No U-turns At The Drive-in

Join us as we look back at at all the madness we covered in 2014 and make plans for our future. Enjoy Jellyheads!

When your Scooby-Doo-like plan of pretending to be a monster to scare everyone away from the treasure goes fowl at every turn there's only one thing left to do. Kill off everyone and blame the monster you made up. But just when you think all your hard work is going to pay off, that's when you come face to face with the real Creature from the Haunted Sea! This Week's Topic: Offbeatnik Script Other Talking Points: George Takei/Little Shop of Horrors/Whose Line is it Anyway?/Death Race/Mario Bava/Rifftrax/Stephen King/Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter/Dr. Strangelove/Wes Anderson References To Past Shows: The Killer Shrews/Plan 9 From Outer Space See this movie In Color right HERE!

Are you tormented by unwanted thoughts and desires? Do you feel as though you are in fact two separate beings with opposing ambitions? What if you could switch between the two when you wanted? How tempting would that potion be to you? Would you become a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? This Week's Topic: Transformation Monsters Other Talking Points: Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, The Incredible Hulk, Star Wars, Margaret Hamilton, The Wizard of Oz, John Adams, Frozen, Star Trek, Lucy, Captain America Winter Soldier, Scarlett Johansson, Stan Lee, X-Men, Guardians of the Galaxy, Spiderman, Batman, Gotham, Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde, and Looney Tunes. References To Past Episodes: Metropolis. See this Movie HERE!

Do you have a guilty conscience? Is something weighing heavily on your mind? A secret you would kill to protect? Are you feeling. . . Tormented? Well, you probably deserve what's coming to you then. This Week's Topic: Full of Murder Talking Points: Creature from the Black Lagoon, CSI, Bones, Matlock, Murder She Wrote, Tales from the Crypt, Dan Harmon, Superman the Movie, Man of Steel, The Shining, Bladerunner, The Exorcist, and The Twilight Zone. References to Past Episodes: The End of the World, The Day the Sky Exploded, Idaho Transfer, Evil Dead II, and They. See this movie right HERE!

You wake up after a terrible accident to find yourself in a graveyard. But you're not dead, right? Only this is a place where the dead walk, so, dead or not, you might as well join in the fun. Who knows, they might even make you King of the Zombies! This Week's Topic: Racist Jokes and Lame Main Characters Other Talking Points: The Three Stooges, The Horrors of Spider Island, MST3K, 12 Years a Slave, Pacific Rim, Godzilla (2014), Brian Cranston, Breaking Bad, Ultraman, Bela Lugosi, I Walked with a Zombie, Dexter, The X-Files, Jesse Ventura, and Alex Trebek. References to Past Reviews: Night of the Living Dead See this movie HERE!

In a frozen world the last remnants of civilization are crammed into a single train. While the people in the front live in comfortable decadence, you have been shoved in the back where you can't even see the light of day. How far would you go to make it to the front? And if you made it all the way there, then what? Would you stop, or take control of the Snowpiercer! This Week's Topic: Delightfully Bleak. Other Talking Points: A Boy and His Dog, Soylent Green, Captain America Winter Soldier, Fallout (video game), Halan Ellison, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Snakes on a Plane, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, The Huger Games, The Terminator, The Book Of Eli, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Cube, The Masque of the Red Death, Dante's Inferno, Old Boy, Dawn of the Dead, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Wizard of Oz, Agatha Christie, and Cabin in the Woods. See the trailer HERE, and see this movie wherever you can.

You're walking through the streets of Paris when you hear the ringing of cathedral bells. You smile to yourself, recalling the old old story. Scrunching up one shoulder and letting the other drop you turn towards your friends and in a gnarled voice utter, "The bells, the bells!" Everyone laughs, yet as the ringing stops you look up at the gargoyles and, if only for a moment, wonder if you might have been seen by The Hunchback of Notre Dame! This Week's Topic: Problematic Adaptation Other Talking Points: Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Fabio, Ed Wood(1994 movie), Les Miserables, The Man Who Laughs, Weird Al, Transformers, Lon Chaney Jr, and Lillian Gish. References To Past Episodes: Plan 9 From Outer Space and Embryo. See this movie right HERE!

