Ben Nagy reviews ‘The Devil’s Tomb’: It’s not Satan, but it’s pretty close
I can tell that I’m getting old because I got a late start on celebrating Henry Rollins Day this year, and so this review is more than a week late to mark the holiday proper, but since I’ve been a fan for something like 30 years back when Beavis and Butthead said he looked like […]
The Last Drive-In | Heartbreak Trailer Park
As always, T.J. Denton (@TDenton_1138 on Twitter) is responsible for the art! At the Heartbreak Trailer Park, you get it all … and you don’t even have to spend any of the estimated $13.29 billion that folks dump into the economy for Valentine’s Day. Well, that is, UNLESS your Shudder subscription ended up needing to […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Carnivorous’: New widower draws crummy pictures with voodoo Sharpie to unleash serpent of vengeance
This week, I checked out a rapper-fighting-a-giant-snake flick, and no … it was not Anaconda or any of its four sequels. But before I get into the flick I watched, let’s process something. The 1997 flick starring J.Lo (then known by her Christian name of Jennifer Lopez), Ice Cube, Angelina Jolie’s dad (who, as all […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Thunderbolt Fist’: Hero and cousin fight extortionists exploiting the local ginseng industry
One of the toughest kind of flicks to review is the kung fu flick and that’s because Bruce Lee went and wrecked the curve back in 1973 when he did Enter the Dragon. It was such a cultural touchstone that a cottage industry even sprouted up in the mid- to late 1970s of just movies […]
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Ben Nagy reviews ‘Absurd’: 40 years ago, Joe Bob reviewed the original, but he never got around to the sequel
Two score years and four or so ex-wives ago, Joe Bob Briggs brought forth upon the city of Dallas, a new column, conceived at one of the finest drive-in theaters in Dallas or Tarrant County, and dedicated to the oath that we believe in the three B’s, will party like jungle animals and then boogie […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘House’ and ‘Uninvited’: A shameless attempt to get along with the cat people in the new year
Before I get into how my movie selections ruined New Year’s Eve, I have to set the stage. At least two people in my house are CAT PEOPLE. We are not talking about Nastassja Kinski and Malcolm McDowell, so I don’t have to worry about any kind of transformations where they get all fired up, […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘House of Salem’: U.K. Satanists into sickles, sheep and sensory deprivation (not necessarily in that order)
There’s no way I can top Joe Bob’s rant about Satanism and the Devil that he unleashed when The Last Drive-In showed House of the Devil during Season Uno, so I’m just going to leave this link right here (courtesy of our good friends at Shudder) so that everybody can refresh their memories about how […]
Ben Nagy reviews ‘Anna and the Apocalypse’: Romantic teen-zombie-musical from U.K. oozes charm and guts
A superflu pandemic that started in the U.S. ends up resurrecting the dead and a plucky group of high schoolers who have a tendency to bust out into song tries to cope with their rotten and stinky new world in Anna and the Apocalypse. This flick takes place in Great Britain because the steering wheel’s […]
The Last Drive-In | Joe Bob Ruins Christmas
As the opening holiday rant before Joe Bob ruined Christmas (again) made clear, there’s always room at the Last Drive-In’s inn (or screen if you wanna get technical about it). The big question is whether it’s a room where you wanna spend some quality time when Joe Bob Ruins Christmas. One Christmas you might get […]