EDITED BY - BILL VAN RYN
GENRE - HORROR/CULT/GRINDHOUSE MOVIE REVIEWS
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN - USA
72 PAGES/COLOUR COVER WITH B&W AND COLOUR PAGES/5.5" BY 8.5" PAMPHLET
PRICE - £6.17 + SHIPPING FROM GROOVY DOOM ETSY STORE
As a recent convert to the excellent "Drive-In Asylum" zine (read my review of #23 here) the prospect of a bumper issue of reviews of movies from 1981 (Inseminoid! Halloween II! Scanners!) from the Groovy Doom stable was too sweet a prospect to pass up.
The "1981 Yearbook Special" is the sixth DIA Special issue, and it's a beast. Once again filled with reproductions of movie posters, stills, drive-in flyers and the kinds of ads you couldn't show to your mother, the zine is a joy to read each movie review is well-written and accessible - no pretentious analysis here, these guys just know and love horror movies, and it shows - and illustrated with original posters and newspaper ads etc, creating a kind of document of the social history of the 20th century as well as a collection of reviews. The films covered include well-known classics such as "The Howling" and "Halloween II", alongside less celebrated fare like "Dead & Buried" and "Inseminoid", while still finding space to pay tribute to the Michael Caine "killer severed member" potboiler "The Hand"!
As with "Drive-In Asylum" itself, the "Yearbook" is filled with honest, first-rate writing and created with a sense of fun and a true love for horror films. Like the cinemas that showed these movies back in the day, it's grimy, greasy and glorious!
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