You see a ghastly face at your window. Or did you? Sometimes you walk down the street and feel like no one can see you, but that's just your imagination, isn't it? Perhaps the accident has affected you more than you realized. Then you see it in the distance, an abandoned amusement park by the water. The signs say keep out, but you simply must get a closer look. Some strange force is drawing you to the Carnival of Souls! This Week's Topic: Give Me the Short Version Other Talking Points: Clifford the Big Red Dog, Rifftrax, Tom Waits, Igmar Bergman, David Lynch, George A. Romero, The Twilight Zone, Ace Ventura, Jim Carry, Star Trek, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Chris Farley, John Belushi, SNL, Abbott and Costello, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Sherlock Jr., Mickey Mouse, Looney Tunes, The Marx Brothers, Roger Corman, Calvin and Hobbes, Lost (tv series), George Carlin, Dracula (novel) by Bram Stoker, The Sixth Sense, Goosebumbs, The Canterville Ghost (novel) by Oscar Wilde, Patrick Stewart, Ghost Dad, Bill Cosby, Alp

Another body in this old home has been found strangled. One man hass already been executed for these crimes, yet they continue. Who could perpetrating this madness? Does the killer even know what they've done? If the answer isn't found soon then YOU could be the next victim of the Invisible Ghost!  This Week's Topic: Parody or Poor Preformance? Other Talkiing Points: Alfred Hitchcock, The Docks of New York, The Cat and the Canary, Bobe Hope, The Public Enemy, James Cagney, William A. Wellman, The Ox-Bow Incident, The X Files, Gun Crazy, Bonnie and Clyde, Dracula, and Willem Dafoe. References To Past Episodes: The Killer Shrews, and Plan 9 From Outer Space. See this Movie HERE!

It seems the more things change the more they stay the same. In a world full of monsters where things go on like business as usual you have to ask yourself, would you Cast A Deadly Spell? This Week's Topic: A Barrel Full of Reference Material Other Talking Points: Tim Curry, The Dresden Files, Phillip K. Dick, Humphrey Bogart, George A Romero, Tor Johnson, Tremors, Casablanca, The Big Sleep, Thhe Big Lebowski, The Neverending Story, Fallout(video game). Borat, and Sam Raimi. References To Past Episodes: Plan 9 From Outer Space. See this Movie HERE!

Trapped on an island where genetic experiments have changed common animals into horrific beasts. The only people around you are acting strange and speaking in indeterminate accents.  Can you survive, THE KILLER SHREWS!  This Week's Topic: A Possible Precursor  to Jurassic Park! Other Talking Points: Steven Spielberg, Michael Crichton, Jeff Goldblum, George Lucas, Star Wars, The Giant Gila Monster, The Green Berets, The King and I, The 7 Year Itch, Gentleman Prefer Blondes, Jaws, King Komg, Night of the Lepus, The Walking Dead, The Dukes of Hazzard, Survival of the Dead, Roger Corman, and True Detective. References to Past Episodes: Sharktopus, Night of the Living Dead, and The Manster. See this IN COLOR right HERE!

It's dark, Jellyheads, and you hear something scratching at your door. Do you dare get up and look? Sure, it's probably just an animal, but it could be Night of the Living Dead!  This Week's Topic: All You Need Is Zombies! Other Talking Points: The Walking Dead, The Romero "Dead" Series, Night of the Living Dead (1990), Star Trek Deep Space 9, 28 Days Later, Dawn of the Dead (2004), H.P. Lovecraft, Gotham, Arkham Asylum (video game), Frasnkenstein, The Wolf-Man, The Creature From the Black Lagoon, Pulp Fiction, Star Wars, The Simpsons, Tom Savini, Friday the 13th, Shaun of the Dead, Dracula, Fantasia, Jurassic Park, The Giant Gila Monster, Attack of the Giant Leeches, Night of the Lepus, and MST3K. References To Past Episodes: The Alpha Incident. You can find this movie pretty much anywhere, but we've got a link for you right HERE!

A good old fashion mad doctor goes APE over a woman and becomes The Monster Maker! Some decent monster craft and a real creep factor are the main ingredients in the horror movie soup, which turns out to be surprisingly palatable. Enjoy! This Week's Topic: Connections Other Talking Points: Macgyver, Men In Suits (documentary), Terminator, I Accuse My Parents, MST3K, The Terror of Tiny Town, House of Frankenstein, House of Dracula, Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein, Dracula vs Frankenstein, Boris Karloff, Adam West, Michael Keaton, The Hands of Orlac, House of Wax, Dr. No, Futurama, Orca, Barracuda, Piranha, King Kong (1933), Jaws, No Country For Old Men, Eraserhead, and Gotham. References To Past Episodes: White Pongo, Robot Pilot, and Dementia 13. See this movie right HERE!

