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As we wait for the 2nd Season Finale of #TheLastDriveIn, I want to take a minute (and a long-ass twitter thread) to reflect on the past 8 weeks of our wooly chimera of a show.
#Mutantfam, what was your favorite double feature this season at the Drive-In?
#Mutantfam, what was your favorite double feature this season at the Drive-In?
For our season premiere, we were graced by CHOPPING MALL’s lovely @Kellimaroney and then le Champion himself, @IAmJericho - who launched a takeover of our set for the BLOODSUCKING FREAK music video with @badtechno.
His rigatoni is, I can safely attest, VERY unique.
His rigatoni is, I can safely attest, VERY unique.
(As a side note, no one caught the easter eggs in the music video that hinted at later surprises in the season.)
On Week 2, the Sultan of Splatter, @THETomSavini, came down from his throne of blood to talk about exploding his own head in MANIAC. (The stories he told us blew MY head off.)
Then we closed things off with HEATHERS - because nothing is scarier than High School.
Then we closed things off with HEATHERS - because nothing is scarier than High School.
For Week 3, it was back to basics: no guests, no tricks. Just a man, a chair, a beer, and two all-time favorites: Hennenlotter’s inimitable BRAIN DAMAGE and Argento’s oft-imitated DEEP RED.
On Week 4, Dr. Joe Bob prescribed his famous Bobo Rodriguez Cold Remedy, then celebrated the undying spirit of independent cinema by watching TROMA’S WAR alongside genre legend @lloydkaufman (with bonus insight from the Commish herself, Pat Kaufman!)
"Dead people, wave!"
"Dead people, wave!"
And following THAT epic interview, we watched the incredible ONE CUT OF THE DEAD.
To summarize in two words the segment I’m most proud of from this season: “Fuck aspiring.”
To summarize in two words the segment I’m most proud of from this season: “Fuck aspiring.”
Week 5 started with a LONG, hard look at Blatty’s brilliant and largely underrated EXORCIST III - but not before JB wandered through a labyrinthine 20 minute rant about a Gillette razor.
The only logical follow-up: Jim VanBebber’s gnarly, punk ingenuity in DEADBEAT AT DAWN.
The only logical follow-up: Jim VanBebber’s gnarly, punk ingenuity in DEADBEAT AT DAWN.
Week 6 was all about infamy: starting innocently enough with the goofy, infamously-panned undead policework of DEAD HEAT...
...then came CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, a film that needs no introduction (besides the fifteen or so content warnings that precede it.)
It's a tough watch, but was a good excuse for a backdoor pilot for our next show: JOE BOB’S ROADKILL BBQ CHALLENGE.
Hit us up, Food Network!
It's a tough watch, but was a good excuse for a backdoor pilot for our next show: JOE BOB’S ROADKILL BBQ CHALLENGE.
Hit us up, Food Network!
Week 7 featured @TheJoeLynch's MAYHEM, a fast-paced flick that will kick your ass, staple it, collate it, and send it over to HR.
(Joe, if we get ever show another film of yours on LDI, we'll need you to swing by for three rounds in the octagon with @therealjoebob.)
(Joe, if we get ever show another film of yours on LDI, we'll need you to swing by for three rounds in the octagon with @therealjoebob.)
Then came TETSUO: THE IRON MAN, 64 minutes of melted tinfoil poured into an unstable gravity well until it coalesced into the vague appearance of a narrative 16mm film. (That's my kink.)
Ernie liked that one.
Ernie liked that one.
Week 8 started with the wild ride that is SCARE PACKAGE. It was like getting rowdy at a film festival where all the flicks were made by friends.
Couldn’t be prouder of all of you. Kudos to @AaronBKoontz for gathering a veritable ARMY of talented voices into one... uh, package.
Couldn’t be prouder of all of you. Kudos to @AaronBKoontz for gathering a veritable ARMY of talented voices into one... uh, package.
And then, of course-
WE RELEASED THE HOG.
@kinky_horror and I had been plotting this one for a LONG time, but man alive was it worth it! Great job handling the Totals, Darcy!
WE RELEASED THE HOG.
@kinky_horror and I had been plotting this one for a LONG time, but man alive was it worth it! Great job handling the Totals, Darcy!
And tonight, on the Season Finale, we invite the whole #Mutantfam to become explorers in the further regions with us, alongside the amazing @1AshleyLaurence and living legend, Doug Bradley.
Couldn't be more excited to share tonight's movies with you. It's gonna be legendary.
Couldn't be more excited to share tonight's movies with you. It's gonna be legendary.
