Dear
#MutantFam
,
As you may have heard,
#TheLastDriveIn
refuses to live up to its name, and we’ll be coming at ya with flicks galore in the coming months!
So the billion dollar question: what do you want to watch? Tell me your dream titles!
@therealjoebob
@kinky_horror
Happy
#TheLastDriveIn
day!
To celebrate, here’s
@therealjoebob
at my apartment holding court with one of my kittens.
In a fairer world, there would be a gallery exhibit at the Met with nothing but artist’s renditions of this image, wall-to-ceiling.
For those who are shifting uneasily at the thought of their favorite chill trailer park being replaced by tonight's Late Night gimmick - never fear! It's a one-off extravaganza to celebrate Season 5 with a bang.
We're back to our usual
#TheLastDriveIn
format next week!
I can't believe this is already our THIRD annual Christmas Special! Feels like only yesterday I was admiring
@ReggieBannister
's mean three-barrel while waving my arms as the offscreen choir director for tiny robed Jawas.
#TheLastDriveIn
@kinky_horror
@therealjoebob
The morning after an episode of
#TheLastDriveIn
is a sleepy, bewildering reminder that I have the best job ever.
Rest assured: the rest of this season is going to be WILD.
Thanks to
@eliroth
for bringing his deep well of knowledge to the premiere!
@therealjoebob
@kinky_horror
No corners were cut to ensure
#EightEyes
feels like it belongs on a Drive-In screen.
Shot on 16mm, in-camera optical glass animations, AND an incredible
@morriconeyouth
score.
Beyond excited to share the trailer for my first film, a co-production with
@vinegarsyndrome
!
The first movie was so violent that the MPAA ordered 53 cuts before it could be released. The second combined Andy Warhol's Factory with the sleaziest neighborhood in downtown El Lay. Put em together and you've got Gangsta Valentine's Day. Next Friday night, it's gonna get NASTY.
Promise we’ve got a big news and WILD double features in the wings, Mutants!
#TheLastDriveIn
is still going and growing, and the short mid-season break is part of it.
Just consider it a brief intermission to hit the lobby for nachos and corn dogs.
@therealjoebob
@kinky_horror
Hello, Mutants!
We've seen grumbling about Shudder splitting up Season 5, & it's understandable! We're always impatient for episodes!
But you ask us, faulting Shudder for the new schedule downplays everything they brought to us, including… The Last Drive-In 🤠
1/3
#MutantFam
I couldn’t be prouder that tonight, on planet Earth, more people will watch THINGS simultaneously than any other moment in history.
Strap in, and we’ll all come out the other side better and stronger - together.
#TheLastDriveIn
@therealjoebob
@kinky_horror
For the record, I didn't edit
#Hogzilla
- but restored it from previously existing cuts, since the old sequences and project were a mess.
But I was VERY careful to make sure that every choice from the original cuts made it - like restoring a fine work of art, I left no prints.
Yep!
Not sure what the exact number of individual movies covered in the two previous Joe Bob series was (somebody do the wiki diving and let me know) but regardless we plan to smash that record, too.
Long live
#TheLastDriveIn
@therealjoebob
What no one at home heard, at the end of filming that first
#TheLastDriveIn
segment, was the enormous and spontaneous applause when he finished... and we knew
@therealjoebob
was truly back.
Had mist in my eye and a smile on my face. It was fucking magic.
Guys,
@therealjoebob
just sent me on a run for TEN pounds of chalkboard chalk, because he was expects to run out as he drops knowledge on ya’ll for the next three Summer School episodes.
Be warned: y’all are about to get LEARNT UP.
@kinky_horror
@badtechno
#TheLastDriveIn
After even a short hiatus, it’s such a relief to see all the usual Drive-In denizens sounding off and prepping their snacks for tonight’s
#TheLastDriveIn
! Ernie and I will be watching right along with ya.
Missed ya, mutants!
@therealjoebob
@kinky_horror
Whenever we’ve had to work on
@therealjoebob
’s birthday, he ALWAYS pretends it’s just another day at the trailer park.
Foil his birthday-shyness and wish him a happy one! Bug him across all platforms. Hire a local sky-writer to doodle it with their Cessna.
