Thursday, September 24, 2015

70's Slasher, Drive-In Massacre, coming to Blu-ray from 88 Films

Wanna go to the drive-in tonight? 


Drive-in Massacre Blu-ray cover


88 Films announced today that they plan to bring the 1977 slasher film, "Drive-in Massacre" to Blu-ray in early 2016.

A year before the slasher boom really hit its stride with John Carpenter's legendary trendsetter "Halloween," there was "Drive-in Massacre" - an early slice and dice prototype that is finally achieving its rightful reappraisal courtesy of a brand new 2k scan from the splatter movie addicts at 88 Films! This worldwide HD debut indicates that "Drive-in Massacre" was, in many ways, ahead of its time - spinning a sleazy story about a clueless police investigation into a madman who is carving up spectators at outdoor cinemas across California! Introducing the sort of giallo framework that the post-"Friday the 13th" teenkill genre would later take as its own, "Drive-in Massacre" was directed with the expert grindhouse touch of Stu Segall, the man who oversaw Marilyn Chambers in "Insatiable" (1980) before producing such hit TV series as "Renegade." A lively and lacerating bout of lunatic slasher energy, 88 Films is proud to give "Drive-in Massacre" its worldwide Blu-ray bow in a new transfer approved by Segall himself!

Extras and details TBC
(Coming Early 2016)