Board up the house, jellyhead's! A Psycho-clone is headed your way in Dementia 13! Lots of atmosphere and a real creep factor carry viewers through the clumsy plotting of this early entry from a cinematic giant. Enjoy! This Week's Topic: Changing Trends In Cinema Other Talking Points: Psycho, Battle Beyond the Sun, Dracula (1992), Jack Nicholson, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Halloween (1978), Saw, Hostel, Ghost Hunters, Destination Truth, Finding Bigfoot, American Horror Story, Poltergeist, Spiderman, Transformers, Dracula Untold, Superman, Marvels The Avengers, Batman vs Superman, Green Lantern, Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy, Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America Winter Soldier, Agatha Christie, The Legend of Hell House, Richard Matheson, The Twilight Zone, I Am Legend (Novel), and A Pup Named Scooby-Doo. References To Past Episodes: Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet and Pulgasari. See the movie yourself right HERE!

With a backstory sure to capture your imagination, we present Pulgasari! Enjoy! This Week's Topic: Propoganda. Other Talking Points Include: Godzilla, 3 Ninjas, Home Alone, TMNT, Battleship Potemkin, Animal Farm, Daimajin, Indian in the Cupboard, Old Boy, The Host (2006), The Ring, and The Grudge. References To Past Episodes:  Metropolis, and Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet. You can catch the movie right HERE! 

Summer fun might be coming to an end, Jellyheads, but we're taking one more trip to the beach for The Phantom from 10000 Leagues! Enjoy! This Week's Topic: Oh Yeah, There's A Monster In This Movie Other Talking Points Include: David Bowie, Labyrinth, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, Gamera, Godzilla, The Day the World Ended, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Dracula, Frankenstein, Freddy Krueger, Samuel Jackson, Snakes on a Plane, and MST3K.  References To Past Episodes: Gamera Films (here, here, here and here) Rubber, and Sharktopus Dive into this movie for yourself right HERE! 

Hey jellyheads! Step up and get your one way ticket to Metropolis! No Supermen flying around here, simply the dawn of astonishing scifi filmmaking. Enjoy! This Week's Topic:Far Reaching Influence Other Talking Points Include: Star Wars, Bladerunner, King Kong, Mighty Joe Young, Beast From 20 ooo Fathoms, Godzilla, Guardians of the Galaxy, District 9, Elysium, Doctor Who, Orphan Black, The Big Bang Theory, Weird Al, Orson Wells, and Lord of the Rings.  References To Past Episodes Include: Birdemic: Shock and Terror and The Mistress of Atlantis Find a copy or watch right HERE!

There's nothing you can do to stop it jellyheads. All you can do is listen to this Warning From Space! Enjoy! This Week's Topic: Good Ideas Without A Good Plot. Other Talking Points Include: Gamera, H. G. Wells' The Time Machine, Fables (comic book series), The Little Mermaid, The Jungle Book, Godzilla, Starship Troopers, Power Rangers, Firefly, Ultraman, Stanley Kubrick, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Gorath, Superman, Star Wars, George Lucas, and Roger Corman. References To Past Episodes Include: Gamera Films (Gammera the Invincible, Gamera vs Barugon, Gamera vs Gyaos, Destroy All Planets, and Gamera vs Guiron), Starman Serials (Atomic Rulers of the World, Attack From Space, and Evil Brain From Outer Space), Frankenstein Conquers the World, and Things To Come. Set your sights on this Japanese Classic right HERE!

A cow says, moo. A chicken says, bawk. A jellyhead says, YOU'RE DESTROYING CONTINUITY!!!! Join us in our quest for unresolved nerd rage in The Ewok Adenture! Enjoy! This Week's Topic: Expanded Universes and MARKETING! Other Talking Points Include: STAR WARS, Firefly, The Neverending Story, Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, Tinkerbell, Interview with a Vampire, Kirsten Dunst, E.T., Super 8, and Lady and the Tramp. Enjoy the epic journey yourself right HERE!

Get out your clubs Jellyheads! It's Eegah! A timeless classic that's fun for the whole family, even if they're dead. Enjoy!  This Week's Topic: Caveman Love Shaving Cream. (Also, Was There a Script?) Other Talking Points Include: MST3K/Rifftrax/Cinematic Titanic, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Annette Funicello, Elvis Presley, Macgyver, Transformers, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Josh Gates, Will Smith, After Earth, M. Night Shyamalan, Carnival of Souls, Tom Waits, and Robocop. References to Past Episodes Include: The Room, Manos: The Hands of Fate, and Plan 9 From Outer Space. Experience This Movie Yourself Right HERE!