The Corner Penthouse

This is one of an ongoing series of reviews that looks at various Blu-ray compilations of movie trailers and TV spots, most notably Umbrella Entertainment's Drive-In Delirium series and Garagehouse Pictures' Trailer Trauma series. Today's review details Drive-In Delirium (#1): '60s & '70s Savagery. Read on to find out more...

As the title implies, this release contains trailers from the 1960s and 1970s, with the main focus being Grindhouse-type films: horror, action, martial arts, exploitation, blaxploitation, and sci-fi. There are very few mainstream Hollywood motion pictures represented here, so this release may not be to everyone's liking. Of course, if you like LOTS of nudity and mature content, then this WILL be to your liking. This disc would be rated R, if it were rated in the U.S. None of the blue/green/red "bands" are included before the trailers, which is fine with me. I couldn't imagine sitting through them before each and every trailer.

The trailers are not shown alphabetically or chronologically. I'm really not sure what the order is, though some similar-themed films are kept together. For the most part, there is one trailer per chapter. However, some trailers are grouped together under one chapter, and those are noted with forward slashes in the trailer/chapter lists that follow this review. All of the movie years come from the IMDB and are assumed to be correct. Most of the trailer lists included inside the cases of these Blu-ray releases don't list the years, or they may give one that differs from the IMDB. I looked EVERYTHING up in the IMDB and used that.

All of the vintage TV and theater ads shown in the Pre/Post Show and Intermission segments are framed inside a black round-edged border or on a drive-in theater screen. They are not shown fullscreen like the trailers.

-- SPECIFICATIONS --

The total (Play All) trailer runtime is 6:06:32, though they are also available in two themed "parts". The full chapter/trailer list is below, following this review. All content is presented in English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo. There are no subtitles, but were you really expecting any?!? All trailers and posters are shown in full 1920x1080 high definition, with various aspect ratios per each film. Although this is an Australian import, the disc is region-free and plays fine on U.S. Blu-ray players.

-- SPECIAL FEATURES --

There's a Poster Gallery (6:29) (detailed below, after the review) and a Drive-In Delirium Trailer (1:18), which covers the '60s & '70s Savagery and Maximum '80s Overdrive releases. The posters are on screen for 2-3 seconds each and are not individually chaptered. There are 139 posters in the slideshow gallery, one for almost every film that has a trailer, and in the same order. The seven films that don't have a poster are: The Sugar Cookies (1973), Live Like a Cop Die Like a Man (1976), Shoot The Sun Down (1978), Capricorn One (1977), Star Crash (1978), Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), and Avalanche (1978).


-- PACKAGING --

The single disc comes inside a standard 14mm blue Blu-ray case, which is slightly thicker than what's typically used here in America (aside from Criterion and PlayStation 3 games). The reverse/inside of the case artwork is a trailer/chapter list on the left side and on the right, under the disc, is the case artwork without the taglines and logos on it done in the style of a poster. There isn't a list specifically for the posters, though that follows the same order as the trailers and has nearly all of the same movies.

-- CONCLUSION --

A great compilation, even though it relies too heavily on films released by American International Pictures, British films including Hammer, and Italian films. As such, I'm not familiar, at all, with the majority of films represented here. I'm not sure how many of the full films I'd actually want to sit through.

• Drive-In Delirium (1): '60s & '70s Savagery
• Drive-In Delirium (2): Maximum '80s Overdrive
• Drive-In Delirium (3): The New Batch
• Drive-In Delirium (4): Dead By Dawn
• Drive-In Delirium (5): With A Vengeance
• Drive-In Delirium (6): The Final Conflict
• Drive-In Delirium: The Ultimate Dusk-Till-Dawn-Till-Dusk Trailer Marathon (contains all six discs in one set)

The Blu-ray set was purchased with my own money and was NOT provided to me by anyone involved in the production or distribution of it.

PART ONE: THE '60s (1:51:59) [nothing on chapter 1] 02. Pre Show - Title / Theater Refreshment Stand / Camel Cigarettes "Doctors" / Great Garloo Toy / Countdown / Adults Only / Prevues of Coming Attractions. 03. The Pleasure Girls (1965) 04. Peeping Tom (1960) 05. House of Usher (1960) 06. The Mask (1961) 07. Burn Witch, Burn (1962) 08. The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962) 09. The Long Hair of Death (1965) 10. Island of Terror (1966) 11. Corruption (1968) 12. The Conqueror Worm (aka Witchfinder General) (1968) 13. Eye of the Cat (1969) 14. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) 15. The Plague of Zombies (1966) 16. The Devil's Own (aka The Witches) (1966) 17. Quatermass and the Pit (1967) 18. The Mummy's Shroud (1967) 19. The Devil's Bride (aka The Devil Rides Out) (1968) 20. The Lost Continent (1968) 21. Code 7, Victim 5 (1964) (has 2016 Blue Underground copyright at bottom of title screen) 22. The Quiller Memorandum (1966) 23. Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966) 24. Five Golden Dragons (1967) 25. Deadlier than the Male (1967) 26. The File of the Golden Goose (1969) 27. The Big Switch (1968) 28. Machine Gun McCain (1969) 29. The Secret Invasion (1964) 30. The Big Gundown (1966) 31. Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) 32. Gorgo (1961) 33. Jason and the Argonauts (1963) 34. First Men in the Moon (1964) 35. Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) 36. The Satan Bug (1965) 37. Fantastic Invasion of Planet Earth (aka The Bubble) (1966) 38. Thunderbird 6 (1968) 39. Barbarella (1968) 40. Latitude Zero (1969) 41. The Bed Sitting Room (1969) 42. Wild in the Streets (1968) 43. Head (1968) 44. Intermission - Snack Bar Drive-In feat. Dr. Pepper / Royal Crown Cola "Mad Mad Cola" / 007 Spray Deodorant / Yardley Black Label After Shave feat. The Monkees.

