Book description
When a group of friends decided to spend a day at the world's largest drive-in theater horror fest, they expected to see tons of bloody murders, rampaging madmen, and mayhem, but only on the screen. But as a mysterious force traps all the patrons inside the drive-in, the worst in…
Why read it?
1 author picked The Drive-In as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Lansdale is much like King in the way of being a storyteller, but his style is all his own. It’s wacky, humorous, and at times disturbing.
The Drive-In is a trilogy, but the first one sets itself apart as one of the craziest and most terrifying stories that sticks with me like a nervous tick. A group of people trapped inside a drive-in trying to survive makes for good social and societal break-downs.
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