Drive-In Cult Classics, Vol. 4

Drive-In Cult Classics, Vol. 4
Studio: Bci Eclipse Comp Llc Release Date: 01/06/2009
Customer Review: DRIVE-IN CULT CLASSICS VOL. 4 includes "The Young Graduates"
This latest edition in BCI's excellent series of drive-in movie collections contains a top favorite from the early 1970s drive-in theater circuit, "The Young Graduates." The film displays the adventures of blonde Mindy (Patricia Wymer), a recent high school graduate who's enjoying an affair with a slightly older teacher while still making time to hang out with hippies, bikers, and stoners. The interesting note here is that the film is more coming-of-age than exploitative. Although some of the dialog sounds as though it was written by a middle-aged scribe trying to sound "hep and with-it," the film endures as a period piece that deftly captures the spirit of the early seventies' youth culture. The picture has been letterboxed for the first time on home video, as is generally the case with the other Crown International films in this series. DRIVE-IN CULT CLASSICS VOL. 4 contains more variety than previous volumes, offering 8 nuggets from the horror/biker/sci-fi/softcore genres, all for about ten bucks. Since the films are spread over four disc sides, each film gets a full side to itself, which presents a pleasing image that doesn't suffer from compression artifacts.