PART TWO: THE '70s (4:14:33) [nothing on chapter 1] 02. Pre Show - Ttile / The Christian Reformed Church "Credit Card Marriage Licenses" / Afri-Cola (in German) / Aurora 2-in-1 Stunt & Drag Race Set / And Now On With The Show / Prevues of Coming Attractions / Certificate "X". 03. Trouble Man (1972) 04. Black Caesar (1973) 05. Slaughter (1972) 06. Scream Blacula Scream (1973) / Sugar Hill (1974) 07. Frogs (1972) 08. Wicked, Wicked (1973) 09. Hannah, Queen of the Vampires (aka Crypt of the Living Dead) (1973) 10. Seizure (1974) 11. Deranged (1974) 12. The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975) 13. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) 14. Death Trap (aka Eaten Alive) (1976) 15. Grizzly (1976) / Dogs (1976) 16. Rabid (1977) 17. Audrey Rose (1977) 18. Blue Sunshine (1977) 19. Empire of the Ants (1977) 20. Shock Waves (1977) 21. The Hills Have Eyes (1977) 22. Halloween (1978) 23. Savage Weekend (1979) 24. Salem's Lot (1979) 25. Psychic Killer (1975) 26. Carrie (1976) 27. Jennifer (1978) 28. The Fury (1978) 29. Patrick (1978) / Long Weekend (1978) 30. A Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970) 31. Amuck (1972) 32. The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971) 33. Baron Blood (1972) 34. The Lady in Red Kills Seven Times (aka The Red Queen Kills Seven Times) (1972) 35. Carnal Violence (aka Torso) (1973) 36. Andy Warhol's Dracula (aka Blood For Dracula) (1974) / Count Dracula's Great Love (1973) 37. Vampyres (1974) 38. Strip Nude For Your Killer (1975) 39. Zombie (aka Zombi 2) (1979) 40. Vampire Circus (1972) 41. Blood From the Mummy's Tomb (1971) 42. Hands of the Ripper (1971) / Twins of Evil (1971) 43. Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974) 44. Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell (1974) 45. The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970) 46. Scream and Scream Again (1970) 47. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) / Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) 48. 10 Rillington Place (1971) 49. Horror Express (1972) 50. What the Peeper Saw (1972) 51. Don't Look Now (1973) 52. Tales that Witness Madness (1973) 53. The Mutations (aka The Freakmaker) (1974) 54. Madhouse (1974) 55. The Flesh and Blood Show (1972) / House of Whipcord (1974) 56. Terror (1978) 57. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) 58. The Lickerish Quartet (1970) 59. Salon Kitty (1976) 60. Massage Parlor Hookers (1973) 61. The Sugar Cookies (1973) 62. Eskimo Nell (1975) 63. Bloody Mama (1970) / Boxcar Bertha (1972) 64. Act of Vengeance (1974) 65. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) 66. Moon (aka Man of Violence) (1970) 67. Live Like a Cop Die Like a Man (1976) 68. When Eight Bells Toll (1971) 69. Vanishing Point (1971) 70. The Mechanic (1972) 71. Scorpio (1973) 72. McQ (1974) 73. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) 74. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) 75. Killer Force (1976) 76. Vigilante Force (1976) 77. Rolling Thunder (1977) 78. Hardcore (1979) 79. The Warriors (1979) 80. The Man From Hong Kong (aka The Dragon Flies) (1975) / Stunt Rock (1978) 81. The Boys From Brazil (1978) 82. The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972) 83. Bite the Bullet (1975) 84. Keoma (1976) 85. Shoot The Sun Down (1978) 86. The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971) 87. Son of Blob (aka Beware! The Blob) (1972) 88. Sleeper (1973) 89. Schlock (aka Banana Monster) (1973) 90. Futureworld (1976) 91. Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977) 92. The Incredible Melting Man (1977) 93. Damnation Alley (1977) 94. Mad Max (1979) 95. Capricorn One (1977) 96. Star Crash (1978) 97. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) (teaser) 98. Avalanche (1978) 99. Post Show - Please Replace Speaker / Shasta Orange Cola "Dr. Frankenstein" with John Feidler and Tom Bosley voice-over / Dancing Dawn Doll / Theater Drive-in Good Night / Drive-In Delirium Trailer.

