Dead End Drive In

Dead End DriveIn is a 1986 Ozploitation film about a teenage couple trapped in a drivein theater which is really a concentration camp for societal rejects. The inmates, many of whom sport punk fashion, are fed a steady diet of junk food, new wave music, drugs, and bad movies.

In the near future, the economy has collapsed and massive crime waves sweep the inner cities. The manufacturing industry has shrunk to the point where cars are a commodity and parts are fought over between salvage companies and roving gangs. In an attempt to control the crimewave, a chain of drivein theatres are turned into concentration camps for the undesirable and unemployed youth. The dirty, graffitiladen driveins are surrounded by high fences, and the roads leading to them are Security Roads SRoads that do not allow walking under any circumstances. Police collaborate with the owner to sabotage cars of unsuspecting visitors however, some who know the true nature of the driveins come voluntarily for the shelter and food. Broken cars are continuously collected at these facilities. The prisoners are allowed easy access to a wide variety of drugs, alcohol, junk food, exploitation films, and new wave music. This, coupled with the awful conditions on the outside, engineers an atmosphere of complacency and hopelessness so the inmates will accept their fate and not attempt escape.Jimmy, a young health nut who is nicknamed Crabs, sneaks off with his brothers vintage 1956 Chevy to take his girlfriend, Carmen, to the local Star DriveIn. He tells the owner they are unemployed to get a discounted rate. While Crabs is intimate with Carmen, the back tires of his car are stolen, and Crabs soon discovers the police are responsible. Crabs complains to the owner, but he refuses to help until morning. The next morning, Crabs and Carmen are amazed at the number of cars still there, many of which have turned into hovels. The owner, Thompson, pretends to fill out a report and enters them both into the system. He lets them know they will be there for a while, as there are no buses or cabs, and gives them a stack of meal tickets to use at the rundown cafe. Time drags on, and Crabs makes several attempts at escape that are thwarted. ........

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