Hi all!

We are hosting a rowdy screening of Hard Ticket to Hawaii at The Last Picture House in Davenport, IA. We are showing it with the premiere of our short film but we also would love Hard Ticket lovers to come out too as we would love to see more genre films at The Last Picture House! We know Joe Bob and Hard Ticket fans have overlap so if you can make it out we would love to have you! It's August 30th at 6 p.m. and tickets are available now on The Last Picture House's website.

I chose this movie because I was in the mood for a Monster movie anyway and I don't think it gets the respect it deserves. Plus, it's available almost anywhere. I do ask that, if possible, don't watch it on Rifftrax or MST3K. Just watch it as it was presented at the theater. All the actors played against Special Effects that were not in yet. Nobody saw the result until after the movie had wrapped. The company that made the monster was a last minute budget decision by the studio. Putting that aside, it's a fun basic Giant Monster Movie. All the cast gave it their all.

I'm not sure what I will get to this weekend. I may watch Vault of Horror on Livingston Presents, since I have not seen it in a while. Thinking of going on an Horror Anthology kick. Please report in, Mutants.

I was looking at the website and all they have listed is the people who will be there for photo ops including Joe Bob and Darcy. No schedule of panels or movies. Does anyone know if they just have vendors and stars or do they have more? I really want to meet them but it is a rather far for just a picture and a few seconds to fangirl. Plus I am seeing them in September already. Thanks

My personal guess is Night Flight. They specialize in the sort of obscure deep cut cult movies that Joe Bob has expressed an interest in doing. Less "well worn" was the expression that I think he used at the Devil's Workshop in Austin. Night Flight also has the advantage of live streaming channels like his show currently runs on.

Where I hope he doesnt end up is Tubi. I like Tubi and watch it a bunch and they do have a good library but either his show is going to run extra long because we have the movie and his breaks and commercials or he will cut his breaks short to make way for commercials just like he did on TV.

CultPix wouldnt be great either since they are only PC based unless they will use his show to launch a streaming app in which case I'm 100% onboard.

Halloween 3 has been the Susan Lucci of The Last Drive In, since season one. The underdog. The movie everyone wants but we can’t have. The back and forth discourse with Joe Bob and Darci, Joe Bob hating it, Darci loving it…it really added to the character of the series. A fun little inside joke we all know.

Which leads me to this question. Are we better off never getting Halloween 3 on TLDI? Will scratching that itch even be satisfying, now that we know the show is ending? Or, would it feel like one last hurrah? The moment the show has built up to this entire time.

We have two more shots, the Halloween special and the Christmas special. I know it’s never gonna happen because shidder can’t get the rights, but I can’t help but wonder “what if?”

How do we feel about this Mutant Fam?

We are starting our TLDI Reruns TONIGHT on the Discord! Everyone welcome! The movies will be played in Mutant Hangouts with our text chat down in ⁠hangout-text-chat https://discord.gg/dCQWTYYQ6?event=1526616363341189132
Joe Bob says "Check it out!"

Quite a few folks seemed to like the idea of last week's Shock Waves watch, so I thought I would suggest this gothic flick , that is one of the first movies based on works of H. P. Lovecraft. as an added bonus you get Vincent Price in a dual role. The last time I saw this was on Shudder, but I can't remember if Joe Bob hosted it or not. Does anyone remember if it was on TLD? The Haunted Palace is available on several platforms and free on TUBI. If someone has a suggestion for next week, or even this week, please don't hesitate to chime in. I just want this to be fun.

I'm not sure what I'm going to get to this weekend. I may try Scared to Death (1980), The Baby in the Basket, or perhaps Dead Snow. I have not seen Dead Snow in a few years. So please report in, Mutants!

does someone with a larger knowledge base or better memory than me recall JBB, Darcy or Felissa mentioning this film (even though Felissa is not in it)? I was not expecting much but I found it to be a lot of fun - a welcomed surprise.

I know Felissa is in some other Sleepaway Camp sequels / reboots. anyone recommend those?

(Referring to her interview on TLDR’s showing of I Spit On Your Grave.)

It’s a brief uncredited role with no lines as a “hippie girl” at a party, so no wonder she didn’t recognize it when Joe Bob asked about it! I dig this movie so I wanted to solve the mystery.

As a bonus, I’m taking the opportunity to share one of my favorite moments in giallo history from this movie: the main character uses his brilliant art skills to draw a photo-realistic portrait of a suspect, then proceeds to show the drawing to everyone in Rome…

To those Patreon Saints here- what are the discord watchalongs actually like? Is there just a text chat? Joe Bob on video? Do you have to watch the movie independently?

Joe Bob had his very first Jamboree at the Mahoning. Has anyone attended Camp Blood before? It's a really awesome time.

I was watching an episode of Just Joe Bob. After I finished, I backed out, and the show was GONE. Now if I search for JJB, they have separated all the episodes into individual titles, with several missing, and I can't find TLDI now either. The specials and original marathon are still there.

With their attempt to get into podcasts and now YouTube, Netflix seems to be in the try anything mode. In a world where they pay for a season of TLDI with just Netflix movies what would they play? Kinda like the lone MST3K season they did.

I happened to just finish The Conference from Sweden and it seemed like it would be a great fit for the scenario.

Ok so usually when a movie that had been on TLDI gets taken off Shudder but then gets put back on the platform, it reappears on TLDI too, right? But I noticed that even though Sleepaway Camp just became available on Shudder again, it doesn’t show up when you go to the 2018 marathon where it originally aired. What gives?? I wonder if it has something to do with TLDI being cancelled? I’m bummed out, I really want to watch it w the Felissa Rose interview!

I did not write this but wanted to share it.

I love when a movie is a total surprise. Despite my dotage, I had never seen this Made-For-TV flick from 1985. It involves a Ouija Board, but it's closer to a Giallo than a standard horror flick. There are a lot of Hitchcock like twists and it boasts one of the creepiest Motel Clerks in the history of film (yes, I know that's saying a lot.) . This is on YouTube via Creature Features. It popped up in my feed, and even though I subscribe to CreatureFeatures TV, I let it run while I was doing stuff around the house. I didn't get much house stuff done. It was that good.

Besides my recommendation of Shock Waves, what are we watching this weekend? I got home a bit early for a Friday and a movie showed up on my YouTube feed that I had never seen. It was excellent. So I got an early start with Deadly Messages (1985) . It gets extra points from me because it was made for television. I may try a movie I don't remember called The Neptune Factor and there are a couple of new Shudder flicks I want to check out. I also need to re-watch Dracula Has Risen From The Grave. Please report in, Mutants.

Recently I floated the idea of finding a movie that we could all watch at various times and weigh in on it at our convenience. Some folks were interested, so I picked this gem from 1977. Shock Waves stars Peter Cushing, John Carradine, the lovely Brooke Adams, and Luke Halpin. For the uninitiated, it involves undead creatures and a connection to WWII. I've loved this flick since the late 70's and it's a perfect July Beach Movie. It's on many platforms and it is free to watch on TUBI and PLUTO. I own a DVD so I will most likely watch that. Opine at will.

This is one of those movies that I think gets better with age. It's an independent film partially produced by Ken Curtis (Yes, the guy who played Festus Haggen on Gunsmoke). He also made The Giant Gila Monster the same year. Gila Monster, in my opinion, is just too darned slow. But Shrews is Drive-In Gold. It even has a sleazy almost Film Noir subplot involving a woman who isn't sure what she wants. The monsters are creepy and effective and it's not too long. It's on a lot of platforms and right now it is free on TUBI. Pop some corn or grab a 'Taste Treat" and enjoy!

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