fall in that age range 🙁 )
cool thank you flo po!!!