Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater

Season 1987

"Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater" was a hosted horror movie show with John Bloom as host "Joe Bob Briggs" where he would present fantasy, horror and science fiction movies on The Movie Channel, providing background information on each movie shown.

Where to Watch Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater • Season 1987

84 Episodes

  • 2019, After the Fall of New York (1983)
    E1
    2019, After the Fall of New York (1983)[Nuclear Holocaust Month] After a nuclear war, society breaks down into two groups, the evil Euraks and the rebel Federation. A mercenary named Parsifal is hired by the Federation to infiltrate New York City, which is controlled by the Euraks, to rescue the only fertile woman left on Earth.
  • Warrior of the Lost World (1983)
    E2
    Warrior of the Lost World (1983)[Nuclear Holocaust Month] A nomad mercenary on a high-tech motorcycle helps bring about the downfall of the evil Orwellian government, the Omega.
  • She (1965)
    E3
    She (1965)An Edwardian archaeologist and two companions stumble upon a lost city in East Africa, run by a beautiful queen whose love holds the promise of immortality.
  • Nine Deaths of the Ninja (1985)
    E4
    Nine Deaths of the Ninja (1985)
  • Urgh! A Music War (1981)
    E5
    Urgh! A Music War (1981)Live performances from dozens of leading early-1980s musical acts - rock, punk, ska, reggae - it's all here.
  • Terminal Choice (1985)
    E6
    Terminal Choice (1985)A patient in an hospital dies under mysterious circumstances. The attending doctor Frank Holt is suspected - he'd been fired already from his last position due to malpractice. For his defense he investigates with help of doctor Anna Lang. Soon they find out that half of their colleagues were betting on the patient's diagnosis - was someone trying to increase his chances? But when Frank's friend, dissector Mary Connor, becomes deadly sick, he suspects there's even more to it.
  • The Wicked Lady (1983)
    E7
    The Wicked Lady (1983)Guest: Stella the Man-Eater from Manayunk Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph, however, and she becomes the new Lady, but despite her new wealthy situation, she gets bored and turns to highway robbery for thrills. While on the road she meets a famous highwayman, and they continue as a team, but some people begin suspecting her identity, and she risks death if she continues her nefarious activities.
  • The Killing of Sister George (1968)
    E8
    The Killing of Sister George (1968)The life of a soap opera actress begins to unravel as she fears her character will be written out of the series.
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
    E9
    A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)Guest: John Zacherle(y) The monstrous spirit of a slain child murderer seeks revenge by invading the dreams of teenagers whose parents were responsible for his untimely death.
  • Invisible Strangler (1984)
    E10
    Invisible Strangler (1984)A convicted strangler, studying the paranormal in his jail cell, learns to make himself invisible. As an invisible man, he escapes from prison to stalk and strangle the five women who testified against him at his trial. Robert Foxworth plays the police lieutenant assigned to protect them, and to catch the invisible strangler.
  • Silent Madness (1984)
    E11
    Silent Madness (1984)A criminally insane man is accidentally released from a mental hospital. The staff tries to cover it up, but a young psychiatrist travels to the college town where he committed several murders to warn the locals and anticipate his arrival.
  • Malibu Express (1985)
    E12
    Malibu Express (1985)Guest: Fritz the Nite Owl A womanizing private detective is assigned the task of investigating who is behind the hi-tech computer technology leaks to the Russians.
  • Hollywood Hot Tubs (1984)
    E13
    Hollywood Hot Tubs (1984)Guest: Fritz the Nite Owl A young man gets a job repairing hot tubs for the rich and famous in Tinseltown, thanks to his parents. As he moves from one bubbly tub to the next, sexual situations change accordingly.
  • Young Warriors (1983)
    E14
    Young Warriors (1983)Guest: Big Wilson A young woman is gang raped and murdered in a California college town, sparking her brother Kevin to take up arms by night with a gang of like-minded vigilantes from his fraternity, brutally punishing any miscreants they catch in a criminal act. In the meantime, Kevin debates the issue of violent crime in the U.S. with his teachers and others during the day. As Kevin and his gang head toward a final, bloody confrontation with the low-lifes who murdered his sister, other scenes show the difference between his character, now violent, and the normal people he is supposedly protecting.
