Dead End Drive-In
There's a party every day, a movie every night, and all the junk food you can eat. What more can a kid want... except to get out.
1986 | 87m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Brian Trenchard-Smith |
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| Writer: | Peter Smalley, Peter Carey |
| Staring: |
| In the future, a health nut and his tag-along girlfriend become trapped in a drive-in theater that has become a concentration camp for outcast youths. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 13, 1986 |
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| Director: | Brian Trenchard-Smith |
| Writer: | Peter Smalley, Peter Carey |
| Genres: | Action, Science Fiction, Horror |
| Keywords | electric fence, exploitation, dystopia, australia, satire, surrealism, drive-in theater, social commentary, tow truck, trapped |
| Production Companies | New South Wales Film Corp., Springvale Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ned Manning | Crabs |
| Natalie McCurry | Carmen |
| Peter Whitford | Thompson |
| Wilbur Wilde | Hazza |
| Dave Gibson | Dave |
| Sandie Lillingston | Beth |
| Ollie Hall | Frank |
| Lyn Collingwood | Fay |
| Nikki McWaters | Shirl |
| Melissa Davis | Narelle |
| Margi Di Ferranti | Jill |
| Desirée Smith | Tracey |
| Murray Fahey | Mickey |
| Jeremy Shadlow | Jeff |
| Brett Climo | Don |
| Alan McQueen | Accident cop |
| Ken Snodgrass | Accident cop |
| Bill Lyle | Drive-In cop |
| Garry Who | Drive-In cop |
| Bernadette Foster | Momma |
| Ron Sinclair | News reporter |
| Gandhi MacIntyre | Indian |
| David Jones | TV newsreader |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Peter Smalley | Writer |
| Anthony Jones | Costume Design |
| Lloyd James | Makeup Artist |
| Annette Hardy | Makeup Artist |
| Patricia Newton | Hairstylist |
| Lawrence Eastwood | Production Design |
| Kevan Lind | Camera Operator |
| John Lomax | Focus Puller |
| John Platt | Clapper Loader |
| Noel McDonald | Key Grip |
| John Tate | Assistant Grip |
| Colin Chase | Gaffer |
| Mick Morris | Gaffer |
| Wayne Marshall | Assistant Grip |
| Sue Blainey | First Assistant Editor |
| Sian Fatouros | Continuity |
| Robbie Gribble | Still Photographer |
| Paul Murphy | Director of Photography |
| Frank Strangio | Original Music Composer |
| Alan Lake | Editor |
| Peter Evans | Special Effects |
| Alan Maxwell | Special Effects |
| Chris Murray | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Roger Cowland | Visual Effects |
| Guy Norris | Stunt Coordinator |
| Martin Oswin | Sound Mixer |
| Troy Porter | ADR Mixer |
| Les Fiddess | Sound |
| Adrian Pickersgill | First Assistant Director |
| John Titley | Second Assistant Director |
| Brian Trenchard-Smith | Director |
| Peter Carey | Story |
| Nicholas McCallum | Art Direction |
| Lee Smith | Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Andrew Williams | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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Trending Position
Ruuz
6.0
Starts by ticking you into thinking it's going to be one of the 47 million _Mad Max_ rip offs that was released around the same time, but quickly takes a left turn into "poignant social commentary". Keeps the punks though, so that's cool. _Final rating:★★★ - I personally recommend you give it a g ... o._
Jun 23, 2021