Dracula vs. Frankenstein Drive-In Screenings to Save Us from Self-Isolation – Den of Geek US

Did you know that drive-in movie theaters helped get us through one of our major health crises of the 20th century? Sherman said. Back in the 1960s, the administration of the polio vaccine took place nationwide at various drive-ins across the country. Perhaps there is a reason for us to turn back to the drive-in to provide some escape and comfort in these worrisome times.

To make that a reality, Sherman called in veteran drive-in theatrical distributor Mel Maron, former AMC programmer and current principal at Drive-In-Sanity Films, David Sehring, drive-in promoter and movie reviewer, George Reis, and David Gregory of Severin Films, who handled the restoration efforts on library titles to celebrate the Great American Drive-In.

Take a trip back in time to a Drive-In Movie Theatre where you can see movies the way they were meant to be seen on the Big Screen all in the safety and comfort of your car, the press statement promises.

Sherman is President of Independent-International Pictures, and describes himself as the P.T. Barnum of Drive-In movies. He is a spiritual descendant of William Castle, as played by John Goodman in the 1993 comedy Matinee. He was the guy who put electric tinglers under random seats during a showing of The Tingler. Sherman created classic gimmicks like The Oath of Green Blood, which urged audiences at the beginning of the film The Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1968) to recite an on-screen pledge and drink a green fluid to keep the monsters in the movie away during the showing of the picture.

Sherman will provide theater owners with gimmicks, gags, throwback nostalgia, and limited edition souvenirs, plus Special Guest Appearances and raffles.

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