The Late Night Horror Drive-In

So here’s a few things about the blog. Some of these things I might have stated in my re-introduction but I kinda rushed that as a test to see how things went with posting. To be honest I’m not sure why I even stepped away. My last post was March of 2015. Not long after that my mother got cancer and the following years were followed by death, dementia for one family member. More death, a house fire. But besides my mother in 2015 that all happened between 2016-2022. I think I just got burnt out as many of my postings were rushed to keep the page active. Then life sort of got in the way and I just sort of gave up running this blog.

But let’s focus on the future. First off over the coming weeks the page will be sort of like the early days of the solar system. Kind of a mess. I’ll have some new posts while deleting others. In some cases re-posting after a rewrite. While the name of the page is The Late Night Horror Drive-In (though the website remains the same address) but horror is my passion so no doubt you’ll see a ton of horror content, but despite the name I’m gonna write about film in general. All genres. At some point I may shorten the name to simply the Late Night Drive-In.

While horror is my passion but film-noir of the 40s and 50s is probably my favorite genre. I also love a good western (both American and Italian). My favorite era of film is the golden age of Hollywood with WB being my absolute favorite studio. So you’ll see a ton of WB related posts. Some about the brothers (mainly Jack L. Warner).

One of my goals with this blog is maybe inspire people to seek out films that they normally wouldn’t watch. I’ve always been an explorer. When I first got cable in the early 90s I’d watch an insane amount of cable. But not only did I watch horror but I’d watch about anything. So many movies I had no real interest in, I watched and loved. So even as a kid I was a film explorer but the last decade even more so. So I wanna focus on not just horror but different genres, decades and so forth. If I can inspire 1 person to seek out various genres and eras. That’s good enough for me.

Also, I wanna bring a touch of nostalgia. I’ll post YouTube videos (I always give the credit to the content creators. I’m NOT trying to pass it as mine). But I’ll post commercials blocks from past eras. It’ll be like a Time Machine. Or for those to young to remember a Time Machine to an era they were too young to remember or not born yet. I’ll also post made for TV movies with the original commercials. Theatrical films that aired on network or basic cable with the original commercials.

Another idea. I need you all out there to take part. I’ll post the movie of the week intro or late night movie intro. Then I’ll pick a film. You watch it. In some cases. If I can find the commercials blocks for that movie. I’ll post it. You watch the movie while occasionally pausing and watching the commercials to sort of recreate a past era.

Lastly, I might also from time to time write about unsolved crimes. That’s something I’ve been wanting to do, but most likely if I attempt that. It’ll be way down the road.

These are just some of my ideas. In coming days I’m gonna start making a couple of posts here and there while cleaning up the page. The ideas I have. I’ll get to those ASAP.

I wanna create a fun place, share my love of film and TV while bringing some nostalgia and recreating a bygone era.

Thanks to anyone reading this.
Dave