Il Club del Libro / DRS
Libro del mese di Aprile 2017 ( )

One of the funniest and most clever horror books I've ever read and a kinda touching tribute to B-movies. ( )

Coming off of an audio that dealt with the Holocaust, I needed my next read to be something light. Matt Godfrey performing this old favorite of mine was the perfect solution!

Written back in the late 80's, The Drive-In is just plain horror fun. Sure, there's a bit of commentary in there, if you want to give the story some depth, but there's plenty of horrific gore, insane circumstances and a big bunch of Lansdale's brand of humor to round it all out.

What happens to people in dire circumstances is brought out into the light and examined from all different angles. Imagine if you will, a huge drive-in with 6 different screens and nearly 4,000 cars. Then imagine that everything goes black, (except for the movies), and no one can leave. For months. How long will the food last? What will people do when no more popcorn is left? You'll have to read this to find out.

Joe R. Lansdale is a go to author for me, and I'm thankful that I have a lot more of his work to catch up with. Matt Godfrey is one of the very first narrators I got to know when I started on my audio adventures and he remains one of my favorites. Together, these two make an unbeatable team! If you're looking for something to fill out your October reading, I highly recommend the audio of The Drive-In!

*Source: I downloaded this from Audible with my hard earned cash. It was worth every single penny.* ( )

My love of horror was born at the drive-in movies my parents would take me to when I was little. Since then my love has turned away from films and focused on books instead, so this short novel was a perfect pick for my Year of Lansdale challenge.

The Drive-In takes place at a somewhat of a super drive-in with 6 huge screens and thousands of people. Something comes down and covers the place and all hell breaks loose.

This story is just plain fun, that's all there is to it! There's not much thinking needed, just a willingness to witness the pain, the blood shed and the insanity that is Joe Lansdale's imagination.

Highly recommended to fans of B horror films and books! ( )

"The Drive-In" is just about the craziest thing I've ever read, and of course I mean that in a good way. Covering the story of a drive-in full of people that suddenly goes weird shit for everyone concerned, it left me thinking that Lansdale must have had one particularly bizarre dream and thankfully for civilisation, faithfully recorded it for posterity.

The success of "The Drive-in" spawned a sequel or two, none of which came anywhere near the level of excellence of this first book in the series. ( )