001. The Pleasure Girls (1965) 002. Peeping Tom (1960) 003. House of Usher (1960) 004. The Mask (1961) 005. Burn Witch, Burn (1962) 006. The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962) 007. La Sorciere Sanglante (aka The Long Hair of Death) (1965) 008. S.O.S.: El Mundo En Peligro (aka Island of Terror) (1966) 009. Corruption (1968) 010. The Conqueror Worm (aka Witchfinder General) (1968) 011. Eye of the Cat (1969) 012. Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) 013. The Plague of Zombies (1966) 014. The Devil's Own (aka The Witches) (1966) 015. Quatermass and the Pit (1967) 016. The Mummy's Shroud (1967) 017. The Devil's Bride (aka The Devil Rides Out) (1968) 018. The Lost Continent (1968) 019. Code 7, Victim 5 (1964) 020. The Quiller Memorandum (1966) 021. Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966) 022. Five Golden Dragons (1967) 023. Deadlier than the Male (1967) 024. The File of the Golden Goose (1969) 025. The Big Switch (1968) 026. Machine Gun McCain (1969) 027. The Secret Invasion (1964) 028. The Big Gundown (1966) 029. Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969) 030. Gorgo (1961) 031. Jason and the Argonauts (1963) 032. First Men in the Moon (1964) 033. Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) 034. The Satan Bug (1965) 035. Fantastic Invasion of Planet Earth (aka The Bubble) (1966) 036. Thunderbird 6 (1968) 037. Barbarella (1968) 038. Latitude Zero (1969) 039. The Bed Sitting Room (1969) 040. Wild in the Streets (1968) 041. Head (1968) 042. Trouble Man (1972) 043. Black Caesar (1973) 044. Slaughter (1972) 045. Scream Blacula Scream (1973) 046. Sugar Hill (1974) 047. Wicked, Wicked (1973) 048. Frogs (1972) 049. Hannah, Queen of the Vampires (aka Crypt of the Living Dead) (1973) 050. Seizure (1974) 051. Deranged (1974) 052. The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975) 053. The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) 054. Eaten Alive (aka Death Trap) (1976) 055. Grizzly (1976) 056. Dogs (1976) 057. Rabid (1977) 058. Audrey Rose (1977) 059. Blue Sunshine (1977) 060. Empire of the Ants (1977) 061. Shock Waves (1977) 062. The Hills Have Eyes (1977) 063. Halloween (1978) 064. Savage Weekend (1979) 065. Salem's Lot (1979) 066. Psychic Killer (1975) 067. Carrie (1976) 068. Jennifer (1978) 069. The Fury (1978) 070. Patrick (1978)

071. Long Weekend (1978) 072. A Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970) 073. Amuck (1972) 074. The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971) 075. Baron Blood (1972) 076. La Dama Rossa Uccide Sette Volte (aka The Lady in Red Kills Seven Times) (1972) 077. Torso (aka Carnal Violence) (1973) 078. Young Dracula (aka Andy Warhol's Dracula) (1974) 079. Count Dracula's Great Love (1973) 080. Vampyres (1974) 081. Nude Per L'Assassino (aka Strip Nude For Your Killer) (1975) 082. Zombie (aka Zombi 2) (1979) 083. Vampire Circus (1972) 084. Blood From the Mummy's Tomb (1971) 085. Hands of the Ripper (1971) 086. Twins of Evil (1971) 087. Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1974) 088. Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell (1974) 089. The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970) 090. Scream and Scream Again (1970) 091. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) 092. Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) 093. 10 Rillington Place (1971) 094. Horror Express (1972) 095. What the Peeper Saw (1972) 096. Don't Look Now (1973) 097. Tales that Witness Madness (1973) 098. The Mutations (aka The Freakmaker) (1974) 099. Madhouse (1974) 100. The Flesh and Blood Show (1972) 101. House of Whipcord (1974) 102. Terror (1978) (2 posters on 1 screen) 103. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) 104. The Lickerish Quartet (1970) 105. Salon Kitty (1976) 106. Massage Parlor Hookers (1973) 107. Eskimo Nell (1975) 108. Bloody Mama (1970) 109. Boxcar Bertha (1972) 110. Rape Squad (aka Act of Vengeance) (1974) 111. Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) 112. Man of Violence (aka Moon) (1970) 113. When Eight Bells Toll (1971) 114. Vanishing Point (1971) 115. The Mechanic (1972) 116. Scorpio (1973) 117. McQ (1974) 118. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) 119. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) (2 posters on 1 screen) 120. Killer Force (1976) 121. Vigilante Force (1976) 122. Rolling Thunder (1977) 123. Hardcore (1979) 124. The Warriors (1979) 125. The Man From Hong Kong (aka The Dragon Flies) (1975) 126. Stunt Rock (1978) 127. The Boys From Brazil (1978) 128. The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972) 129. Bite the Bullet (1975) 130. Keoma - Melodie Des Sterbens (1976) 131. The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971) 132. Beware! The Blob (aka Son of Blob) (1972) 133. Sleeper (1973) 134. Schlock (1973) 135. Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977) (textless poster art) 136. Futureworld (1976) 137. The Incredible Melting Man (1977) 138. Damnation Alley (1977) 139. Mad Max (1979)

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