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Happy Birthday, Joe Bob Briggs! “The Last Drive-In” Will Return With a Valentine’s Day Special
We’d like to wish a happy birthday to longtime horror critic and horror host Joe Bob Briggs, whose hugely popular Shudder series “The Last Drive-In“ is merely the latest stop in a decades-spanning career here on the horror scene. “The Last Drive-In” celebrates genre trash and genre gems in equal measure, Joe Bob providing wit and commentary like only he can.
For the last few years now, “The Last Drive-In” has been bringing horror fans together for Friday night double features that dominate all of our Twitter feeds with lively conversations, and fans of “The Last Drive-In” will be happy to hear that Joe Bob and Darcy will be back for a Valentine’s-themed special next month. It’s titled Joe Bob’s Heartbreak Trailer Park!
The special premieres Friday, February 11, just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Joe Bob Briggs will be joined by FOUR special guests for a double feature of two unique films that explore the heartbreaking and horrifying side of Valentine’s Day.
“Two movies about deranged passion” are on tap, Joe Bob teases.
Born on this day (January 27) in 1953, Joe Bob Briggs has hosted various genre-themed shows including “Joe Bob’s Drive-In Theater” as well as “MonsterVision” back in the 1990s.
Enjoy some inspirational words of wisdom from the birthday boy below.
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“I’m the Grim Reaper” – Sam Raimi Teams with ’10 Cloverfield Lane’ Writers on Gory, Funny Webtoon Adaptation
The Wattpad/Webtoons and Grave Weaver-created series “I’m the Grim Reaper” is nearing its 200th episode, and it’s also getting a new TV series adaptation with talented names behind it. Deadline reports that celebrated filmmaker Sam Raimi is teaming up with 10 Cloverfield Lane scribes Josh Campbell & Matt Stuecken on the new series.
The series follows “Scarlet, a young woman who wakes up in the ninth circle of hell with no idea how she got there. Satan offers to send Scarlet back to Earth if she’ll work as his reaper. But it doesn’t take long for Scarlet to realize that Satan’s offer is even worse than she feared.”
The story is said to fit perfectly into “Raimi’s wheelhouse, striking a deft balance between scares, gore and humor.”
Sam Raimi and Zainab Azizi will executive produce the series with Weaver, who’ll also team on the development process. Raimi may be most known for his Spider-Man and Evil Dead movies, but the filmmaker has been busy behind the scenes producing. More recently, Raimi produced this week’s action brawler Boy Kills World and last year’s 65, with Don’t Move on the way.
The “I’m the Grim Reaper” webtoon launched in 2019, delving into the humor and horrors of reaping souls in Hell. That it’s on the cusp of airing its 200th episode means no shortage of story and mythology for Campbell and Stuecken to pull from.
Stay tuned for additional details on this new series as they arrive.
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