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 (3): The New Batch. Read on to find out more...

As the title implies, this release contains trailers from the 1950s through the 1980s, with the main focus being films in the horror, thriller, action, adventure, sci-fi, fantasy, erotica, and western genres (with a little bit of comedy here and there). In keeping with most of these compilations, there aren't a lot of mainstream Hollywood motion pictures represented here; it's mostly B-movie fare. As with the other releases, there is a great amount of nudity and mature content, which would garner this disc a R rating, 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.

The image and sound quality is very good, with 95% of the trailers being in great shape. There are only a few that were sourced from film prints with scratches and dirt in them.

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 full chapter/trailer list is below, following this review. All content is presented in English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo, but be aware that the audio is EXTREMELY LOUD! The volume is so loud for the first 20 or so trailers, that I can hear static where the high peaks in the audio are being clipped. The volume gets a little better later, but there are still instances where one trailer will be loud, while the next will be much lower. There are no subtitles, but were you really expecting any?!? All trailers 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 VHS Delirium section (1:34:21) (detailed below, after the review) that consists of Australian VHS trailers, presented in a 4:3 aspect ratio, pillarboxed into a 16:9 frame. Although they come from a standard definition VHS source, and the quality is as such, I don't know if they are in SD or have been upscaled to HD. The VHS trailers are each in their own chapter, though one chapter accidentally contains two different trailers. The volume is MUCH lower than any of the HD movie trailers and, of course, a lot of tape hiss is present.


-- 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 an ad for the '60s & '70s Savagery and Maximum '80s Overdrive releases on the left side and on the right, under the disc, is an accurate trailer/chapter list (which notes when multiple trailers are in one chapter). There is no chapter list for the VHS trailers.

-- CONCLUSION --

A decent compilation, but it seems more like stuff that was left off of the previous two volumes. Again, there is a distinct lack of mainstream Hollywood films, and no representation of the animation, kids, and family genres. I would love to see more of the films I grew up with as a kid in the 1980s. Where's E.T.? Where's The Goonies? Where's the crap like The Garbage Pail Kids Movie and Mac and Me? Heck, they gave this release "The New Batch" subtitle, yet neither of the Gremlins films are here. There's way too many obscure Italian films for my liking. While I would love to see things improve in the last two volumes, I'm sure it'll be more of the same.

• 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 QUICKENING (3:10:50) 01. Pre Show - Title / Welcome Back To A New Drive-In Season / Kellogg's Navy Frogmen Mail-In Offer / Secret Sam Spy Kit / Drive-In Drizzle Gard / We Are Proud To Present Previews of Our Coming Attractions. 02. The Creeping Unknown (aka The Quatermass Xperiment) (1955) 03. The Angry Red Planet (1959) 04. The Green Slime (1968) 05. Chosen Survivors (1974) 06. Meteor (1979) 07. The Dark (1979) 08. It Came Without Warning (aka Without Warning) (1980) 09. Xtro (1982) 10. Altered States (1980) 11. Silent Rage (1982) 12. 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982) 13. Night of the Comet (1984) 14. The Quiet Earth (1985) 15. TerrorVision (1986) 16. The Hidden (1987) (POV shot of the MacArthur Park tunnel right as the cop says, "stole six cars") (OTHER VERSION ON TT3) 17. The Curse (1987) 18. Our Man Flint (1966) 19. When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) 20. The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973) 21. Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975) 22. Wizards (1977) (animated) 23. They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) 24. The Stone Killer (1973) 25. The Laughing Policeman (1973) 26. Freebie and the Bean (1974) 27. Brannigan (1975) 28. Night Moves (1975) 29. 10 To Midnight (1983) 30. Tightrope (1984) 31. Gorky Park (1983) 32. Dead Heat (1988) 33. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) 34. Convoy (1978) 35. Death Machines (1976) 36. Game of Death (1978) 37. Swordkill (aka Ghost Warrior) (1984) 38. Exterminator 2 (1984) 39. Death Wish 3 (1985) 40. Striking Back (aka The New Kids) (1985) 41. Rolling Vengeance (1987) 42. The Killing of America (1981) 43. Savage Attraction (aka Hostage) (1983) 44. Fair Game (1986) 45. Hellhole (1985) 46. The Naked Cage (1986) 47. The Cassandra Crossing (1976) 48. The Domino Principle (1977) 49. Eye of the Needle (1981) 50. Cabo Blanco (1980) 51. Death Hunt (1981) 52. Fragment of Fear (1970) 53. Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) 54. Last Embrace (1979) 55. Still of the Night (1982) 56. Death Valley (1982) 57. Highpoint (1982) 58. The Naked Face (1984) 59. Dead Ringers (1988) 60. Escape to Athena (1979) 61. Attack Force Z (1981) 62. Missing in Action (1984) 63. Mata Hari (1985) 64. Death Rides a Horse (1967) 65. Adios Sabata (1970) 66. Valdez is Coming (1971) 67. The Hunting Party (1971) 68. Breakheart Pass (1975) 69. From Noon Till Three (1976) 70. Linda and Abilene (1969) 71. Last Tango in Paris (1972) 72. Caligula (1979) 73. They're Playing With Fire (1984) 74. Every Home Should Have One (1970) 75. The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) 76. High Anxiety (1977) 77. The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) 78. The Nude Bomb (1980) 79. History of the World: Part 1 (1981) 80. The Man With Two Brains (1983) 81. Cannonball Run II (1984) 82. Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) 83. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984) 84. Intermission - It's Intermission Time / Refreshment Counter Animated Ad feat. Coca-Cola / Drive-In Hot Coffee Ad.