  • Ninja Wars (1982)
    E15
    Ninja Wars (1982)Guest: Big Wilson A fortuneteller prophesizes that whoever marries the beautiful Ukio will become the ruler of the world. Naturally, this makes her very popular with those vying for power, particularly the insatiably greedy Lord Donjo. Only the ninja Jotaro can stop Donjo's plan, but to do so, he must first battle the deadly team of "Devil Monks" serving the lord. Will Jotaro succeed in his mission? And if so, will Ukio marry him, thus making him the ruler of the world?
  • The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1984)
    E16
    The Hills Have Eyes Part II (1984)A group of bikers, heading to a race, become stranded in the desert and find themselves fighting off a family of inbred cannibals who live off the land.
  • Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold (1984)
    E17
    Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold (1984)Fiery blonde half-breed Yellow Hair and her easygoing sidekick the Pecos Kid are after a fortune in Mayan gold. The courageous duo have run-ins with an army of Mexican soldiers, a gang of dastardly bandits, and a lethal tribe of Aztec warriors while searching the countryside for said gold fortune.
  • The Loved One (1965)
    E18
    The Loved One (1965)Satire on the funeral business, in which a young British poet goes to work at a Hollywood cemetery.
  • The Brood (1979)
    E19
    The Brood (1979)
  • Hot Moves (1984)
    E20
    Hot Moves (1984)
  • When Nature Calls …You Gotta Go! (1985)
    E21
    When Nature Calls …You Gotta Go! (1985)When construction worker Greg becomes fed-up with his foreman and the "city life", he takes his wife and kids on a wilderness adventure.
  • Tomboy (1985)
    E22
    Tomboy (1985)A strong-willed female stock car driver challenges her chauvinistic crush to a race to win his respect- and get him into bed.
  • A Clockwork Orange (1971)
    E23
    A Clockwork Orange (1971)In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned.
  • Model Behavior (1982)
    E24
    Model Behavior (1982)There is a fine line between fantasy and reality, few of us dare to cross. Tonight Dino and Richie will take that gambit. Two flash-in-the-pan entrepreneurs, whose cunning resourcefulness propels them into a world of High-fashion and Fast-times. Between their share of hot water and cold shoulders they find what they least expect...love.
  • When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979)
    E25
    When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979)Marjoe Gortner plays a drug dealer whose car breaks down in a small U.S. town. In turn, the town's people become victim to his unique brand of physical and mental torture.
  • Forbidden World (1982)
    E26
    Forbidden World (1982)
  • Get Crazy (1983)
    E27
    Get Crazy (1983)Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie Loman find romance while trying to save the drugs, violence, and rock and roll from Beverly's schemes.
  • The Delta Force (1986)
    E28
    The Delta Force (1986)After a plane is hijacked by terrorists, The Delta Force is sent in to resolve the crisis.
  • Perfect Timing (1986)
    E29
    Perfect Timing (1986)In this erotic fantasy, an aspiring photographer tries unsuccessfully to make his mark by taking pictures of orgies.
  • Hair (1979)
    E30
    Hair (1979)Claude Bukowski leaves the family ranch in Oklahoma for New York where he is rapidly embraced into the hippie group of youngsters led by Berger, yet he's already been drafted. He soon falls in love with Sheila Franklin, a rich girl but still a rebel inside.
  • Heated Vengeance (1985)
    E31
    Heated Vengeance (1985)
  • 48 Hrs. (1982)
    E32
    48 Hrs. (1982)A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.
  • Joey (1985)
    E33
    Joey (1985)Conflict with his hard-drinking father, a working-class former musician, drives a talented teenager to run away from home to embark on his own musical career.
  • Morgan! (1966)
    E34
    Morgan! (1966)After his wife leaves him for his former best friend, a failed London artist begins his descent into madness in trying to win her back.
  • Silver Bullet (1985)
    E35
    Silver Bullet (1985)In a small town, brutal killings start to plague the close knit community. Marty Coslaw, a paraplegic boy, is convinced the murders are the doings of a werewolf.