FIVE STARS. We originally hoped to sneak Tetsuo into the original marathon, and I have been DYING to show it since we got this circus off the ground. For any first timers... you’re welcome! TURN UP THE VOLIME.
#TheLastDriveIn
@kinky_horror
@therealjoebob
I'm surprised I need to say this, but here are three facts for anyone wondering:
FACT 1: My pet lizard, Ernie, who regularly chills with us onset at the
#TheLastDriveIn
, does not actually have a twitter account.
FACT 2: He eats bugs, and likes to stare out the window.
Feels like only yesterday we moved into our quarantine cabin to make the best out of one of the weirdest Halloweens in history.
We’ve come a long way, mutants! I’m already nostalgic for Season 3. Thanks for hanging with us ten Fridays in a row!
#TheLastDriveIn
@therealjoebob
As we wait for the 2nd Season Finale of
#TheLastDriveIn
, I want to take a minute (and a long-ass twitter thread) to reflect on the past 8 weeks of our wooly chimera of a show.
#Mutantfam
, what was your favorite double feature this season at the Drive-In?
Remember mutants! You can still donate to one tonight's worthy charities even if you can't afford to take a lien out on a condo to buy a Demon's Mask!
The Trevor Project will thank you!
#JoeBobSavesChristmas
@therealjoebob
@kinky_horror
For the record: the reason I don’t wear my jacket on set is that it has a permanent home on the back of my office chair - where I spend 90% of my life writing/editing.
Props to
@kinky_horror
! I don’t think I could be so selfless as to auction mine off!
#JoeBobSavesChristmas
By now you should know that Coco and I are FANS of Extreme Horror movies... I don't know why it took me soooo long to watch MARTYRS. But that movie is officially SICK.. Loved it. What's your favorite Extreme or Disturbing movie?
Thanks to everyone who came out! I only got to speak to a handful of you between shows, but it did my heart right to see ya’ll party down like jungle animals.
Now go to bed! May you dream deep of tall screens, pig-faced barbarians, and improbable summer camps.
#JoeBobsJamboree
Funny story: one of my teachers back in film school was the cinematographer for DEATH SPA.
I could never get Arledge to talk about it for long, though! And boy, did I have QUESTIONS.
#TheLastDriveIn
@therealjoebob
@kinky_horror
Let the record show that I'm at a point in my life where part of my actual job is to dress up my lizard in a tuxedo for the season finale of the television show I direct.
There's a good chance I've peaked.
#MutantFam
#TheLastDriveIn
In an effort to contain my excitement about this Friday’s
#TheLastDriveIn
premiere, just saw final performance of Tosca at the MET with fellow opera lover
@TokyoCowboyYuki
.
(Yes he’s IN the premiere, so shine your bolos and hide your wives AND husbands.)
@therealjoebob
I'm unsure if Joe Bob has plans of owning his own drive-in, but wouldn't it be cool if the entire
#MutantFam
chipped in and bought a drive-in theater that was closing down? Save the drive in and monthly jamborees! Maybe Shudder could chip in!
#TheLastDriveIn
All night long, Fabio Frizzi and his band are playing genre-bending covers of his famous themes. Extra cool points if you can identify each track!
#TheLastDriveIn
Obviously I’m proud of every show we do here at
#TheLastDriveIn
.
But
#joebobsheartbreaktrailerpark
is easily one of my favorite mixes of films, guests, and other surprises we’ve EVER squeezed into a double-feature… so far.
@therealjoebob
there is nothing quite like watching you square your eyes up on Camera One and waiting for what comes next.
You're exactly who I thought you'd be, back when I never missed a Saturday night on TNT.
#TheLastDriveIn
will never die. Promise to do my part.
I couldn’t attend in person due to a tiny get-together in Vegas called
#JoeBobsJamboree
, but
#EightEyes
had its Italian premiere
@Fantafestival
…
Where it received a coveted Silver Bat award!
I’m also told Luigi Cozzi caught the screening, which is better than any prize!
And finally, thanks to
@therealjoebob
, who has given us all a reason to look deep into each other's eyes and whisper:
"Yeah, maybe we DO deserve something better than CHUD."
