Drive-In Massacre

R 3.7
1976 1 hr 14 min Horror , Mystery

Two police detectives try to catch a serial killer who is stalking a rural California drive-in theater, randomly killing people with a sword.

  • Cast:
    John F. Goff , John Alderman , Jacqueline Giroux , Bruce Kimball , Sandy Carey , Janus Blythe , George Buck Flower

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Reviews

ThiefHott
1976/12/20

Too much of everything

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Curapedi
1976/12/21

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

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Murphy Howard
1976/12/22

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

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Bob
1976/12/23

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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eflaat
1976/12/24

Okay, if you only like watching good cinema than this one isn't for you. It has no real value to it save as a time capsule movie and for unintentional hilarity. The movie itself is set as a slasher/whodunit hybrid where two utterly incompetent detectives are trying to find out who is murdering couples making out at drive-ins. Most of their investigative time is spent talking to the despicable and belligerent manager and 'Germy' the janitor as well as a spot of cross-dressing and interrogating patrons of the drive-in. There is also a boring sub-plot about the owner moving away. Well, the movie drags on for a little over an hour and still feels long at that point and either the film ran out of cash or the screenwriter wrote himself into a hole and credits role with the case going unsolved and a cheap scare announcement that there's a murderer on the loose in 'YOUR DRIVE-IN.'While the movie would be watchable with MST3k, Rifftrax, or Cinematic Titanic commentary it's boring and tedious unless you've got a lot of beer and/or a few friends with you. It does have one thing going for it though, it makes me pine for the days of watching movies at a drive- in or second run theater.

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cameron-kills-it
1976/12/25

"Drive-In Massacre" tells the story of a serial killer who walks around a drive-in at night with a long sword killing teenagers. Sounds like a typical slasher flick, right? Wrong. The violence is not plentiful, but spread out through the movie between cheesy dialogue and horrible acting. This film is just so boring, I cannot believe I sat through the whole thing!! And it's only 74 minutes!! None of the characters in this film are likable, and you really can't wait for them to die. However, there are several entertaining scenes, such as one of the chubby male police officers dressing as a woman to disguise himself during a stake out! The script is just horrible and so is the picture and sound quality of the movie. There are also at least three scenes that last for five minutes that is nothing but a guy driving around a parking lot looking for a place to park!! Please, stay away from this one!!R for Violence and Brief NudityGrade: F

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BA_Harrison
1976/12/26

Drive In Massacre opens with a juicy double murder which suggests that the film might be something of a treat for lovers of outrageous 70s gore flicks: a sabre wielding maniac graphically kills a couple at the drive in, decapitating the guy whilst he is adjusting the loudspeakers next to his car, and then skewering the screaming girlfriend through the neck.But don't be fooled by this delightfully trashy and bloody beginning, for what follows is some of the most tedious garbage to ever grace a slasher film, as a pair of bumbling detectives (John F. Goff and Steve Vincent) struggle to uncover the identify of the killer and the body count steadily rises.With dreadful production values, acting to match, several interminably dull scenes of inane dialogue between the law and a variety of viable suspects, some equally inane chit-chat from the stupid couples who visit the drive-in (they keep on coming, despite the presence of a maniac), a totally incongruous scene where a machete wielding loon is pursued through a warehouse by the cops, an ending that fails to resolve matters (preferring instead to rely on the old 'the killer might be amongst you' gimmick), and very little in the way of gore after the first few minutes, Drive In Massacre will test the patience of even the most avid fan of grade-Z horror.In desperation, director Stu Segall attempts to inject a little sleaze into proceedings with the inclusion of a pervy peeping tom and a brief bit of nudity from a good looking bird with a nasty perm, but a masturbating voyeur and a nice pair of tits are not nearly enough to save this film from being a total yawn.2.5 out of 10, rounded up to 3 for the bearded cue-ball drive-in boss's tasty line in suits.

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tomimt
1976/12/27

Right, what to say about the "Drive in Massacre". Well, lets start with bad acting, on which we can go to poor direction and from that we can jump right to terrible soundtrack and we can even lace the whole thing with poorly done script. And that's what I can say about the movie.This is one of those b-films which feel like they don't go anywhere, and this certainly something that is accurate about this one. There's some murders in the drive in, yet nothing is done with them even tough the film supposedly revolves around solving the case, yet it really didn't feel like it. And the film even managed to feel too long.So avoid, if you can. It really wasn't even funny in a purely bad way..

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