
Nightmare at Shadow Woods(1987)
Twins Todd and Terry seem like sweet boys -- that is, until one of them takes an axe to the face of a fellow patron at the local drive-in.


“... YOUR NIGHTMARES ARE ABOUT TO COME TRUE”
Two police detectives try to catch a serial killer who is stalking a rural California drive-in theater, randomly killing people with a sword.

John F. Goff
Det. Mike Leary
Steve Vincent
Police Psychologist
Douglas Gudbye
Germy
Verkina Flower
Girl in Warehouse
Robert E. Pearson
Austin Johnson
Catherine Barkley
Kathy
Norman Sheridan
Orville Ingleson

John Alderman
Jim

Jacqueline Giroux
Arlene

Bruce Kimball
Det. John Koch
Drive-In Massacre is a mystery, horror film released in 1976 exploring themes of california, police, sword, psychopath, shotgun, drive-in theater. Directed by Stu Segall, it stars John F. Goff, Steve Vincent, Douglas Gudbye. Two police detectives try to catch a serial killer who is stalking a rural California drive-in theater, randomly killing people with a sword.
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