Last Call | Retro Review: Our pal Stuart Gordon got even kinkier when he headed “From Beyond”
In memory of the passing of the great drive-in director Stuart Gordon, we re-publish Joe Bob Briggs’ review of the black leather-and-glopola classic “From Beyond,” but first, a budgetary lesson about how the U.S. economy works.
Last Call | Retro Review: Pandemic Partying in ‘Masque of the Red Death’
Roger Corman isn’t above recycling his own stuff, as we found out when he produced this remake in 1989 of a movie that he originally directed in 1964. The older one had Vincent Price. This one has Patrick Macnee.
Last Call | Retro Review: In These Times, Jersey Zombie Flick ‘Biohazardous’ Speaks to Us
In this review originally syndicated on May 15, 2002, Joe Bob takes a look at the explosion of zombie flicks in the years since Night of the Living Dead and a New Jersey-based flick called “Biohazardous.”
Last Call | Retro Review: So Here’s What U.S.-Soviet Relations Were Like 35 Years Ago (And ‘Ghoulies’ Too!)
Joe Bob Briggs gives his first impression of a new era of U.S.-Soviet relations and he reviews a Gremlins ripoff that has a title that sounds like Goonies.
LAST CALL | Retro Review: Joe Bob takes on ‘Basket Case 2’
A retro Joe Bob review from March 2, 1990, takes a look at “Basket Case 2,” where we find out what Belial and his brother Duane have been doing since they hit the pavement at the end of the 1982 drive-in classic.
LAST CALL | Retro Review: Joe Bob Checks Out ‘Nightbreed’
Yep — the 1990s were 30 years ago, and while we await the start of Season Two-o of the Last Drive-In, we’re going to dust off some Joe Bob retro reviews. First up, the kinkiest man in England (Clive Barker) collaborates with the kinkiest man in Canada (David Cronenberg) for “Nightbreed.”
A Joe Bob Original | Complete Guide to Movie Bad Guys, Pt. 1
‘Cause there’s nothing like a little vintage villiany to remind us that Bob from Accounting ain’t all that bad.
A Joe Bob Original: Briggs’ Guide to Impeccable Drive-In Etiquette
Helpin you be on your best behavior. Or your worst – if you know what we mean, and we think you do.
A Joe Bob Original | Inbred Rednecks
Check out this classic Joe Bob review!
A Joe Bob Original: How to Make a Slasher Film
Everything we love about 80s slashers: nekkid bimbos, mouth-breathin’ killers, terrible secrets and senseless killins.