Search - Drive-In Classics on DVD

Don't spill the popcorn in daddy's back seat!

Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 11/12/2008

(2 out of 5 stars)

"The majority of ST CLAIR's DRIVE-IN CLASSICS are 'Z' grade movies no one paid attention to while on Friday night automobile dates all across America in the 1950s-70s.

SYNOPSES--

BEAST OF YUCCA FLATS-- Silent-style film about a scientist (Ed Wood's own Tor Johnson) who's transformed by radiation into a monster.

BLOODY MURDER-- Killer in a hockey mask targets a group of counselors preparing a summer camp for opening day.

DIE SISTER, DIE!-- Man attempts to convince a hired nurse to help him murder his rotten egg sister.

DRIVE IN MASSACRE-- Rancid, laughable who-dun-it about a weirdo offing kids at the local drive in with his trusty (rusty?) sword. One lowlight is two bloated undercover cops in full drag.

JESSE...DAUGHTER-- Western outlaw hides in castle of crazed scientist's daughter, and she transforms his sidekick into another Igor. Stoopid stuffs!

LEGEND OF BIGFOOT-- Local huckster wants to capture and turn into a sideshow attraction an American yeti that was spotted near a ski resort.

RATTLERS-- No-name cast in nowhere tale of venomous snakes infected by the military with nerve gas.

SHE DEMONS-- Young couple marooned on an island are captured by an ex-Nazi colonel who treats his wife's disfigured face with injections of gland juice harvested from his harem of.... you know......

TRACK OF MOON BEAST-- When a meteorite shard lodges in his sconce, a man mutates into a reptile-like beast.


ST. CLAIR DVD multi-packs are reasonably priced, and offer fine quality video/audio transfers of unrestored public domain material. Discs are single-side recorded, plastic storage cases fairly sturdy, movie liner notes appear on box's back cover and most DVDs include bonus items.

Their BLOODY HORROR COLLECTION might be a good companion to this box set.


Parenthetical numbers preceding titles are 1 to 10 viewer poll ratings found at a film resource website.

DISC ONE--
(1.9) Drive in Massacre (1977) - Bruce Kimball/Steve Vincent/Douglas Gudbye/Verkina FlowersJohn F. Goff/George 'Buck' Flower
(2.5) (Scream) Bloody Murder (2000) - Jessica Morris/Peter Guillemette/Patrick Cavanaugh/Crystalle Ford/Michael Stone
(4.1) Die Sister, Die! (1972) - Jack Ging/Edith Atwater/Antoinette Bower/Kent Smith/Robert Emhardt/Burt Santos
BONUS: HORROR FILM TRAILERS--
Konga; Tarantula; I Bury the Living; The Brides of Dracula; The Curse of Frankenstein

DISC TWO--
(2.6) Track of the Moon Beast (1976) - Chase Cordell/Leigh Drake/Gregorio Sala/Patrick M. Wright/Joe Blasco (as the beast)
(1.5) The Legend of Bigfoot (1974) - Janus Raudkivi/Randolph Rebane/Stafford Morgan/John F. Goff/George 'Buck' Flower
(2.6) The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961) - Douglas Mellor/Barbara Francis/Conrad Brooks/Anthony Cardoza/Tor Johnson
BONUS: Fall of the House of Usher, Part 1 (radio program)

DISC THREE--
(3.8) She Demons (1958) - Irish McCalla/Tod Griffin/Victor Sen Yung/Rudolph Anders/Gene Roth/Diane Nellis Dancers (as the demons)
(4.4) Rattlers (1976) - Sam Chew Jr./Elisabeth Chauvet/Dan Priest/Ronald Gold/Al Dunlap
(2.6) Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966) - John Lupton/Narda Onyx/Cal Bolder/Jim Davis/Steven Geray
BONUS: Fall of the House Usher, Part II (radio program)"