The Drive-In (A 'B' Movie with Blood and Popcorn, Made in Texas)
ISBN:
9781870532150 (1870532155)
Publish date: January 1st 1989
Publisher: Kinnell Publications Ltd, UK
Pages no: 158
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Novels,
Humor,
Comedy,
Science Fiction,
Pulp,
Horror,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comix,
Bizarro Fiction
Series: The Drive-In (#1)
Das größte Drive-In-Kino von Texas ist durch einen Kometen von der Außenwelt isoliert. Viertausend Autos sind eingeschlossen, während der leere Wahnsinn die Kinobesucher umzingelt."Drive-In" beinhaltet Lansdales gesamte Drive-In-Trilogie. Es beginnt mit dem Kometen, der Jack und seine Freunde im Aut...
I especially like Lansdale's wackier stuff like Zeppelins West and Flaming London. The Drive-In is almost as wacky as those books. However, it's not an absurd pastiche. Instead, it's an homage to B-movie horror flicks (obviously). I found this to be a highly entertaining read, once I got past the dr...
All hail the Popcorn King!!This is some great B-rated reading. As Lansdale said himself. What the Drive-in movies use to be. But something was missing and it wasn't the black & white comic.Maybe the actual story by itself would have been more interesting.
This one was a trip. A B-Movie romp with B-Movies Gods! Good solid fun and good times…trapped in the drive-in with the Popcorn King! 3.5*
Cheap fun, like a B-horror movie. Lots of gore and cussing with an insensible plot with some funny observations thrown in by the narrator in a detached way. In one word - Bizarro. Good for killing-off an hour or so if you are in the mood to read something with an over-the-top plot like this.
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