For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

****SPOILERS*** Bloodless slasher movie about this drive-in movie theater that's been targeted by some psycho who seems to dislike the films that its playing. Stalking the lot and looking for action the killer ends up killing some half dozen costumers, couples necking, before the police decide to have it closed down before any more people end up getting killed. It's Det. Mike Leary & police psychologist Steve Vincent who try to track down the killer with very little results in that they seem to be the only police assigned to this high profile murder case. One of the craziest scenes in the movie is when both Leary & Vincent have it out with this escaped or just pardoned lunatic accused of murdering his parents who's intended victim, his teen age daughter, after being rescued refuses to press charges against him! It's the drive-in manager Yule Brenner look-alike Austin Johnson who soon becomes the #1 suspect in this string of drive-in murders just because he used to be a knife thrower in the circus before he got the job there. Johnson for his part has it in for the night watchman at the drive-in Germy in him, besides wanting to get paid, once being a much better knife thrower as well as swallower then he ever was. ****SPOILERS***In the final sequence were made to see that both Leary & Vincent finally got their man only for it to be so confusing that you didn't even know if the film ended or not until you saw the closing credits. One of the hardest movies to watch in that the lighting in it was so utterly dismal that you strained your eyes & brain in trying to watch or follow it. As for John F. Goff & Douglas Gudbye as cops Leary & Vincent they in fact did a commendable job in trying to be convincing, by not cracking up, but it without out a doubt was the torturous and painful acting of Robert E. Pearson as the thankless drive-in manager Austin Johnson who won the acting honors by showing, like those of us watching, how he felt about the movie and being in it like it was more of a prison sentence then an acting role for him.

Drive In Massacre is the tale of a police investigation into a series of slayings taking place at a local Drive-In theater. Although this film may be billed as a horror film, I'd say this is more of a crime film, as about 3/4ths of the movie is focused on the police investigation. There are a couple of gory scenes, especially the first two killings, but the movie is rather tame overall.The two cops (played by John Goff and Bruce Kimball) stumble through the investigation to the point where you wonder whether or not these guys could catch a cold, much less a mass murderer. The main suspects are a pair of employees at the theater, the manager (Newton Naushaus), who hates, well everything, and a janitor named Germy (Douglas Gudbye), a dim former sword swallower who is pleasant enough, but seems a little off. With the possible exception of Gudbye, the acting in this film is either phoned-in, or in the case of Naushaus, way too over the top.The sound is horrible, as there are many points where you can't make out the dialog, and the soundtrack is subpar at best, as some of the songs sound as if it were composed with a Casio keyboard. There's a couple of scenes in this movie that have hardly any connection to the plot and seemed to be tacked on just to fill out the movie. The ending is different, at least, but I wouldn't say it was very good either.Overall, if you're a fan of 'So Bad It's Good' movies, then Drive-In Massacre could provide a few laughs. If you're a fan of horror movies, well I'd recommend you stay away from this one.

Typical drive-in fare. A movie to show that no one is going to watch as they are too busy making out.Bue, in this movie, which takes place in a drive-in, someone is running a sword through lovers engaged in passionate activities.It is a dark movie, well drive-ins don't operate during the day do they? The acting is atrocious, and it is just an excuse to show some blood.It's not worth your time, and there is nothing to recommend it.Three bloody murders and the rest of the film is two cops questioning witnesses and suspects.

This film has a poor reputation . It's one that's probably deserved however due to its dire production values . Director Stu Segall seems to have no comprehension of fundamental film making techniques such as editing or cinematography . It's very difficult to hear what is being said or see what is going on . It also leads to confused scenes that seem to come out of nowhere like a machete wielding maniac stalking a young woman or the ending that will have you scratching your head wondering who the murderer is . I'm not sure if it's the fault of the director or the screenwriters but there seems to be an air of campness running throughout the film but never successfully manifests itself on screen . For example we get two detectives posing as a courting couple at a drive in and one of them wears a dress and wig but but the whole feel of the film is never less than serious and dead pan and any amusement found in it is purely unintentional . The lack of budget also means there's never any ring of truth to the storytelling . If someone is killing patrons at a drive in you'd expect to see the crime scene cordoned off with tape and uniformed cops standing guard . The lack of budget means we never see any uniformed cops because the budget never stretches that far . Indeed it doesn't even seem to stretch to including crime scene tape It's difficult to see who the film will appeal to . Die-hard gorehounds will be disappointed due to the lack of serious stomach churning gore while a mainstream audience will be put off by the terrible directing , writing and acting . The only reason DRIVE IN MASSACRE got two stars instead of one is because it's heaven made for one of those " 100 things I learned from this movie " threads such as You have to be overweight to be a detective and It's possible to chop off someone's head leaning out of a car without their passenger noticing