Dead End Drive-In

Aug 13, 1986

1h 27m

★ 5.6

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.

Overview

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.

Genres

Horror

Science Fiction

Action

Production Companies

New South Wales Film Corp.

Springvale Productions

Dead End Drive-In Trailers

Cast

Crabs

Ned Manning

Carmen

Natalie McCurry

Thompson

Peter Whitford

Hazza

Wilbur Wilde

Dave

Dave Gibson

Beth

Sandie Lillingston

Frank

Ollie Hall

Fay

Lyn Collingwood

Shirl

Nikki McWaters

Narelle

Melissa Davis

Jill

Margi Di Ferranti

Tracey

Desirée Smith

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