Horror hostJoe Bob Briggssays the drive-in will never die, and for another season, he’s not wrong. In a boon to mutants everywhere,Shudderhas renewed Briggs' popular seriesThe Last Drive-Infor a seventh season. Briggs announced the news himself on his Twitter account.
The Last Drive-Incomes in the form of a specially curated horror movie (as Briggs says in the announcement, sometimes great, sometimes not-so-great, and sometimes horrible) interspersed with host segments from Briggs, co-host Darcy the Mail Girl (Diana Prince), and a variety of special guests. The announcement of season seven comes ahead of the season finale ofThe Last Drive-In’s current season, its sixth. The finale will come in the form of the “Nightmareathon”, a six-movie extravaganza to cap off the season; it will begin on the night of August 30 and run into the wee hours of August 31. The Nightmareathon is already confirmed to feature guest appearances from fellow horror hostRhonda Shear, of USA Network’sUp All Night;Adrienne King,Friday the 13th’s original “final girl”; andFelissa Rose, star of the infamous 1980s slasherSleepaway Camp. The series has been a consistent ratings winner for horror streamer Shudder, and frequently trends on social media when it airs.
Who Is Joe Bob Briggs?
Joe Bob Briggs is the sex-and-violence-loving, beer-swilling, bolo-tie-wearing redneck stage persona of writerJohn Bloom. Following in the footsteps of contemporaries likeElviraandSvengoolie, he became a horror host; he presentedJoe Bob’s Drive-In Theateron The Movie Channel from 1986 to 1996, then moved to TNT to hostMonstervisionuntil 2000, which seemingly put an end to his horror hosting career. He was coaxed out of on-screen retirement in 2018 to host a thirteen-film marathon of horror movies on Shudder; it proved so popular that Shudder greenlitThe Last Drive-Inas a regular series. It has also spawned an annual convention and film festival,Joe Bob’s Jamboree. Outside of Shudder, Briggs has hostedThe Last Drive-Inspecials for AMC’sWalking DeadspinoffsDead CityandDaryl Dixon, and hosted a special presentation ofJohn Carpenter’s originalHalloweenlast October. He also served as a special guest judge for theDrag RacespinoffThe Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans.
The Last Drive-Infeatured aformat change this season; while previous seasons featured intermittent double bills of horror fare, the sixth season ran bi-weekly for months on end, spotlighting a single movie the whole time. The end result had Briggs and Darcy hosting more than thirty films over the course of the season.
The Last Drive-In’sseason finale will air this weekend on Shudder; it will return for a seventh season at a later date. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs
Joe Bob is back. Watching B-Movies and giving background and behind the scenes information. He watches Tourist Trap, Re-Animator and much much more.
