Dead End Drive-In (1986)
- Directed by
- Brian Trenchard-Smith
- Genre
- action film, post-apocalyptic film, dystopian film, science fiction action film
- Country
- Australia
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 122 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In a dystopian future, a teenage couple visits a drive-in theater but discovers it is actually a prison for young misfits. They must find a way to escape the compound where inmates are kept docile with junk food and movies.
grittystylishtensebleakcheesyvisceralrebellious
What happens
Dead End Drive-In is a 1986 Australian dystopian action film about a teenage couple trapped in a drive-in theatre which is really a concentration camp for societal rejects. The inmates, many of whom sport punk fashion, are placated with a steady diet of junk food, new wave music, drugs, and exploitation films. The film was directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith and stars Ned Manning and Natalie McCurry as the captive couple, and Peter Whitford as the manager of the drive-in. Mad Max 2 stuntman Guy Norris performed some of the stunts. The soundtrack includes contemporary popular music performed by such bands as Kids in the Kitchen and Hunters and Collectors. The song during the rolling credits is "Playing With Fire" by Lisa Edwards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
Just Us (1986)
Gallagher's Travels (1986)
Sky Pirates (1986)
The Blue Lightning (1986)
Fair Game (1986)
Marauders (1986)
Run Chrissie Run! (1986)
Mona Lisa (1986)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.