Director: Brian
Trenchard-Smith
Notable Cast: Ned
Manning, Natalie McCurry, Peter Whitford, Dave Gibson, Sandie Lillingston,
Ollie Hail, Wilbur Wilde
Brian Trenchard-Smith is most definitely one of the kings of
low budget and very entertaining cinema. His work in the 90s with Night of the Demons 2 and the Leprechaun series lives on as classics
of the straight to home video market, but his work in the 80s is just as
entertaining – if not more. This includes Dead
End Drive-In, a Ozsploitation gem that blends post-apocalyptic action with
popular 80s punk rock culture to deliver one of the most off beat and highly
entertaining cult films of the era. Considering its stature as a cult classic,
it was only a matter of time before it got an upgraded release and it’s nice to
know that Arrow Video appreciates the film as so many of its fans do. The film
itself is not necessarily a great one, it’s ambitious in its oddities, but
hardly one that raises the bar for the era. Still, it’s hard not to love it for
its charming quirks and its trashy low budget ambitions and that’s the key
point that drives Dead End Drive-In
to being the cult classic it is.