And we do… probably. But man alive, what did we do to deserve Joe Bob?
Not trying to brag, but as the Director of
#TheLastDriveIn
and Ernie's roommate, sometimes me and the little dude hang out with the countdown looping during the off-season.
@kinky_horror
This meant resisting every urge to fix... anything. I wanted this masterpiece of cinema untainted, finally released in all its intended glory.
#TheLastDriveIn
THIS JUST IN: Check out the amazing new art for JOE BOB'S CREEPY CHRISTMAS! 😍🎄🎅🎁🤠
This year's 4th annual charity fundraiser will support:
- Wildlife Conservation Network
- Paralyzed Veterans of America
- Every Mother Counts
- Solving Kids' Cancer
#TheLastDriveIn
#MutantFam
At the vaunted 24-hour horror Marathon at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre, and it’s already one of the best movie going experiences and audiences I’ve ever witnessed.
It’s unreal that EIGHT EYES is playing here tonight alongside all the classic offerings! I hardly feel worthy.
As we pull away from the newly emptied lot, please enjoy one final, beautiful Jamboree moment from
@badtechno
, who sang so much this weekend he lost his voice:
Proud of every one of the films and filmmakers that met fresh eyeballs at the Vegas Drive-In tonight.
New voices finding family one giant screen at a time. It’s a beautiful thing.
See ya’ll tomorrow!
#JoeBobsJamboree
@therealjoebob
@kinky_horror
@badtechno
@therealjoebob
@kinky_horror
@Shudder
@AMCPlus
He ain’t lying. When we merely “discussed” doing these three titles, I had to change over to an unlimited phone plan.
Expect some fire and brimstone these next three episodes! It’ll be as if Summer School never ended.
No matter what, I always feel a sense of clarity on Halloween - like a sudden epiphany at the end of a long hike.
So even if you’re busy at work: breathe in the autumn, wave to your undead ancestors, and - should the devil so inspire - party like jungle animals. You deserve it.
Getting serous tech flashbacks to 2018 tonight. I guess we’re celebrating our fifth anniversary just like we started?
Shudder is looking into the issue now, and apparently it’s still running well on the AMC+ livestream.
If it doesn’t load at first, keep trying!
#TheLastDriveIn
Thanks
@kinky_horror
for being the best damn MailGirl the Drive-In will ever see. You're irreplaceable.
No matter how hard you THINK she works, I swear, she works MUCH harder. She deserves all the love your black, mutant hearts can muster.
I’m proud every time she walks on set.
I hope you’re ready to get PUMPED UP tonight,
#mutantfam
!
@therealjoebob
swears he has the secret to tight buns and swole pythons, and is going to share this ancient knowledge on tonight’s very swole, very scary
#TheLastDriveIn
.
See ya there!
Thanks to
@craigengler
and
@shudder
for giving us a mighty sweet plot of land to park the double-wide each week... and for believing in
@therealjoebob
,
#TheLastDriveIn
, and our cockamamie notion to stream it LIVE a year ago.
Sorry we broke your servers. Hope we've made it up!
It's an unbelievable joy to be part of
#thelastdrivein
. Not only did I get an incredible role in
#HalloweenHideaway
, I was also able to produce & write FOUR
#halloween
songs! I hope this show continues for a dozen Halloweens to come. Soundtrack link here:
Merry Christmas, Mutants! I went overboard this year and made commercials for every break tonight- just like the good ol' days- to advertise tonight's charity auction items.
I'll post 'em as the night goes on, so share 'em around and help us do some good!
#TheLastDriveIn
If you had to pick ONE episode of
#TheLastDriveIn
to get a newcomer hooked on
@therealjoebob
and
@kinky_horror
, which one would you pick?
(Tonight’s episode doesn’t count, but it WOULD be a good choice!)
Yuki, our Set Designer, for building terrific sets and driving me to a thousand Texas thrift stores to sate my lust for knick knacks.
If it’s onscreen, you can bet your ass that me and the Tokyo Cowboy handpicked it from the back of a stranger’s truck.
Thanks to the world's greatest Lovecraftian leading lady, the lovely
@barbaracrampton
for joining us for our Castle Freak premiere!