  • Deadly Force (1983)
    E36
    Deadly Force (1983)Stoney Cooper, a former Los Angeles police officer, is at a low point in his life. Kicked off the force because of his anti-authority attitude, he now ekes out a living as a freelancer in New York. All this changes when the daughter of an old friend is killed by a serial killer terrorizing L.A. Although almost nobody in his old home town is happy to see him back, Cooper pledges to bring the killer to justice before any more innocent people die.
  • City Limits (1984)
    E37
    City Limits (1984)
  • Adventures of a Private Eye (1977)
    E38
    Adventures of a Private Eye (1977)While a private detective is away on vacation, his not particularly bright assistant takes it upon himself to "solve" a case that comes in. Complications ensue.
  • Elvis on Tour (1972)
    E39
    Elvis on Tour (1972)Concert footage and offstage documentary of singer Elvis Presley.
  • American Ninja (1985)
    E40
    American Ninja (1985)American soldier, obviously very skilled in martial arts, single-handedly takes on mercenaries in the Philippines.
  • Outrageous! (1977)
    E41
    Outrageous! (1977)A story about a female impersonator who rooms with a pregnant schizophrenic.
  • Ellie (1984)
    E42
    Ellie (1984)Set in the backwoods of the deep south. Young, beautiful Ellie has just witnessed the murder of her father at the hands of her evil step-mother Cora and Cora's three lecherous sons, all hoping to get their hand's on Ellie's father's money. Vowing to avenge her father's death, Ellie plots to do in the murderers using the only weapon she has: her body.
  • Adventures of a Plumber’s Mate (1978)
    E43
    Adventures of a Plumber’s Mate (1978)Randy plumber, Sid South, enjoys a profession which offers him ample opportunity to bed sexy housewives.
  • Love and Death (1975)
    E44
    Love and Death (1975)In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
  • Weird Science (1985)
    E45
    Weird Science (1985)Two high school nerds use a computer program to literally create the perfect woman, but she turns their lives upside down.
  • Commando (1985)
    E46
    Commando (1985)A retired Special Forces colonel tries to save his daughter, who was abducted by his former subordinate.
  • Second Time Lucky (1984)
    E47
    Second Time Lucky (1984)
  • A Private Function (1984)
    E48
    A Private Function (1984)In post-World War II Britain, food rationing continues, leading a married couple to become involved in the flourishing bacon black market.
  • Conan the Barbarian (1982)
    E49
    Conan the Barbarian (1982)A young boy, Conan, becomes a slave after his parents are killed and tribe destroyed by a savage warlord and sorcerer, Thulsa Doom. When he grows up he becomes a fearless, invincible fighter. Set free, he plots revenge against Thulsa Doom.
  • Can You Keep It Up for a Week? (1974)
    E50
    Can You Keep It Up for a Week? (1974)Blundering idiot is set an ultimatum by his girlfriend. Keep a job for a week or she leaves him. Only innuendo and comedy pratfalls can stop him.
  • The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
    E51
    The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)Atomic testing awakens a dinosaur from ice.
  • Red Sonja (1985)
    E52
    Red Sonja (1985)The fearless warrior Red Sonja sets out to avenge her family's murder and rid her kingdom from the tyrannical rule of evil Queen Gedren.
  • Zachariah (1971)
    E53
    Zachariah (1971)
  • Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
    E54
    Big Trouble in Little China (1986)A rough-and-tumble trucker helps rescue his friend's fiancée from an ancient sorcerer in a supernatural battle beneath Chinatown.
  • Maximum Overdrive (1986)
    E55
    Maximum Overdrive (1986)A group of people try to survive when machines start to come alive and become homicidal.
  • Hundra (1983)
    E56
    Hundra (1983)
  • Aliens (1986)
    E57
    Aliens (1986)Fifty-seven years after surviving an apocalyptic attack aboard her space vessel by merciless space creatures, Officer Ripley awakens from hyper-sleep and tries to warn anyone who will listen about the predators.
  • Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976)
    E58
    Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976)Joe North is a cab driver in London, something that gives him many opportunities to have sex.
  • Sleepaway Camp (1983)
    E59
    Sleepaway Camp (1983)
  • The Happy Hooker (1975)
    E60
    The Happy Hooker (1975)
  • Scream for Help (1984)