PART TWO: THE SPAWNING (3:02:55) 01. Pre Show - Title / Star Wars Anti-Smoking PSA (shown on drive-in screen from various angles) / Countdown. 02. Terror in the Aisles (1984) 03. Blood Mania (1970) 04. What's the Matter With Helen? (1971) 05. Point of Terror (1971) 06. Don't Look in the Basement (1973) 07. Don't Go in the House (1979) 08. The Silent Scream (1979) 09. Demented (1980) 10. The Prowler (1981) 11. Happy Birthday to Me (1981) 12. The Funhouse (1981) 13. Night School (1981) 14 The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) 15. Alone in the Dark (1982) 16. The Slayer (1982) 17. Double Exposure (1982) 18. Tne House on Sorority Row (1982) 19. The Mutilator (1984) 20. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) / Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985) / Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988) 21. Slaughter High (1986) 22. April Fool's Day (1986) 23. Destroyer (1988) 24. Ghost Story (1981) 25. The Survivor (1981) 26. The Entity (1982) 27. The House Where Evil Dwells (1982) 28. Poltergeist (1982) / Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) / Poltergeist III (1988) 29. Amityville II: The Possession (1982) / Amityville 3-D (1983) 30. House (1985) 31. The Mephisto Waltz (1971) 32. The Exorcist (1973) / Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) 33. The Sentinel (1977) 34. The Hearse (1980) 35. The Final Conflict (aka Omen III) (1981) 36. The Power (1984) 37. Prince of Darkness (1987) 38. Angel Heart (1987) 39. The Seventh Sign (1988) 40. Warlock (1989) 41. Phantasm (1979) 42. Sole Survivor (1984) 43. The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) 44. Cathy's Curse (1977) 45. The Dead Zone (1983) 46. Firestarter (1984) 47. Pet Sematary (1989) 48. The Crimson Cult (1968) 49. Death Line (aka Raw Meat) (1972) 50. The Comeback (1978) 51. House of the Long Shadows (1983) 52. The Doctor and the Devils (1985) 53. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970) 54. Lisa and the Devil (1973) 55. Spasmo (1974) 56. Deep Red (1975) 57. City of the Living Dead (1980) 58. Manhattan Baby (1982) 59. Phenomena (1985) 60. The Shiver of the Vampires (1971) 61. Count Dracula's Great Love (1973) 62. The Night of the Sorcerers (1974) 63. The Night Visitor (1971) 64. Possession (1981) 65. A*P*E (1976) 66. Orca (1977) 67. The White Buffalo (1977) 68. Deadly Eyes (1982) 69. Razorback (1984) 70. Dark Age (1987) 71. Jaws: The Revenge (1987) (teaser) 72. The Bat People (1974) 73. Humanoids from the Deep (1980) 74. Wolfen (1981) 75. An American Werewolf in London (1981) 76. The Howling (1981) / The Howling II (1985) 77. Cat People (1982) 78. The Fly (1986) 79. Near Dark (1987) 80. The Being (1983) 81. C.H.U.D. (1984) 82. Hobgoblins (1988) 83. Pumpkinhead (1988) 84. The Incredible Torture Show (aka Bloodsucking Freaks) (1976) 85. Basket Case (1982) 86. Brain Damage (1988) 87. The Video Dead (1987) 88. Post Show - Drive-In Clean Up & Replace Speakers PSA / Drive-In Good Night Message. 89. Drive-In Delirium Trailer

