Ben Nagy Reviews ‘Wamego’ and ‘Wamego Strikes Back’: The Triumphs, Challenges of Independent Film Production Laid Bare

Piggybacking off the speech to filmmakers ( f— “aspiring,” remember?) that Joe Bob made at the conclusion of the second feature of the May 15th, 2020, episode of The Last Drive-In, Ben Nagy checks out the first two installments in the Wamego documentary trilogy featuring filmmaker Steve Balderson and the challenges of independent filmmaking.

Last Call Blog | The Last Drive-In | Season Two-o, Week 4 — Troma’s War

Our very special guest for the first feature of Season 2, Week 4, was the esteemed Tromatic auteur Lloyd Kaufman and his lovely wife, Pat. They chatted with Joe Bob about Troma’s War, the esteemed independent studio’s film of mass destruction aimed straight at the crotch of the military-industrial complex.

Last Call Blog | The Last Drive-In | Season Two-o, Week 4 — One Cut of the Dead

One Cut of the Dead provides a shot of inspiration just when it was needed as the second feature of Week Four-o of The Last Drive-In Season Two.

Last Call Blog | Retro Review: Troma Unleashes ‘Sgt. Kabukiman, N.Y.P.D.’

Uncle Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz added to the pantheon of Troma Studios heroes with “Sgt. Kabukiman, N.Y.P.D.,” which was reviewed by Joe Bob back in 1995. Check it out.

Last Call Blog | The Last Drive-In | Season Two-o, Week Three — Brain Damage

Gratuitous blogger Laura Beerman takes a swing at some Brain Damage, the first feature for Season Two-o, Week 3 of the Last Drive-In.

Last Call Blog | The Last Drive-In | Season Two-o, Week 3 — Profondo Rosso

Dario Argento’s influential giallo gets deep, and there’s red stuff involved Following the Brain Damage we received to start Week Three-o, feature Two-o was Dario Argento’s 1975 giallo classic Profondo Rosso, aka Deep Red, an over-the-top murder mystery that’ll keep first-time viewers guessing until about the last three minutes and keeps repeat viewers coming back for the score […]

Last Call Blog | The Last Drive-In | Season Two-o, Week 2 – Maniac

Sweaty Joe Spinell gives a, well, maniacal performance in Maniac, a flick he wrote, while Tom Savini talks about ‘sploding his ownself’s head during the first feature of Season 2, Episode 2 of The Last Drive-In.

Last Call Blog | The Last Drive-In | Season Two-o, Week 2 – Heathers

Heathers is that rarest of drive-in flicks, one rarely seen by us Mutants, a four-star film with no garbonzas and a stellar script. It won two Hubbies in 1990 and proved influential for years to come.

Last Call Blog | Retro Review: ‘The Final Chapter’? Well, we all know how that turned out …

In the wake of Tom Savini’s guest spot on “Maniac,” last week’s first feature on The Last Drive-In, we take a look at “Friday the 13th, Part 4: The Final Chapter,” one of Savini’s special effects masterpieces in this week’s Retro Review from Joe Bob.

Ben Nagy reviews ‘Ryan’s Babe’: You Might Love It, You Might Hate It — You Probably Won’t Forget It

Rescued from a trash bin, this 20-year-old movie bounces a college dude around North America like a leaf in the wind. There’s no blood and no breasts, and profound flaws litter the production. But it’s something else, especially if a viewer is in the right mood.