Your career continues to be legendary- it would take a full season just to cover half your creative output. Can't wait to see what you do next!
Our Producers, Matt and Justin, who fought to get this whole shebang off the ground and continue to produce one hell of a show.
It was a long road to the Drive-In, but we walked it.
Every production is a miracle. Because of you gentlemen, we turned water into Lone Star.
It feels good to be back home in the trailer park, where tonight we will relive one of the most electrifying moments in horror history. Plus I'm gonna make everybody sing and dance.
#TheLastDriveIn
And there, in the flicker between screen and optic nerve where pixels join hands and start to mean something, one thing is crystal clear:
We're all in this together.
Thank you for making the experiment work. We owe Season 2 to you.
Signed: A Fellow Mutant
Thanks everyone for joining in on our
#GhoultideGetTogether
this year and making it our best holiday show yet. Spend the holidays with the people you love, and hope you know peace wherever you find yourself.
The Drive-In Will Never Die! See ya soon.
@therealjoebob
@kinky_horror
Last call for stretches and fruit punch pre-workout gym-speed, Mutants. If we do our jobs right, you’ll be sweating a river by the time the night’s over!
If you’re dressed up for aerobicide antics, show us your fit!
#TheLastDriveIn
I have been known to gush obnoxiously for hours about individual camera moves in this film. It brings out the worst of the film student in me!
Incredibly excited for anyone seeing Possession for the first time tonight. Easily one of my favorites we’ll ever show.
#TheLastDriveIn
Thanks to
@badtechno
, our Music Supervisor and Production Coordinator, for his disgusting modesty and overflowing musical talents.
Working with you in the trenches each week is like having Roy Orbison make you coffee. You’re a fucking star. I’m humbled by your creative energy.
Thanks to our amazing Mangled Dick Expert,
@Felissa_Rose
, who makes me cackle every time we come up with an excuse to call her.
She's a true triple-threat: beautiful, talented, and holds a PHD in Dismembered Members.
Plenty more dongs to come, darling. Can't wait for Season 2!
And a participation trophy for my new bearded roommate Ernie, for generally being a chill little strap of leather both on set and off. They grow up so fast!
Q was his idea, for the record.
@therealjoebob
beamed into my TV one night like a lightning bolt, just a stranger yammering on about breasts I wasn't going to see.
By the time the show ended, it was like losing a friend.
Thanks
@therealjoebob
for agreeing to saddle up again. I needed it. All us mutants did.
And thanks to the
#mutantfam
!
Every Friday we all stare at the same moon and contemplate it and each other, like cheesy lovers in a 90's romcom.
Except it's no moon.
It's PIECES. Or CHUD. Or, if we're lucky, it's THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE.
Kevin, our Director of Photography, for always picking up what I’m putting down.
I’ll never forget watching him hang the last green gel for the first marathon, and smiling maniacally when we realized we were actually there, and it was actually happening.
I don't wanna say our guest on tonight's
#TheLastDriveIn
is any more distinguished than any other guest we have on the show, but, yeah, we're talking the Albert Einstein of his field. You really don't wanna miss this. 9 p.m. Eastern/6 Pacific for the live feed.
@abbytoir
, our Editor (who many of you already know) for her hard work in the edit bay and her tireless role as an acolyte for fellow Drive-In Mutants across the universe.
She is also the ONLY other person on set who remembers the nacho hook-up.
#2LegitMutant
I don’t trust any filmmaker who’s out to make “a movie for everyone”.
This film was humbly but dutifully made for “someone”, and somedays that someone is ME.
@PhilTippett
#TheLastDriveIn
#MadGod
Full disclosure: I think the reason I worked so hard to bring back
@therealjoebob
for
#TheLastDriveIn
was just to fulfill my dream of seeing him watch PIECES in this format.
PIECES is about as much fun as you can have watching a movie with friends, full stop.
Thanks to the MonsterVision Veterans:
Bob, our Floor Director.
Jordan, the Lighting Designer.
Paul, our Best Boy.
Jay, our Camera Op.
You are unsung pillars of television history and my childhood heroes. I'm giddy with pride to tear the heart out of Friday nights with you.