01. Faux VHS Tape / Title / Sneak Previews From Our Catalogue. 02. Christiane F. (1981) 03. Live a Little, Steal a Lot (aka Murph the Surf) (1975) 04. Sisters (1972) 05. Starflight One (aka Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983) 06. Fake-Out (1982) 07. Full Moon High (1981) 08. Q: The Winged Serpent (1982) 09. High Road to China (1983) 10. They Call Me Bruce (1982) 11. Fritz the Cat (1972) (animated) 12. Hostage (1983) 13. The Great Scout & Cathouse Tuesday (1976) 14. Yellowbeard (1983) 15. Breathless (1983) 16. Jaguar Lives! (1979) / Survive! (1976) 17. The Lonely Lady (1983) 18. Split Image (1982) 19. Yor, the Hunter From The Future (1983) 20. Zulu Dawn (1979) 21. Kill and Kill Again (1981) 22. The Last Hunter (1980) 23. Flesh For Frankenstein (aka Andy Warhol's Frankenstein) (1973) 24. Blood For Dracula (aka Andy Warhol's Dracula) (1974) 25. The House by the Cemetery (1981) 26. Get Crazy (1983) 27. Threshold (1981) 28. BrainWaves (1982) 29. Caligula (1979) (2 ads) 30. Never Say Never Again (1983) 31. 21 Hours at Munich (1976) 32. Count Yorga, Vampire (1970) 33. Chrome and Hot Leather (1971) 34. High-Ballin' (1978) 35. Stone Cold Dead (1979) 36. The Cold Room (1984) 37. An American Werewolf in London (1981) 38. Alligator (1980) 39. Empire of the Ants (1977)

40. The Return (1980) 41. Young Doctors in Love (1982) 42. Melvin: Son of Alvin (1984) 43. Scanners (1981) 44. The Philadelphia Experiment (1984) 45. Cujo (1983) 46. Defiance (1980) 47. The Fifth Floor (1978) 48. Jennifer (1978) 49. Secrets of the Phantom Caverns (aka What Waits Below) (1984) 50. Kill Squad (1982) 51. Inseminoid (1981) 52. Savage Islands (aka Nate and Hayes) (1983) 53. Battletruck (1982) 54. Cannonball! (1976) 55. Cannonball Run II (1984) 56. Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) 57. The Rutles (1978) 58. Cloud Dancer (1980) 59. Hysterical (1983) 60. Roadhouse 66 (1984) 61. 1984 (1984) 62. Lassiter (1984) 63. Losin' It (1983) 64. The Key (1983) 65. Insatiable (1980) (2 ads) 66. Bedside Headmaster (aka Bedside Head) (1972) 67. Julia (1974) 68. When A Stranger Calls (1979) 69. Tilt (1979) 70. The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981) 71. Condorman (1981) 72. Scarred (1983) 73. Seven (1979) 74. Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac (1984) 75. Angel (1984) (on Roadshow Home Video) 76. Dominique Is Dead (aka Dominique) (1979) (on Roadshow Home Video) 77. The Day After (1983) (on Roadshow Home Video) 78. The Exterminators of the Year 3000 (1983) (on Roadshow Home Video) 79. Cross Country (1983)

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