Drive In Massacre (1977)

User Rating:

2.0/10   

Director:

Stu Segall

Writers:

John F. Goff (screenplay) and
George 'Buck' Flower (screenplay) ...

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Your nightmares are about to come true

Plot:

Two dim-witted police detectives try to catch a serial killer stalking a rural California drive-in theater and randomly killing people with a sword. |

Plot Keywords:

Drive In | Sword | Police | Murder | Slasher

Cast

John F. Goff	...	Detective Mike Leary (as Jake Barnes)
Bruce Kimball	...	Detective John Koch (as Adam Lawrence)
Douglas Gudbye	...	Germy
Verkina Flower	...	Girl in Warehouse (as Verkina Flowers)
Newton Naushaus	...	Austin
Catherine Barkley	...	Kathy
Norman Sherlock	...	Orville
John Alderman	...	Jim (as Frank Hollowell)
Valdesta	...	Arlene
Michael Alden	...	Police Doctor
Marty Gatsby	...	David
Sandy Carey	...	Lori (as Patricia James)
Tiffany Jones	...	Alan's Date
Myron Griffith	...	Alan

Also Known As:

Drive-In Massacre (USA) (DVD box title)

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 | Australia:R | USA:R | West Germany:(Banned) | Canada:R (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

S.A.M. Productions

Quotes:

Germy: My name is Garmey, but my friends call me Germy.
Detective Larry: Do you have many friends Germy?
Germy: Leedo and Hobo. They were the elephants at the carnival...
[sadly]
Germy: but they're all gone now.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Planet X: (#2.6)" (2006)

Maybe This Is What Started the Decline of Drive-Ins?

Dreadful film about a serial killer that repeatedly butchers his victims with a sword at a Californian drive-in. On the trail of the killer are two overweight police detectives with no acting skill whatsoever - which accommodates a cast of similar types. This film has little substance: we are given the killings with no reason at all, with no killer it seems, and with no credibility in direction, script, or acting. None of the "cast" seems like a real actor(maybe a case could be made for the guy playing Germy). The actors look like they move on cue. The script gives us nothing in terms of plot except that a couple cops are looking for a killer at a drive-in and they have three forgettable leads in solving the case. The direction is sub-par as the lighting is barely able to illuminate much of the action at night. The gore is ridiculously inept in execution, and the editing is just as flawed. The film is funny for all the wrong reasons, especially some inane dialog like the fattest police detective being warned that the ham sandwich he is eating may be his father(?) The film is framed in the same type of documentary prologue and epilogue used so much more effectively in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Here it is laughable. A truly bad film with little merit.