    E61
    Scream for Help (1984)A teenaged girl discovers that her stepfather is trying to murder her and her mother, but when she tells people, no one will believe her.
  • Girls School Screamers (1986)
    E62
    Girls School Screamers (1986)
  • Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
    E63
    Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)After being exiled from the most advanced town in post apocalyptic Australia, a drifter travels with a group of abandoned children to rebel against the town's queen.
  • Nine Deaths of the Ninja (1987)
    E64
    Nine Deaths of the Ninja (1987)
  • Streetwalkin' (1985)
    E65
    Streetwalkin' (1985)
  • The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977)
    E66
    The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977)The world's most famous madame Xaviera Hollander, now a magazine magnate, is called to Washington to testify before Congress in an indecency trial because she's being held up as a prime example of American moral decay.
  • Malibu Express (1985)
    E67
    Malibu Express (1985)
  • House of the Long Shadows (1983)
    E68
    House of the Long Shadows (1983)An American author finds a dilapidated Welsh manor perfect for writing until the residents host a bizarre family reunion.
  • Light Blast (1985)
    E69
    Light Blast (1985)A crazed physician invents a death ray and threatens to destroy San Francisco unless he is paid $10 million.
  • The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980)
    E70
    The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood (1980)
  • Loose Screws (1985)
    E71
    Loose Screws (1985)
  • The Toxic Avenger (1984)
    E72
    The Toxic Avenger (1984)Tromaville has a monstrous new hero. The Toxic Avenger is born when meek mop boy Melvin falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.
  • Emmanuelle IV (1984)
    E73
    Emmanuelle IV (1984)In order to escape from her former lover Marc, Sylvia goes to Brazil where Dr. Santamo transforms her into the beautiful Emmanuelle. With this new identity comes a sexual awakening which is complicated by her memories of Marc. As with other entries in this series, the plot twists provide ample opportunities to expose the characters.
  • City Limits (1984)
    E74
    City Limits (1984)
  • Goma-2 (1984)
    E75
    Goma-2 (1984)A former terrorist has started a lawful career, being a truck driver. On a trip he ignores the warnings given about the mafia, which leads to them setting fire to his truck, which has his wife on board. This has to be avenged.
  • Hot Moves (1984)
    E76
    Hot Moves (1984)
  • Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
    E77
    Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)After being mortally wounded and taken to the morgue, murderer Jason Voorhees spontaneously revives and embarks on a killing spree as he makes his way back to his home at Camp Crystal Lake.
  • Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
    E78
    Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)Tommy Jarvis goes to the graveyard to get rid of Jason Voorhees' body once and for all, but inadvertently brings him back to life instead. The newly revived killer once again seeks revenge, and Tommy may be the only one who can defeat him.
  • At Last, at Last (1975)
    E79
    At Last, at Last (1975)
  • Joy of Sex (1984)
    E80
    Joy of Sex (1984)Convinced she's dying, a pretty high school senior sets out to lose her virginity before it's too late, and encounters a boy from her school on the same mission.
  • Deadtime Stories (1986)
    E81
    Deadtime Stories (1986)A babysitting uncle tells his nephew three horror stories about killer witches, Little Red Riding Hood and a werewolf, and "Goldi Lox" and the three bears.
  • Submission (1976)
    E82
    Submission (1976)In wartime France, pharmacist Eliane begins an affair with her shop assistant Armand, but she soon becomes dominated by him. He demands more and more from her, humiliating her and putting her family at risk.
  • The Pink Chiquitas (1987)
    E83
    The Pink Chiquitas (1987)A pink meteor controlled by aliens lands near a small town and turns the local women into nymphos. A deputy sheriff and a local private eye investigate.
  • The Whoopee Boys (1986)
    E84
    The Whoopee Boys (1986)Two obnoxious and dim-witted misfits attempt to save a school for needy children by attempting to sneak into the wealthy high society of Palm Beach to get the money needed for their cause.

 

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