Joe Bob's Last Drive-In opens Savage Summer with I Spit on Your Grave

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Horror host Joe Bob Briggs and cohost Darcy opened The Last Drive-In's Savage Summer by screening 1978's I Spit on Your Grave. Viewers noted Joe Bob delivered a vigorous defense of horror and provided running commentary, with multiple posts calling the film "transgressive" and "essential" while warning it is a difficult, trigger-heavy watch. Several people said they were watching for Joe Bob even if they dislike the movie, and some reported it was their first time seeing the 1978 film. The episode paired I Spit on Your Grave with the over-the-top splatter film Tokyo Gore Police as a follow-up, which viewers described as a rough but tonally different counterbalance. Drive-In Totals for the night drew direct comparisons to the program's previous Mad God drive-in event. The show closed with the usual signoffs and viewers noting they would return for future Last Drive-In events.

C. Robert Cargill

@crobertcargill.bsky.social

Joe Bob’s critical defense of horror as a genre tonight needs to be dropped on YouTube and quoted as scripture.

13145d ago

Dave Collins Jr3

Amen!🙏 Horror is always everyone’s favorite genre to hate. Meanwhile, it’s always pushing the edge and ever-evolving!

🌞🌞🌞 Adam Jay 🍉🍉🍉1

Man, he rocks so much

BJ Colangelo

@bjcolangelo.bsky.social

Shamelessly plugging my solo commentary track on the Umbrella release of I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE, which is a guided walkthrough of the film from me, a survivor of multiple assailant rape. I'm proud of #TheLastDriveIn for platforming Camille Keaton like this. shop.umbrellaent.com.au/products/day...

5345d ago

Aspiring Town Crazy/Prophet of Doom2

As a former reader of your blog, I was wondering if you were watching this. #TheLastDriveIn

Joe Lynch

@thejoelynch.bsky.social

Oh BABY, get the splash zone tarps up and put your good taste to bed. @therealjoebob123.bsky.social @darcythemailgirl.bsky.social @themutantfam.bsky.social @Shudder.com #JoeBobsSavageSummer #TheLastDriveIn

3745d ago

The Mutant Fam

@themutantfam.bsky.social

"Transgressive" and "Bullsh*t" are perfect words for #ISpitOnYourGrave 1978. Trigger warnings, yes, but this film is FAR more interesting and essential than you may think. Love Joe Bob finally gets to show it. This is a must-watch. Not an easy watch. But a must-watch. #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam -SMF

3445d ago

Brit (she/her)👹

@babysip.bsky.social

Tonight’s Joe Bob feature is I Spit On Your Grave (1978) 😮‍💨 #thelastdrivein Good evening, #mutantfam it’s been a hot minute! Glad to join y’all 😌 @therealjoebob123.bsky.social @darcythemailgirl.bsky.social

3645d ago

Paul [REDACTED] D. Cᴇʟᴇʙʀᴀᴛɪɴɢ 300K+ Yᴇᴀʀs Oꜰ Iɴʜᴜᴍᴀɴɪᴛʏ™1

Weird fact: that's Demi Moore in the poster.

Sven Golly1

It's likely to be a difficult watch for most people. Not surprisingly it received the infamous "Video Nasty" designation. 😎

quilty420.bsky.social1

Only memory of this is how a friend's mom was fine with letting me (14M) and her son (14M), daughter (12F) & youngest (9M) watch this movie but freaked out about some Dr Ruth Westheimer program the same weekend. Don't remember the topic though, it went south so fast me & the eldest left for a walk.

Humanist Son of a Preacher Man1

Oooh. That’s one I’ll pass on. Least favorite sub-genre of thriller. The only one I’d ever watch again is Revenge.

Bill-Bo1

A brutal film! Just brutal. Brutal like Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer. 😮 But it is so good. 😆

Matt M.1

Rented this from the video store freshman year of college. I…was not ready for it.

Ashley ✨🌙

@barelyashley.bsky.social

I’m sure this is just a nice normal movie about a woman in a pretty dress. Right? ….Right? #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam #ISpitOnYourGrave

2245d ago

Miss Machete Thrills 🔪

@miss-machete.bsky.social

This is actually a first watch for me. As someone who loves Splatter, J-horror, and all I am so excited. Time to watch Tokyo Gore Police with Joe Bob at The Last Drive In! #thelastdrivein #mutantfam Sunshine, rainbows, and lollipops, I'm sure.

1845d ago

Miss Machete Thrills 🔪2

Oh, I am immediately in love with this movie.

djmicoh.bsky.social1

Just checked out the imdb and this movie looks buckwild! btw, I have a show you might like. It's a UK animated show and it's like having a nightmare that is coincidentally very funny. It never got a proper release because the creator died, but I have a copy on drive. www.imdb.com/title/tt0386...

freddiefarkle.bsky.social1

I thought that I had already recommended that movie to you. It's gory and funny.

Jeff-Zilla

@jeffzillapcp.bsky.social

Remember what Joe Bob says...'When they like it, it's adventure and romance when they dont it's sex and violence' #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam @therealjoebob123.bsky.social @darcythemailgirl.bsky.social @themutantfam.bsky.social

1345d ago

Goblin King Joshua

@goblinkingjosh.bsky.social

Is there literally no score at all to this movie? #TheLastDriveIn #ISpitOnYourGrave

1945d ago

Michael Campbell1

None, and I’ve seen early talkies with less sound effects than #ISpitOnYourGrave #MutantFam

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@unicornteeth.bsky.social

My verdict on I Spit On Your Grave: An important film, a work of art. Well crafted, well cast, well acted, well shot. Overall I liked it. It was slighted by small minded people. Also, I don't need to see it again probably for the rest of my life. 👍 #JoeBobsSavageSummer #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

1945d ago

Tom Servo

@angelus04.bsky.social

Ok this nerdy guy is giving me the creeps I am probably right to feel that way #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam #ISpitOnYourGrave

1645d ago

James Swift

@jamesxswift86.bsky.social

One of the things that makes #ISpitOnYourGrave so unnerving is that it has NO music in it whatsoever. It makes an already realistic movie even more realistic and doesn't afford you the illusion at all. #MutantFam #TheLastDriveIn @themutantfam.bsky.social

1445d ago

AJ MacReady

@ajmacready.bsky.social

seeing a lotta folks watching I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE for the first time on #TheLastDriveIn tonight best of luck to all! all these years down the road, the first-time reactions I see usually tend to be "that was somehow not as bad as I thought it would be yet I'm also still pretty fucked up right now"

1845d ago

John Reid Adams

@whatsinthepodcast.bsky.social

#MutantFam #TheLastDriveIn #ISpitOnYourGrave can we point out how Mier Zarchi is not making this look sexy or hot he is letting you know this is fucking awful and in all likelihood this is the cliff notes version of what victims actually endure

1345d ago

Ryan Winslett

@ryanwinslett.bsky.social

A full tank of gas for just $5.20?! Surely that will be the most horrific moment in 'I Spit on Your Grave,' right? Right??? #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam

1145d ago

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